Authors: Bryer Wharton
GWAR: Granny Sex, Crack & Heavy Metal
There is no correct reason to worship GWAR, there is only a wrong way and that way is not on their knees. A lot of old people like GWAR. … read more
National CD Reviews – November 2009
National music reviews from Brother Ali, Devendra Banhardt, Fuck Buttons, The Gossip, Immortal, Jookabox, Lewd Acts, The Raveonettes, Sea Wolf, Strike Anyhwere, White Denim and many more. … read more
National CD Reviews – December 2009
This month’s national reviews feature releases from Asobi Seksu, Beak>, Dead To Me, Evangelista, The Mary Onettes, The Prodigy, The Rakes, Skeletonwitch, Slayer and many more. … read more
Negura Bunget: Out of the Light, Into the Fog
Black metal is an ever-changing sonic experience. From the extreme raw and harsh tones to beautiful atmospheres that share the raw primal and spiritual exorcisms, all of it is an exercise in emotional releases and a general expression of beliefs and ideology. “Our music is a direct reflection of our souls. We do the music we do because of who we are, but at the same time we are who we are partly because of the music we do. Negura Bunget was always a spiritual endeavor for us, our ultimate goal is to have people sharing this,” says drummer Negru. … read more
Homenaje a Los Antiguas: A Mayan and Mesoamerican Black Metal...
Yaotl Mictlan has a primal edge with their feet planted in black metal, yet dispel the notion that all black metal bands sound the same. They prove that the genre is a vessel to portray artistic visions and themes and can ideally transfix and transport listeners to experience emotions and feelings they might not have known they even had. Yaotl Mictlan embrace their Mayan and Mesoamerican heritage, using their music as an exploration into ancient realms that are still not fully explained by historians. … read more
Top 5: Melechesh
Melechesh, a Sumerian/Mesopotamian-themed black metal band that originated in Jerusalem in 1993 and relocated to the Netherlands in 1998, have always been a favorite artist of mine. The Epigenesis is Melechesh’s fifth full-length album, and easily their best. The record pushes hard on the boundaries of what black metal is, going well beyond the typical blast and scream fare. … read more
An Extremely Unquestionable Presence: An Interview with Atheist
The history of Atheist, a revolutionary extreme metal band that created forward thinking, technically engrossing and emotionally empowering music, is a storied one. Atheist broke up in 1994, but their albums grew in popularity and the band attained legendary metal status as their fan base grew. Atheist reunited in 2005 and released their fourth album in November 2010. I got to talk to one of Atheist’s founding members, vocalist Kelly Shaefer, about the band past and present. … read more
Subrosa: Welcome to the Dark Country
On March 1, Salt Lake City’s Subrosa unleashed their second full-length album No Help for the Mighty Ones. The band, together for roughly six years, has had plenty of time to grow and progress, moving forward in leaps since their first album Strega. Subrosa has taken standard doom metal and morphed into a monster with downtuned guitar rage, dizzying violins and hallowed, haunting vocals. Subrosa offers any listener a challenge—read on and decide if you’re ready for that challenge. … read more
Teutonic Titans of Terror An Interview With Accept Guitarist Wolf...
If you don’t know this one, you shouldn’t call yourself a metalhead: “And then you’ll get your balls to the wall, man! Balls to the wall!” It just got heavy metal in here, because we’re talking about the mighty German wrecking crew, Accept, who crashed out a nice gleaming slab of metal last year with their album Blood of the Nations. SLUG had the chance to talk to principle member Wolf Hoffmann, creator of some serious metal guitar riffage, about all things Accept. … read more
National CD Reviews – July 2011
New releases from Black Lips, Crystal Stilts, Dox, Explosions In the Sky, Friendly Fires, Iceage, Jello Biafra, Los Vigilantes, Set Your Goals, Sol Invictus, Thurston Moore. Tyler the Creator and many, many more are reviewed.
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Immolation
Immolation has been at their craft since 1988, brutalizing death metal fans and pushing not only the American extreme metal scene into new territory, but the world scene as well. They’re a band often emulated and praised, but the relative obscurity of their music has lent them to be described by their fans and critics as underrated. Immolation is headlining a show in Salt Lake City, Oct. 20 at the Complex—It’s the first time they have been in town since the mid-’90s.
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Top 5: Satan’s Host
After twenty-four years away from the group, original vocalist Leviathan Thisiren (aka Harry Conklin of Jag Panzer) rejoined Satan’s Host in 2010, which spawned an album filled with the best evil and nasty heavy-metal ferocity released this year. The combination of black/thrash/death metal with a classic heavy metal-styled vocalist pushed Satan’s Host out of the realm of mediocrity and into the realm of pure awesome evil metal. … read more
