Meanwhile, in non-hologram festival news... Last week Scion basically announced that this year's edition of their annual free metal festival, Scion Rock Fest, would take place at the Ritz Theatre in Tampa, Florida; now they've officially, 110% confirmed this, announcing that the show will take place on June 2. And, not at all shocking given the [...]
Just as we finished posting about the rumors for the date and location of this year's Scion Rock Fest yesterday, the Scion people officially confirmed it. Today, they announce the first round of bands, and the first word that comes to mind is diverse. I mean look at the bands in the headline... Sleep, Decapitated ...
video via Metal Insider Today is the last day of regular posting on MetalSucks for the remainder of the year. We'll still have some posts now and then - our annual Heavy Metal Hanukkah contest starts next week, we might have a series of cool new guest blogs from an old friend for you, and, [...]
Boy oh boy, do we have a real treat for you today, kids: a video interview with legendary death-grind pioneers Repulsion, which was conducted by the metal community's current number one patron, Scion A/V. Members Matt Olivo, Scott Carlson, and Marissa Martinez walk you through the band's history, which if you're not familiar with it... well, [...]
My biggest regret about Carnival of Souls (1962) is that I didn't see it earlier in life. In some ways, it is a schlocky low-budget horror movie. In other ways, it's like an art film. Its plot is simple: The automobile that a young woman is riding in plunges into a river and she is presumed to be dead. She later stumbles on shore from the water and soon takes a job in another city as a church organist. She is haunted by visions of a strange man and eventually meets a strange ending. [...]
New release on the usually reliable dnb/dubstep label Rankadank by DJ Wash. This is dnb from Hong Kong. Repulsion is billed as a dancefloor killer. It certainly is a pretty full on dnb track. It's a good track but slightly lacks that certain 'something' to make it standout from any number of other dnb tracks. Division is a different kettle of fish. This slouches in dark corners making vague threats. Nice and moody. Blurb: Dancefloor killer DNB from Hong Kong! Wash AKA DJ Wash based in Hong [...]
Wash AKA DJ Wash based in Hong Kong is a name synonymous with DnB in Asia. He not only promotes and produces but also runs the infamous podcast "Kongkast" which has seen artists such as Blu Mar Ten, Conrank, Kode9 & DC Breaks step up to the plate. Wash now releases his debut double single on Rankadank and its a stormer. Here you have the A-side from the release "Repulsion" which delivers enough energy to take down any dancefloor...Enjoy! MP3: Repulsion by WASH
Monday night's Passover Seder got me thinking: It may not be fashionably metal to be down with the G-O-D, but any biblical historian, or anyone who's read R. Crumb's shockingly graphic take on the Book of Genesis, knows that before Paul and co. repackaged Hizzoner into a lovey-dovey marshmallow, the Lord was one twisted motherf*cker. ...
When I look back at the last twenty years, there is perhaps no more important musical entity in my life than England's EARACHE RECORDS (srs). Back when I was a little kid on a quest to find the fastest, most cock-smashingly brutal music I could get my hands on, I stumbled across a copy of [...]
Earlier this week I had a dream that I was working with Atreyu. I don't know in what capacity I could possibly find myself "working with" Atreyu, since I'm not a manager, nor a publicist, nor a label rep, and they're about as likely to end up doing a guest column here as I am [...]
So right now you're probably thinking 1) "Hey, assholes, the NHL season actually started last night so this can't really be a 'preview' in the traditional sense of the word," and 2) "Hey, assholes, at least one of these artists isn't actually signed to Relapse Records." And, yes, we know we're a little late, but [...]
Britain of the mid-17th century was a very dangerous place indeed. The land was wracked by bloody civil war: a titanic struggle between the nobility and the professional classes, Catholics and Protestants, King Charles I squaring off against Oliver Cromwell and the forces of Parliament. Between the years of 1642 and 1651 the opposing factions [...]
Remember that Power of the Riff fest we mentioned when we reported that Corrosion of Conformity's Animosity lineup were doing some shows? Well, the full line-up has been announced, and...WOW.The poster, designed by our boy Justin Bartlett, says it all. (Read more for the full showing.)Beatmasterspeech, you best be at this.Corrosion of Conformity have also announced more dates, which are
North Carolina's Corrosion of Conformity may be more known for their more doomy and Southern-influenced material, but in the 80s, they were a killer crossover machine. Animosity is a thrash classic in its own right, and some would argue that the band hasn't topped it since. Well, if you're one of those people, you're in luck! COC's Animosity era line up - Woody Weatherman on guitar, Mike Dean on
North Carolina's Corrosion of Conformity may be more known for their more doomy and Southern-influenced material, but in the 80s, they were a killer crossover machine. Animosity is a thrash classic in its own right, and some would argue that the band hasn't topped it since. Well, if you're one of those people, you're in luck! COC's Animosity era line up - Woody Weatherman on guitar, Mike Dean on
This year I was fortunate enough to attend America's most important metal festival, Baltimore's Maryland Deathfest. Hosted by Sonar, this annual metal Mecca brings new bands to prominence, rising stars to the people, and legendary bands back to life. In the midst of all the heshing chaos of three days of what surely is too much metal for a thousand hands, I was able to interview three bands who are influential in many different ways. The first group I chatted with felt lost in their day, but have relatively recently been called, "the most influential grind [...]
Boy Fruit Repulsive (2010, Never Come Down Records) RIYL = Excepter, Black Dice, The First Dog to Visit the Center of the Earth And there we are, in the middle of a pack of retarded elephants. There is a single drunken one stumbling about from left to right, trumpeting elephant-like. Not quite what you'd get from an actual stable elephant. That's how Boy fruit starts things out on Repulsive. And things dip from there. Everything simply becomes more and more inebriated, more and more ridiculous, more and more "special." More layers, more [...]
This seizure-inducing, colorful nuttiness was directed by Mike Donovan of Sic Alps. It kinda reminds me of trying to tune in scrambled porn channels when I was a kid (this is pre-internet, people). I would say more, but it's Friday goddamn night and right now I just want Indian food and basketball (then maybe some pinball or Nick Jaina songs). Happy weekend! Quasi - Repulsion from Kill Rock Stars on Vimeo . Links: QuasiSpace
The following recap is for the 06/06/06 installment of The Best Show on WFMU. Every installment in the 2006 season is now recapped in some form. Some early efforts need a good fleshing out, but what doesn't, right? ***** "It's the Devil doing this to me. Why are you doing it, Devil? I've served you well. Why would you turn on me in this moment of need?"--Tom, pleading with his Dark Overlord to cease interfering with his programe "Why didn't you let [...]
Quasi - "Repulsion" from the forthcoming album American Gong on Kill Rock Stars.
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