Nick Vasallo - The Burning
How about a composer who’s actually alive? And one who plays metal? In a band that’s good, to boot? Nick Vasallo is a guitarist for Bay Area death metallers Antagony. He’s also a doctoral student at UC Santa Cruz in music composition. The Burning (Ars Nova Classics, 2007) is an eclectic compilation of his work....
Revocation giveaway
Photo by Return to the Pit Every so often I come across a band whose unsigned status is utterly incomprehensible. Boston’s Revocation are by far the greatest example. I saw them live last fall. They were a trio and could have used a second guitarist. Still, they killed. In guitarist/vocalist David Davidson, I saw the...