Your best moshpit story
The Reverend Horton Heat My moshing days are long past. I’m not at the “drink beer and hang out at the back” stage yet. “Get up front but avoid annoying people” is where I’m at now. But I remember my young and reckless days fondly. Those were in college, which for me was in Texas....
Merrimack - Grey Rigorism
France’s Merrimack aren’t that old. They formed in the mid-’90s and saw sporadic action until three albums in the ’00s. But on Grey Rigorism [Moribund/Osmose, 2009], they’ve matured. In black metal, “maturation” is hazardous. It usually involves slicker production and signing to bigger labels. Part of black metal’s appeal was its youth — kids who...