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There’s only so many hours in a day, and there’s so many bands out there. No way you can check them all out in one lifetime. Many are bound to pass under your radar or slip through the cracks. But what about the ones you’re aware of but don’t bother to check out? What if […]

by Francesco Ferorelli Everyone loves an underdog. In metal, rooting for underappreciated (or perceived to be) bands is practically doctrine. Baltimore’s Iron Man are a band worth championing. They formed in the late-’80s as a Black Sabbath tribute band by guitarist and only constant member “Iron” Al Morris III. Billed as “blacker than Black Sabbath?” […]

http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/Sr_RaCM-1ug&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0Review by Francesco Ferorelli Directors Audrey Ewell and Aaron Aites have done black metal a service with their documentary Until The Light Takes Us. By now the arsons and murders in early ’90s Norway are the stuff of legend. However, they continue to spark controversy almost 20 years later. The film has predictably met with […]

by Franceso Ferorelli Ah, the cover art gamble. The Internet in all its wisdom has yet to conjure up an adequate facsimile of this experience. Sometimes in high school if I had a few extra bucks, I’d buy a tape or CD because it looked cool — the ignorant music fan’s Hail Mary pass. This […]

Photo by bikepunkmorganReview by Francesco Ferorelli I’ve seen crossover thrashers Atakke a few times over the past three years. Even when they were rougher around the edges, it was clear they were promising. With two 7″s in as many years, Atakke are in no rush. That patience serves them well on Avalanche (Mountains of Madness, […]