Yet another black metal documentary
by Cosmo Lee Another day, another black metal documentary. A fellow named William Shackleford is filming a new black metal documentary called Out of the Black. He is a Christian in Kentucky who runs “The Rural Democrat,” a Democrat-slanted blog. Evidently he has been exchanging emails with Varg Vikernes. You can’t make this stuff up....
Happy 40th birthday, heavy metal
by Cosmo Lee Heavy metal turns 40 tomorrow, on the anniversary of the release of Black Sabbath. Without it, you and I would not be gathered here today. There would be no Big Four, Peaceville Three, !T.O.O.H.!, or “One.” There would be no Wacken, Venom, Voivod, or Vader. No Bathory, Beherit, Behemoth, or Belial (Aus,...