Metallica’s Death Magentic: The Good, The Bad, The Heavy

Over the past several months, I have been really hard on Metallica for the actions they have taken against fans and fellow bloggers. I managed to borrow an early copy from a friend. I was also very surprised when I read the Mashable article, forwarded to me by another buddy. We’ll see [...]

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Opeth, Kamelot and Why July Sucked for Blogging

I don’t know about anyone else, but I was shocked as hell yesterday when I woke up and realized it was already August.  Where the hell did July go?  Work really kicked my booty during the month of July, and clearly sucked up a lot of my time.  As a result, writing was a little [...]

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Testament, Alex Skolnick, And The Return of Metal Heaven

In May, one of my favorite Heavy Metal/Thrash groups, Testament, returned with their newest album, The Formation of Damnation. While many metalheads were reveling in the late eighties at musical acts like Metallica, Slayer, Guns N’ Roses, Motley Crüe and other popular Metal acts, I was enthralled with Testament. Don’t get me [...]

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Metallica still doesn’t get it

Let me begin by saying, I LOVE Metallica!! At least, the old Metallica. There is no question that they are one of the most influential metal bands ever. I own all of their albums, seen them in concert several times, etc. I can’t wait for the album to come out… blah blah blah…. [...]

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