September, 2010
Rawhead
By MaryAnn Bayer
Hailing from Glens Falls, N.Y., Rawhead makes instrumental hip hop beats; I’ll refrain from any embarrassing attempts at describing this process. I’ll let him tell you. What I can do is tell you why I like his beats, and express why you probably will to. I like the sounds of crackle from REAL [...]
The Body
By MaryAnn Bayer
I have been in a constant state of fright since The Body came into my life. Nothing that Count Grishnackh or Fenriz have produced has me more affected than the sound coming from Chip and Lee, just a couple of guys from Providence via Arkansas. The Body are a two piece at their [...]
August, 2010
Barn Burner
By MaryAnn Bayer
Barnburner: barn·burn·er bärn bûr n r
n. Informal. An extremely impressive event or successful outcome.
Impressive indeed. Hailing from Canada or Canadia if I’m drunk, Barn Burner is my perfect summer metal band. Full of Twin Guitar slayings AND fuzzy garage distortion, the perfectly titled ‘Bangers’ (or “Bangahs” if your me and from Massachusetts) re-released [...]
Chris Reynolds
What started you off and got you into artwork?
Art is something I’ve always done. I got into tattooing in my teens. There was a biker shop in town we used to go to, to get our weed, and they knew I could draw, so I started drawing designs for them. They were offering to [...]
Hellbent For Cooking
By MaryAnn Bayer
This weeks band of the week isn’t a band at all. It’s a book. Hellbent For Cooking by Annick “Morbid Chef” Giroux. Finally a book intermingling my two favorite things: Food and Heavy Metal. Hellbent was published by Bazillion Points, founded by Ian Christe, author of “Sound of the Beast” and host of [...]
