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Metalander-Z (Chicken Ranch). Review by Carl F Gauze.

Before the Coca Cola Company co-opted Santa, he was one mean mutha.

They Might Be Giants are still a band and touring after nearly 30 years. Jeff Schweers submerged himself in their pop music flood.

Jen Cray discusses brainwashing, politics, war, and even a little bit of music with Rise Against drummer Brandon Barnes.

Appeal to Reason (DGC/Interscope). Review by Jen Cray.

Jen Cray is thoroughly rocked by a triple bill of Rise Against, Thrice, and Alkaline Trio. All killer, no filler? The point can be argued…

Bloody, funny, and LOUD, Gwar returns to the stage with openers Kingdom of Sorrow and Toxic Holocaust. Carl F Gauze dodges a giant Chekhovian penis to come face-to-face with Satan at Orlando’s Club Firestone.

This year’s annual Sounds of the Underground tour promises to deliver the heaviest metal this side of Ozzfest to Orlando’s Tinker Field. Jen Cray was there for As I Lay Dying, Gwar, Trivium, Cannibal Corpse, Behemoth, and a half-dozen other bands as they turned a baseball diamond into a mosh pit.

The San Diego metal act As I Lay Dying are gearing up to headline the annual metal smorgasbord- Sounds of the Underground- this summer. Lead singer Tim Lambesis took a moment during a rare week at home to chat with Jen Cray about the band’s past, present, and future.

Sexiful (Motron Records). Review by Carl F Gauze.

Dissumulate (Earache). Review by Matthew Moyer.

What’s up in the land of big eyes? Homer Flynn speaks for The Residents, while Lula Roldan takes notes.

Space, Love & Bullfighting (Tooth & Nail). Review by Daniel Mitchell.

GWAR, with God Forbid and Goatwhore at The Orbit in Boynton Beach, FL on January 23, 2002. Concert review and photos by Liza Hearon.

Violence Has Arrived (Metal Blade). Review by David Lee Beowulf.

Did you ever have the urge to find out about the newest releases by Captain Sensible, Fred Koller, Man Is The Bastard and about thirty disparate others all within a few sentences of one another? Skate on over to Outsight for critical collages at their best.

Donny Osmond at The Fox Theatre in Atlanta, GA on June 15, 2001. Concert review by James Mann. Photos by June Rich.

Diarrhea of a Madman (Metal Blade). Review by Nathan T. Birk.

Dragon Con 2000, Atlanta, GA (event review and photos by Frank Mullen).