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Metal Monday: Metal Essentials – Thrash

posted: March 29, 2010

If a person is to consider themselves a metalhead, they had best know the roots ” the basics. Be aware of all subgenres, identify the artists who dominates them and know the albums that helped…
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Download of the Week: My Radio

posted: March 29, 2010

In a world where a radio may seem unfashionable, even obsolete, we find My Radio, who not only give radio a great name but provide listeners with a perfect balance of song writing and performance…
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Rock of Ages

posted: March 24, 2010

Salem, Virginia. It’s a little town nestled within Appalachia in Southwest Virginia, so one might expect to come across plenty of bands playing the high lonesome music indigenous to the area. But loud, assertive rock? Hooks…
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Speaking English

posted: March 22, 2010

When you’re signed to a major label (Geffen) fresh out of high school and have a celebrity manager to boot (Joe Simpson), some would say you’ve made it. But for Barefoot frontman Chris Pearson, this was…
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The Passion of the Synth

posted: March 17, 2010

Can man love machine? It’s a theme that’s been explored exhaustively, from Blade Runner to Small Wonder. Time and time again, the answer seems to be a resounding yes. Chalk City City up as more…
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Metal Monday: Live Metal Moments

posted: March 15, 2010

More so than most genres of music, jazz and classical aside, metal holds bands with technical prowess in the highest regards. Bands have been both immortalized and condemned based on the nature of  their live…
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