Seoul of a New Machine: Downhell
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ePys1JmxDA] Downhell is the first Korean metal band I’ve heard. (Metal-archives.com currently lists 147 metal bands in South Korea. The only heavy metal in North Korea seems to be the nuclear bomb-making kind.) The video for their new single, “Karma,” is a fascinating case of culture clash. Drummer Mike Terrana is not Korean, but American,...
Slayer - Jeff Hanneman home recording
by Cosmo Lee One day, as I was perusing Slayer’s discography on metal-archives.com, I saw this tucked between the Combat Tour Live video and Hell Awaits in 1985: Jeff Hanneman home recording. What?!? I tracked it down. Turns out it’s more of a riff tape than a demo. It’s just Hanneman with a drum machine....