Authors: Megan Kennedy
Dead But Dreaming: The Famine
Ladies and gentlemen, I welcome you to Dead But Dreaming, a humble metal blog broadcast in infamy from the shores of beautiful R’lyeh. In this, our first edition, I interrupt The Famine’s Nick Nowell in the middle of his day job (shockingly, not in the church-burning industry, but at the Dallas-area Habitat For Humanity) to find out how the death metal quintet redeemed themselves from a hellish year with their new album, The Architects of Guilt. … read more
Napalm Flesh: Amon Amarth
Spring has sprung, dear darkhearts, and with the winter’s thaw, your faithful narrator brings you treasure from the Golden Hall: an interview with Swedish death metal demigods Amon Amarth! They’re about to load up their longships and invade our shores once again, touring in support of their newest album, Surtur Rising. … read more
Dead But Dreaming: Dying Fetus
This week’s metal blog features a review rundown of several recently re-issued Dying Fetus releases as well as a guide to all the metal happenings on this Record Store Day weekend. … read more
Dead But Dreaming: Protest The Hero Interview
Happy spring, my little Elder things, and welcome to Dead But Dreaming! In this edition, I sit down with vocalist Rody Walker of the crazy Canadian band Protest The Hero before their highly anticipated Salt Lake show at The Avalon. We talk about their new album, Scurrilous, and why the band will always buck the trends (and pussy vocal rest). I also have web-exclusive reviews of Between the Buried and Me and the always brutal Winds of Plague for you, my dear cultists. Read on! The secrets of metal immortality may or may not be buried within. … read more
Dead But Dreaming – Local Artist Spotlight: Arsenic Addiction
Cthulhu fhtagn, beautiful star-spawns! Dead But Dreaming is glad to have you on this rainy spring day as we have a spot of tea (and brutality) with local spotlight artists Arsenic Addiction! And as always I’ve got some a rundown of this week’s metal events and some web-exclusive reviews for you, this week from Arsonists Get All the Girls, Forgotten Tombs, Gates of Slumber, Jesuit, Polkadot Cadaver and Zombi. … read more
Dead But Dreaming: Winterus Interview
As summer descends upon us, dear star-spawns, I bring you chilly tales from the great white north: an interview with vocalist Christopher Erich Neu of black metal band Winterus, hailing from Kalamazoo! I also have some web-exclusive reviews, and a rundown of this week’s metal events. … read more
Dead But Dreaming: Unearth Interview
This week, I sit down with veteran vocalist Trevor Phipps of the brutal Unearth to find out about their upcoming release Darkness In The Light, to get his thoughts on the current pulse of the metal scene, and find out why this album has fired up the brutal Boston quartet more than ever as they gear up to join Megadeth on the Rockstar Mayhem Festival. I’ve also got some web-exclusive reviews and an event rundown for you. … read more
2011 Mayhem Festival Preview
Since 2008, the Mayhem Festival has been a staple of North American touring metal fests, and its stages have been graced by such heavyweights as Slayer, Slipknot, Dragonforce, Lamb of God, Hatebreed and Killswitch Engage. Known for diverse lineups from subgenres all across the metal spectrum, Mayhem has raised the bar for their 2011 tour. Although there is no Salt Lake City stop on the tour this year, it will hitting the Nampa Ampitheatre in Nampa, ID on July 13th. … read more
Dead But Dreaming: Rockstar Mayhem Festival 2011
The day started early, but already the summer sun was scorching the thousands of eager fans lined up outside the gates. The Main Stage was still being drilled and hammered together, so I followed the river of black shirts down a grassy knoll and to the huge side field where the Revolver and Jagermeister stages had been set up, one at each end, ringed by the merch booths of every band on the tour. … read more
Dead But Dreaming: Machine Head interview
The heat is on, darkhearts—summer is sweltering all around us, but your faithful hostess has braved the inferno to bring you news from the Rockstar Energy Mayhem Festival. I was given the honor to sit down with Machine Head drummer Dave McClain and find out how they’ve kept their heads and fists held high during their twenty years. We also have our weekly event listings and some exclusive reviews. … read more