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Possessing all the coziness of a gawk-worthy car crash, Permanent Damage, the salacious memoir from the notorious, outrageous “groupie” Miss Mercy Fontenot and celebrated pop culture journalist Lyndsey Parker, provides a surprise payoff.
Trivium traveled Into the Mouth of Hell and ended up back in their home town of Orlando.
Gail Worley finds drummer Chris Pennie of Coheed & Cambria to be one rad guy.
While recognized more for their skin-crawling costumes than for their music, Slipknot are a speed metal band worthy of a little respect – as Jen Cray discovered recently at the Orlando date of the band’s current arena tour.
When Skies Wash Ashore (KOCH/Raging Nation Records). Review by P. McEver.
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.
The fourth annual Taste of Chaos Tour brought its mini metalcore festival indoors for the Orlando stop, where Jen Cray caught up with it.
Gail Worley caught up with talkative drummer Chris Adler in Florida the day after their last show of this summer’s Ozzfest tour and got some engaging insight into the very heavy metal world of Lamb of God.
The New Leader (N2O). Review by Chris Catania.
The Masterba_Tour_ is the Al Jourgensen show. Headlined by Ministry and also featuring Jourgensen’s longtime side project, Revolting Cocks, it’s an evening of industrial, experimental metal, and mayhem. Jen Cray finds herself front and center.
MTV2 Headbangers Ball: Volume 2 (Roadrunner Records). Review by Joe Frietze.
Resident Evil Apocalypse: Music From and Inspired by the Original Motion Picture (Roadrunner Records). Review by Joe Frietze.
Until the End (Artemis Records). Review by Daniel Mitchell.
Slipknot,Vol 3 (The Subliminal Verses),Roadrunner,Anurag Chatterjee
Vol 3 (The Subliminal Verses) (Roadrunner.) Review by Anurag Chatterjee
XIII (Universal Records). Review by Daniel Mitchell.
XIII (Universal Records). Review by Daniel Mitchell.
In The Name of Progress (Columbia). Review by Nick Plante.
Escape From Cape Coma (MCA). Review by Stein Haukland.
Original Soundtrack (Roadrunner). Review by Nick Plante.
Everything Changes, Everything Stays the Same (Tapete Records). Review by Peter Lindblad.
Stories I Only Tell My Friends (Blackbird Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Bone Bells (Pyroclastic Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
In this installment of his popular weekly series, Christopher Long recalls rolling up on a used record joint in Myrtle Beach where he scored a clean and quiet vinyl copy of Hermit of Mink Hollow, the 1978 masterpiece from Todd Rundgren, for just $2.
Ink 19 spoke with Brendan James to discuss the inspiration behind Chasing Light, his uniquely alluring sound, and why he makes music.
Serving as an inspirational beacon for aspiring musicians and artists — women and men alike — Beat Keepers: The Next Chapter may not be a big-budget feature, but its heartbeat is HUGE!
Let the Good Times Roll (Vegas Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.