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The Evil and (Im)Morality of MP3 Sharing

While staying clear of the vitriolic style of his bandmate, and haemorrhoid in the ass of the world, Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley continued the...

Music and The Criminalization of Speech

I take a great deal of pride on the fact that when Varg Vikernes was arrested in France, under their totalitarian anti-terrorist legislation, ours...

Viva la Filesharing – We are NOT Killing Rock

In his constant struggle to remain on the wrong side of history, moron extraordinaire Gene Simmons said that file sharing killed rock. Nowadays, he...

Defenders of the Faith: Metal and Religion

There are certain hypocrisies in the metal world when it comes to religion; a double standard that we all apply when it comes to...

A New Letter from Orphaned Land (and our rebuttal)

In response to our blog on Orphaned Land, Kobi sent us an open letter, to which we replied. This is his new response, as...

An Open Letter from Orphaned Land (And Our Rebuttal)

UPDATE: Kobi Farhi has again responded to us with another open letter. Read that letter and our response here. Upon publication of my latest article, we...

All Is None – The Hypocrisy of Orphaned Land

UPDATE: Kobi Fahri, singer of Orphaned Land, wrote an Open Letter in response to this article. You can see it, together with our response,...

Fade to Black: Heavy Metal and Suicide

The issue of mental diseases among metal fans is one that has plagued the minds of researchers, journalists and, of course, the fans themselves...

On Burzum’s Removal from Ebay

It was recently reported that eBay started removing Burzum items from their website, arguing that they promote hatred and violence. If this is true,...

My No-No Square: Metal and Abuse

During a recent interview I conducted with Oscar Dronjak, guitar player of Hammerfall, we touched upon the topic of the position of women in...

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12 Years and 74 Lashes for Your Songs

"Metal is an escape. It encourages you to think for yourself, to say “no”, and to resist when others say “no” to you. That voice of resistance kind of awakened the beast in me."

On Getting Choked, Journalism, Racism, and Rebellion

Will you bite the hand that feeds?

Making the Festival of the Century

"A crowning achievement"