Archive for the ‘Band of the Week’ Category
January, 2010
Fledgling Death
Imagine eating some bad 2 week old Taco Bell and downin it with a bottle of cheap gin. If there was going to be a soundtrack to your bathroom exploits for the next day or so, Fledgling Death would capture the mood, and almost certainly some of the sounds emanating from your rotten abused innards. [...]
December, 2009
Artimus Pyledriver
Taking their name from the legendary southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd’s drummer(Artimus Pyle), these guys seem to have taken the southern down home feel of the music in a whole different direction.
Singer Dave Slocum founded the band in 2001 with guitarist Jim Hall and soon found themselves gaining momentum, a loyal fanbase, and a record [...]
Viking Skull
Originating from the town of Corby, UK in 2002, the very under-promoted band Viking Skull formed with only one intention…getting free beer for playing shows. With an 80’s early 90’s style rock and roll/metal sound to them, they have been influenced by bands such as Sabbath, Maiden, Motorhead and Wasp, but seem to have more [...]
Black Diamond Heavies
Picture a Satanic tent revival with a raspy, growling, rock & roll, voodoo blues band hammering on an electric piano and a drum kit. The one band in the world that would possibly fit that description perfectly, would be the Black Diamond Heavies.
Hailing from the southern U.S. comes the hard hitting duo of John Wesley [...]
Austrian Death Machine
So who doesn’t like a good Schwarzenegger flick? I think it’s safe to say everyone has at least one that jumps to mind when his name is mentioned, even a couple, other than the Terminator movies. Now picture all of those famous lines that you know from those movies and put them into a thrashy, [...]
