Metal mayhem
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Metal didn’t exactly thrive during the era of grunge, but the underground kept the faith, and some groups, like NYC’s Prong, enjoyed a measure of popular success by incorporating “alternative” and industrial elements into their sound. “Whose Fist Is This Anyway?” Read more
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This is great. I think my favorite category is “badass misspellings,” as contrasted with “pointless misspellings.” (via Jeremy, in comments.) Read more
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How cool is this–Iron Maiden is releasing a big-screen tour documentary. Equally cool–singer Bruce Dickinson is a licensed pilot and flew the jet they traveled on (appropriately named “Ed Force One”) for much of the tour. The movie is called Iron Maiden: Flight 666. Doesn’t get much more metal than that. Read more
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Some very cool animation in this video from French enviro-metallers Gojira: All The Tears Read more
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Is Ronnie James Dio the worst dresser in metal? Well, he’d have some pretty stiff competition (see, e.g., the entire sub-genre of “viking metal”), but I think he’d be a strong contender. Doesn’t stop him from rocking, though. (If anything, it might help.) Read more
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My brother-in-law and his wife got me a Sabbath “best of” collection for Christmas and I’ve been rediscovering some of the lesser known gems: Read more
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The ATR household is off to visit family for the better part of the next week, so blogging will be light–well, even lighter than usual. Here’s a sampling of what I’ve been reading ’round the Web lately: Christopher has several posts on l’affaire Rick Warren that are, as usual, very much worth your time. (See Read more
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Is it time to start the inevitable “best of” lists already? Well, I know that you all have been waiting with baited breath for my top heavy metal albums of 2008. I make no claim that these are “the best” in any objective sense, just that they’re the ones I listened to and enjoyed the Read more
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This is one of my one or two favorite tracks from Death Magnetic. And the video is downright weird. Read more
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