These guys are local – I’ve been listening to their new album Deliver Us most of this week.
This one’s from their 2003 realease (not for the faint of heart):
These guys are local – I’ve been listening to their new album Deliver Us most of this week.
This one’s from their 2003 realease (not for the faint of heart):
I couldn’t help but notice that blog-friend Graham at Leaving Muenster is sporting an ad for the “Family Values” tour on his site!

Now, I could be going out on a limb here, but I’m going to bet that Graham is probably not a fan of Korn, Evanescence, Atreyu, Hellyeah, or Trivium.
Gotta be careful what you write about there, Graham! One minute you’re critiquing the Religious Right’s distorted view of what constitutes “family values,” the next you’re shilling for Korn!
By the way, Hellyeah is the new project of former Pantera drummer Vinnie Paul.
Here’s a video of Vinnie buying $1000 worth of Jagermeister – it doesn’t get much more metal than that, friends (n.b. some bad language):
Here’s Trivium, “Entrance of the Conflagration”:
I’m not sure FNM should properly be called a metal band, but they definitely have metal influences. But, more importantly, they’re one of my favorites and it’s my blog. So there.
James Hetfield detained at a UK airport for looking like a terrorist.

“Death to America!!”
Sepultura – “Refuse/Resist”
The Sword – “Winter’s Wolves”
(this one’s for bs)
Still on vacation – currently staying with some friends outside of the City of Angels. Boy, the California livin’ seems easy when the sun’s shining and the breeze is blowing. A little warm for my blood, but there you are.
Tomorrow we fly back to Boston and then have exactly one week to pack before our move to Washington, DC. The ATR household will be spending at least the next year in our nation’s capital.
I’ve been reading the Daly/Cobb book while on vacation. Very interesting stuff so far. They want to call attention to the limitations of the abstractions employed by economics that tend to isolate the workings of the market from real life. I think they make a good case, but am just getting into the section on the concrete implications of their vision. Their strongest point so far is that the size of the economy in relation to the larger ecosystem matters and that economics isn’t very good at taking this into account.
Here’s a little Friday metal. More substantive posting will hopefully resume next week.
UNEARTH – “Sanctity Of Brothers”
I’m heading out of town to visit family and friends for the next week. Posting will be light but not necessarily non-existent.
And since I may not get to it next week, here’s a bonus Friday Metal:
Killswitch Engage – “The Arms of Sorrow”
I may be in the minority of Anthrax fans in that I actually think the John Bush-era stuff holds up better than the “classic” lineup with Joey Belladonna. Not that I don’t like the Belladonna stuff, mind you.
This is from the last album they did with Bush before embarking on an (IMO) ill-advised reunion tour with Joey.
Love the video with the crusty old art teacher learing the esoteric secrets of …. Maiden!