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March 11th, 2010
CHURCH FOR SINNERS Expect the Unexpected

by Natalie Perez
Amongst the gloomy lit atmosphere that is Everett, Washington, Church For Sinners or (CFS) was formed in the summer of 2007. Thus this left the small town city in complete darkness. Determined to resurrect the underground punk scene from such acts as legendary punks, The Misfits, brothers Andy Wylie and Ben Grimm (formerly [...]

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March 10th, 2010
KITTIE

Mercedes, drummer of KITTIE, speaks with Patrick Musumeche (666) OF METAL MANIACS and FULLMETALROCK.COM about their 2009 release “In the Black” album and their recent signing to E1 Music.

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March 7th, 2010
DIM MAK

DIM MAK
by Isiamon
He may be most recognizable now for his recent stint in Hate Eternal, recording 2008’s Fury and Flames and touring with Erik Rutan’s Florida based death metal juggernaut. But Shaune Kelley has been a ground breaking visionary in extreme music for decades going back to a time before there was Hate Eternal, or [...]

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March 4th, 2010
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ASSAULT PART 1

I’m going to talk about the bands that I enjoy

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February 20th, 2010
(Scream From) The Third Wave – An Interview with FEAR FACTORY

By Lord Randall
Say what you will about the emergence of or legitimacy of “industrial metal” in the late ‘80s/early ‘90s, no one band has made as much of an impact on the genre as Fear Factory. Three classic albums gave shape to the world of Fear Factory, influencing a legion of bands from Sepultura to [...]

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February 19th, 2010
Decade of Metal in Review

by James Q. (courtesy of MetalUnderground.com)
On the 31 Dec 1999, no planes came crashing out of the sky, nuclear bombs went off or microwave ovens tried to eat anyone. However, times were about to change and in the metal scene change was already well underway. Let us take a stroll through the decade in metal [...]

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February 18th, 2010

Hello, fellow denizens of metal’s underbelly, welcome to the first instalment of Metal Heart, a monthly blog where I’ll be taking a look at some notable new releases in the world of grind, death, sludge, doom, war, and anything else metal that crosses my path that deserves some attention. Because this is the first one, [...]

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February 17th, 2010
Ringleader Benny Santoro Brings the Venetia Fair to Town

by Natalie Perez
If The Used’s first album had met My Chemical Romance’s “Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge” and both had merged with Panic At The Disco’s first record while on acid – and then you added a Circus twist to it for flavor, you’d wind up with The Venetia Fair. Benny Santoro spoke to me [...]

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February 13th, 2010
Brandon Declares World Domination and the Destruction of Teddy Bears?

by Natalie Perez
When all of the ghosts, goblins, and witches had come out to play back in October there was nothing to be afraid of but now that, that holiday has decreased why must we talk about some ghoulish phantoms? Perhaps there was one more ghoulish demon that was not put to rest. Brandon Thomas [...]

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February 12th, 2010
From the Obsidian Throne- with Xaphan

by Isiamon of Immolith

In this second installment of From the Obsidian Throne, I contacted one of the true legends in the black metal scene for the last 11 years Xaphan of the mighty Kult ov Azazel. The time was right for Xaphan as he’s recently returned from Europe where he toured with Malevolent Creation as their [...]

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CHURCH FOR SINNERS Expect the Unexpected
KITTIE
DIM MAK
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ASSAULT PART 1
(Scream From) The Third Wave – An Interview with FEAR FACTORY
Decade of Metal in Review
Greg Pratt’s Metal Heart Volume 1: Absolutely No Overdubs
Ringleader Benny Santoro Brings the Venetia Fair to Town
Brandon Declares World Domination and the Destruction of Teddy Bears?
From the Obsidian Throne- with Xaphan
AOSOTH – Ashes of Angels
BLIND WITNESS – Nightmare on Providence Street
MASTER – The Human Machine
NATRON – Rot Among Us
BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE – Begging For Mercy (Single)
CALABRESE – They Call Us Death
WORM OUROBOROS – s/t
MORTEMIA – Misere Mortem
MORNE – Untold Wait (Feral Ward)
ARSIS – Starve for the Devil