A group of Iraqi youths learn English from Metallica and Slayer and form a head-banging band in the middle of a war. Carl F Gauze doesn’t need a translator for the universal language of metal.

A Mayan villager is killed in a mining accident and enters a surreal journey thorough the afterlife, ultimately resolving his life and death. Carl F Gauze finds here that Francisco Athié has revitalized the art of the surrealist film.

Progressive metalcore masters Between the Buried & Me surprised everyone when their Orlando show sold out in advance, leaving many fans scrambling the streets begging for tickets. Jen Cray squeezed inside for a surprisingly friendly evening of new metal.

Colors (Victory). Review by Jen Cray.

In Vogue (Rise Records). Review by Carl F Gauze.

Though you usually should be worried about a review that starts with, “I am SO glad this movie didn’t suck,” Carl F Gauze is actually quite taken with this big screen version of Garrison Keillor’s timeless radio show.

Garrison Keillor’s Prairie Home Companion radio show comes to the big screen.

Zero Tolerance (Candlelight Records). Review by Matthew Moyer.

Death’s back, and it wants to take you on the (last) ride of your life. Brittany Sturges reviews the third in this series of complex and gruesome demises.

Spell Of Retribution (Earache/Wicked World). Review by Matthew Moyer.

The fall theater season opens with a bang in Orlando.

This is Not an Erect, All-Red Neon Body (No Idea). Review by Daniel Mitchell.

The former frontman for the seminal hardcore punk outfit, The Misfits, unleashed an evening of pure, dark, bluesy metal on an eager Florida crowd. Jen Cray escapes unscathed.

The System Has Failed (Sanctuary Records). Review by Vinnie Apicella.

Millions of people died in 2004. Carl F Gauze picks his 19 favorites.

Necrosis (Candlelight Records). Review by Matthew Moyer.

White2 (Southern Lord). Review by Daniel Mitchell.

Greetings and Amputations (McCarthyism). Review by Daniel Mitchell.

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Prophecy (Roadrunner). Review by Daniel Mitchell.