Authors: Bryer Wharton
Climbing the Forever Mountain with Voivod’s Dan Chewy Mongrain
There are those bands that only a few seconds in—the instant you hear the opening riffs— you instantly know who they are, mostly because the only bands that sound like them are their imitators. Voidvod are one of those bands. … read more
Moonsorrow: Age of the Gods
Moonsorrow—self-described as “heathen metal”—released a new album, Jumalten Aika (“Age of the Gods”) on April 1. … read more
Human Meat: Napalm Death’s Legacy of Grind
Napalm Death have always been a band you can instantly recognize, with a brash, often insanely fast sound and distinct vocals. The legacy of Napalm Death has always been how unique they are. … read more
Welcome to Your Funeral: An Interview with Rigor Mortis Vocalist...
The humbly made, underground-style documentary, Welcome to Your Funeral, is rich with facts and tells great stories about Rigor Mortis from the perspective of friends and band members in the most sincerest way possible. In the documentary, vocalist and director Bruce Corbitt keeps the legend of Rigor Mortis alive, which didn’t die with guitarist Mike Scaccia’s passing: Through interviews with Mike and the other band members, the moments now live on in film. … read more
Local Reviews: Deny Your Faith
The first track from Deny Your Faith’s Taste the Infection, “Pierce the Vein,” happens to be the worst cut of the release. The rest of Taste of Infection is populated by thrashy riffing, some punchy breakdowns and more than enough guitar soloing. Add some great jam-rocking moments and it’s all a damn fine release. … read more
Obituary: Violent By Nature
Over the years, Obituary stuck to their roots and let the music “flow without thinking too hard,” says Don. … read more
Review: Solitude Aeturnus
Solitude Aeturnus House of Despair Metal Mind Street: 08.28 I’ve always had a hankering for checking out Solitude Aeturnus one big reason is because their vocalist Robert Lowe is now singing for the mighty Candlemass. What better way to acquaint yourself to a band than a live DVD spanning the bands entire career. The bands
Review: Onslaught
Onslaught Live Polish Assault 2007 Metal Mind Street: 08.28 I have honestly never heard of Onslaught but apparently they’ve been around since 1985 though there was a period of long inactivity. I thought they were going to be standard Polish death metal boy was I wrong! I guess just because you’re playing live from Poland
Two Decades of Peddlin’ Evil: A History of The Heavy...
“I imagine there will be somebody that will want to take it over,” said Kevin Kirk, owner of the Heavy Metal Shop. “I never really put that much thought into it: it is really cool I’m still doing it. I’m getting pretty old now; I’m 45—look at Mick Jagger, though. I’ll do it until I can’t. Why not?” … read more
Salt Lake Metal Bowling League
Bowling balls hurled with the goal of crushing 10 pins in a clattering of sound—that’s pretty metal. Add the sounds of bands like Grand Magus, Venom and Absu to the denim and leather warriors hurling those balls—that makes bowling pretty damn metal. That’s the goal that Salt Lake City Metal Bowling League creator Melissa Zappa had in mind when she started the league at Bonwood Bowl in mid-October, 2015. … read more
J.K. Broadrick and Jesu exercising the Ghost of Godflesh
Chances are that if you listen to heavy or experimental music you know about Jesu and its creator Justin K. Broadrick, someone that bleeds talent from every orifice. … read more
Review: Catamenia
Catamenia Bringing the Cold to Poland Metal Mind Street: 01.16 Why this band has a live concert DVD is beyond me everything they do is pretty substandard and boring. Obviously filmed in Poland the band tries hard to even muster up a response from the crowd. The production is off the keyboards come off way
