INTERVIEW WITH ANNICK GEROUX.
This is an interview that I originally did back in 2009 for my friend’s webzine THE WERKSHED. Annick is an interesting metal head and I felt that this was a cool interview and her story needs to be heard. This was done right as her book HELLBENT FOR COOKING came out and a short time [...]
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CALL FROM THE GRAVE:”THE BLACK ALBUM.”
By: Mike Abominator
“The Grueling sessions cost the band $1 million and ended three marriages.”
Ian Christie-Sound of the Beast
Released towards the end of the summer of 1991, “Metallica” (or “The Black Album”) would take these thrash metal titans from the biggest thing in heavy metal, to pure rock god super stardom and stadium filling heroes to [...]
MUTILATION RITES – I Am Legion (Gillead Media)
by Brian Krasman (Mead, Meat, Metal)
I like bands that, when you hear the name, you kind of know what’s ahead. There’s no guessing what a band called Behemoth might sound like. Same for Mournful Congregation. You’re going to get sad and depressed, aren’t you? You better believe it. Pretty sure when Slayer first came around, [...]
ENCOFFINATION – O’Hell, Shine in Thy Whited Sepulchres (Self Made God Rec.)
by Ray Henry (www.mouthforwar.net)
Ever wondered what it would be like to be buried alive? To hear the dull thud of earth as it hits the outside of your casket, shovelful by shovelful, slowly encasing you six feet below the living. To feel the slow process of decomposition invade first your mind and then your flesh. [...]
PHAROAH – Bury the Light (Cruz del Sur)
by Brian Krasman (Mead, Meat, Metal)
I am an unabashed, unapologetic fan of ’80s power metal. I grew up with it, I love it and I always will. The other night, I listened to Helloween’s “Keeper of the Seven Keys Pt. 1” in the shower and came to the conclusion the events detailed in “Twilight of [...]
LANDMINE MARATHON – Gallow (Prosthetic Rec.)
by Ray Henry (www.mouthforwar.net)
I enjoyed Landmine Marathon’s last full-length effort, Sovereign Descent. It was a solid helping of bruising death/grind, but it lacked something. The production was tight — maybe too tight — and there was a subtle lack of ferociousness to be found throughout the album. In the end it didn’t really hurt Sovereign [...]
MONARCH – Omens (At A Loss Rec.)
by Brian Krasman (Mead, Meat, Metal)
Doom metal can be a beautiful medium. That probably sounds like a weird statement if read by an outsider with no knowledge of the genre, and that’s understandable. How can something awash in darkness be lovely? But once you get to know the music, its nuances and what it tries [...]
ALASTOR – Demon attack (War Productions)
by Janet Willis
This Portuguese label is one of the coolest finds I’ve had in years!!!!! They either re-issue classic and essential bands like Bleeding Fist’s Devil’s Ferox, or release limited runs of brutal shit like Devastator’s Conjuring Evil, or bring to light the venomous and vulgar sounds from the caverns of the Portuguese metal underground [...]
ASPHYX – Deathhammer (Century Media)
by Brian Krasman (Mead, Meat, Metal)
I never could see me wanting to pick up an arm and head into battle, but I oddly really enjoy music that makes me daydream about it. There’s something about aggressive, galloping music that packs a fury and causes me to think about catapults smashing the sides of castles, fleets [...]