Sam
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Sam's first experience in the world of heavy metal was convincing his mother to buy him a Limp Bizkit cassette from his local Sam Goody. In his defense, he was twelve, and he soon realized the error of his ways once he started to actually listen to it. But once he impulse-bought Black Sabbath's Paranoid a few years later, his brain was set aflame with a lust for all things heavy. Sam's been on a never-ending quest for the most monstrous of riffs ever since, and while he's found a myriad of bands to worship, he will never be satisfied. When not slaving away on this site, he spends his time shackled to schoolwork and graduate research in New York City.
Reviews
Fire in the Cave – Fire in the Cave
“To them, I said, the truth would be literally nothing but the shadows of the images.” - Socrates
Any band that takes their name from...
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Love Sex Machine – Love Sex Machine
God, what an awesome band name. If I were to ever start a band, Love Sex Machine would definitely be on the shortlist of badass...
Interviews
Deafheaven Interview
"We're still a really young band, and I think that we have a lot of room to grow - and grow we will."
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Earth – Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light II
If you're a fan of drone metal at all, loving Earth is mandatory. On their Extra-Capsular Extraction EP and their legendary full-length debut Earth 2, Dylan Carlson...
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High On Fire – De Vermis Mysteriis
I had graduated from radio metal (and high school) and started getting into heavy metal in earnest during my first two years of college....
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Pallbearer – Sorrow And Extinction
Doom and prog usually don't mix well. The former is based around repetitive riffs and glacial tempos, whereas the latter places much more of...
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Melvins – The Bulls And The Bees
Despite encapsulating the definition of "acquired taste" in music, the Melvins have had a rich and extremely influential career like few other acts in...
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Atoma – Skylight
This particular album landed in my inbox a few weeks ago with the descriptor "apocalyptic post-rock metal," and it's hard to think of a...
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Liberteer – Better To Die On Your Feet Than Live On Your Knees
It wasn't that long ago when a little outfit named Napalm Death, hailing from the very birthplace of heavy metal itself in Birmingham, England,...
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Nokturnal Hellstorm – Nokturnal Hellstorm
I had said earlier this week that doom metal was the subgenre most enamored with its humble roots, but in retrospect that statement's more...
Must-read
The Dark Side of Business: An Interview with Scott Ian Lewis of Carnifex
Scott Ian Lewis on the dangerous state of live music, comics, and Necromanteum
“The songs you love, but not played well” – An Interview with Devin Townsend
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RPb_jsnY2I
Get Ready for Wacken 2023
Get ready to unleash your metal power because Wacken Open Air is back with a bang for its 2023 edition! Mark your calendars for...