Loadown - Metal Music Blog (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
Another contender in the quickly rising New England heavy music scene, The Acacia Strain return with their second full-length. Sludgier, slower and more restrained than your typical metalcore band, but still keeping with the breakdowns and deep, gurgled vocals you all know and love about metalcore. You can hear influences from bands like Meshuggah and Crowbar in here with the straight-forward
Truth In Shredding (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
A collection of MESHUGGAH's singles in three vinyl formats — 10", 11", 12" in a picture sleeve, all inside an outer sleeve — has just been made available in a limited edition of 450 hand-numbered copies via Night Of The Vinyl Dead. kudos blabbermouth the details MESHUGGAH will release their long-awaited concert DVD on February 5 in Europe and February 9 in the U.S. More information...
Culture Bully (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
obZen is Meshuggah at their most fully realized status yet, and it is an album that challenges every other metal band to match the fury of their attack even as we enter the new decade.
BUZZGRINDER (Free subscription) | 10/19/2009
:: Aquarium Drunkard hits he nail on the head with their assessment of Guided By Voices‘ Isolation Drills. :: Even though Ray Davies isn’t obsessed with the past, he’s still hoping to make a Kinks reunion happen. We can only hope. :: A band whose name is modeled after the greatest actor of this or any generation [...]
Song, by Toad (Free subscription) | 10/18/2009
Well the Funkcast was probably about as gentle a ‘tell me about this genre’ podcast as you’re likely to get. This, on the other hand, is not gentle. I suppose it was never likely to be – there’s only so gentle an introduction you can give to this kind of music. Basically, I was becoming increasingly [...]
Truth In Shredding (Free subscription) | 10/17/2009
According to a posting on MESHUGGAH's newly revamped official web site, the Swedish experimental extreme metal band's long-awaited concert DVD will finally be released in early 2010. More information will be made available soon. MESHUGGAH will tour Australia and New Zealand in February/March 2010. The band's schedule is as follows: Jan. 16 - Copenhagen, Denmark - Danish Metal Awards Feb. 20 -... This...
From the Dust Returned (Free subscription) | 10/17/2009
California's Armed for Apocalypse stand at an interesting crossroads between the thick, volcanic guitars which define 'sludge metal', and just about every annoying element of metalcore or Pantera -style groove metal that you could conceive. Into this they inject a little melody which often takes you unexpectedly and makes for most of the better moments on the disc. I found the album frustrating, because...
EtcView.Com (Free subscription) | 10/14/2009
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Baxojayz - Centricity (Free subscription) | 10/12/2009
bangover Sore neck as a result of headbanging at a metal concert. "How was the Meshuggah show last night dude?" "Ah man it was sick! I got the worst fucking bangover d00d." Trivia When Christopher Columbus set off on his historic voyage in 1492, the letter of introduction he carried from the king and queen of Spain was addressed to whom? The Great Khan of Cathay. The letter was...
From the Dust Returned (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009
The Top 20 Metal Albums of 1997 01. Lake of Tears (Se) - A Crimson Cosmos 02. Tiamat (Se) - A Deeper Kind of Slumber 03. Saxon (UK) - Unleash the Beast 04. October Tide (Se) - Rain Without End debut of the year 05. Ragnarok (No) - Arising Realm 06. Vader (Pl) - Black to the Blind 07. Septic Flesh (Gr) - Ophidian Wheel 08. Iron Savior (De) - Iron Savior 09. Rotting Christ (Gr) - A Dead Poem 10. Necrophobic...
From the Dust Returned (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009
The Top 20 Metal Albums of 1998 01. Nokturnal Mortem (Ua) - To the Gates of Blasphemous Fire 02. Carpathian Forest (No) - Black Shining Leather 03. Witchery (Se) - Restless & Dead 04. December Wolves (US) - Completely Dehumanized 05. Bethlehem (De) - SUIZID 06. Borknagar (No) - The Archaic Course 07. Darkane (Se) - Rusted Angel debut of the year 08. Blind Guardian (De) - Nightfall in Middle-Earth...
From the Dust Returned (Free subscription) | 10/08/2009
The Top 20 Metal Albums of 2005 01. Darkane (Se) - Layers of Lies 02. Pagan's Mind (No) - Enigmatic: Calling 03. Mörk Gryning (Se) - Mörk Gryning 04. Galgeras (Nl) - Booswichterij debut of the year 05. Klabautamann (De) - Der Ort 06. Taake (No) - Hordalands Doedskvad 07. Noumena (Fi) - Absence 08. Helloween (De) - Keeper of the Seven Keys: The Legacy 09. Hibria (Br) - Defying the Rules 10....
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 10/08/2009
A controversy has erupted recently about whether Iranian President Mahmoud Achmadinijad is actually a Jew. Pundits and professors alike are divided over whether his original...
Hellooo (Free subscription) | 09/23/2009
Haha, Doesn't relate to me at all but that is good lyrics! That is a good line! Yeah I like beyonce! Aswell as Meshuggah and slipknot... Sometimes it's just nice to listen to some lyrics from a girls point of view, lyrics that you can relate to and agree with. Beyonce does it well that's why she's so popular I bet! So, right now I'm trying to do it how Tamara does it, 20 sit ups every morning... Can...
Truth In Shredding (Free subscription) | 09/21/2009
MESHUGGAH will play two shows in New Zealand in March 2010. The band's schedule is now shaping up as follows: Jan. 16 - Copenhagen, Denmark - Danish Metal Awards Feb. 20 - Brisbane, Australia - RNA Showgrounds Feb. 21 - Sydney, Australia - Eastern Creek Raceway Feb. 26 - Melbourne, Australia - Showgrounds Feb. 27 - Adelaide, Australia - Bonython Park Mar. 01 - Perth, Australia - Steel Blue... This...
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