Archive for the ‘Band of the Week’ Category
June, 2010
Grady
By MaryAnn Bayer
On first listen I thought, kinda ‘stoner-rock’ but I kept listening and got ‘served’, if you will, by this band . Grady defy the stoner rock or southern rock genre. Think ZZ Top (pre-‘Legs’ era), Queens of the Stone Age and John Lee Hooker are three great tastes that taste great together? Grady [...]
First Blood
With members drawn form bands like Terror, Alcatraz, and Sworn Vengeance, these guys make up a hardcore lineup that put out a relentless offensive of merciless skull crushing tunes.
Since 2003, we’ve been feasting on First Blood’s assault on the world with their self titled EP. One split 7″ came after that called “The Dead Man’s [...]
May, 2010
Eths
Hailing from Marseille France, the metal band is fronted by a woman named Candice, who’s vocal range could lull you to sleep or lacerate your flesh with her razor sharp screams. Lots of crunchy down-tuned riffs overlapping machine gun drums, all wrapped up tight and delivered with intense precision. Crushing rhythms and a cute, wide-eyed [...]
Ronnie James Dio
Ronald James Padavona July 10, 1942 – May 16, 2010
The Vegas Kings (1957–1958)
Ronnie & The Ramblers (1958)
Ronnie and the Red Caps (1958–1961)
Ronnie Dio and the Prophets (1961–1967)
The Electric Elves (1967–1969)
The Elves (1969–1970)
Elf (1970–1975)
Rainbow (1975–1979)
Black Sabbath (1979–1982)
Dio (1982–1991)
Black Sabbath (1991–1992)
Dio (1993–2010)
Black Sabbath (2006)
Heaven and Hell (2006–2010)
Man On the Silver Mountain
Interview
Heaven and Hell
Pedigree
These guys have the “Godflesh meets Pink Floyd” thing goin on with dark, trippy, emotional ambience mixed in with crushing industrial-metal riffs and a stage show that will give you a seizure.
Since 1993 they’ve hammered out a dozen or so releases, each unique to it’s own style and feel, and have shared the stage with [...]
