
Tuesday night saw Polish death metal legends, Behemoth, come through town on their own headlining tour. A blizzard in North Dakota threatened to keep them from making it to our city, but the band persevered and found a way to make it here proving that the power of metal is greater than the power of [...]
Jan 28, 2010 | Categories: Show Reviews | Leave A Comment »
Arch Enemy is gearing up for their first North American tour in over a year, with a headlining run on the “Tyrants of Evil” tour, kicking off Wednesday, January 20. Exodus, Arsis, and Mutiny Within will play in support. “We’ve spent the last week rehearsing for the upcoming ‘Tyrants of Evil’ North American tour, and [...]
Jan 20, 2010 | Categories: Music News | Tags: arch enemy, death metal, exodus, Heavy Metal, metal, music news, tyrants of evil | Leave A Comment »

Unlike the rumored death of Chuck Biscuits which thankfully turned out to be a hoax, sadly this one appears real. Jay Reatard passed away at the age of 29 last night. He appeared to have died in his sleep and the cause is yet unknown or not yet released. I saw Jay play at Riot [...]
Jan 13, 2010 | Categories: Music News | Tags: Jay Reatard, punk rock | Leave A Comment »

The new decade in the windy city started off with the return of a band that is into their third decade together as a band, three decades where they really didn’t get a whole lot of recognition in the big scheme of things until someone made a movie about them which finally got people to [...]
Jan 12, 2010 | Categories: Show Reviews | Tags: Anvil, chicago, Concert Photography, Concert Reviews, earthen grave, Heavy Metal, House Of Blues, metal, rev luv | 3 Comments »
Unfortunately for metal fans everywhere, Slayer has had to cancel their planned tours this winter. Lead singer/bass player Tom Araya has to undergo back surgery. As someone who just went through this myself right before Xmas, I can certainly sympathize, though what Tom is about to go through is a lot more serious than the [...]
Jan 12, 2010 | Categories: Music News | Tags: Heavy Metal, metal, Slayer | Leave A Comment »
Pelican have just completed and posted a video for the final track on their latest album, What We All Come to Need, an album I still haven’t heard yet! It is their first for Southern Lord and this song also has the distinction of being the first Pelican song with vocals! Check it out the [...]
Jan 06, 2010 | Categories: General | Tags: metal, Pelican, post-rock, Southern Lord, video | Leave A Comment »

Sid! By Those Who Knew Him DVD/CD MVD Visual In his short life and even shorter stint in the Sex Pistols, Sid Vicious became the most recognizable figure in all of punk rock. People who never even heard punk music before likely has heard the name Sid Vicious. There’s even a Sid Vicious action figure! [...]
Jan 06, 2010 | Categories: Reviews | Tags: documentaries, DVD reviews, punk films, punk rock, sex pistols, Sid Vicious, Uk Punk | Leave A Comment »