For The Love Of Buckethead

February 12, 2014

My love for as a musician is something that grows deeper every time I listen to his music and the reason for it is a deceptively simple one. Buckethead is one of the few guitarists who has a wide range

On Syrian Metal: Times Of War

February 1, 2014

I’m a Syrian citizen, seventeen years of age, born and raised in Damascus, Syria. I am a free-thinker who believes in the human mind, secularism, and liberty on all aspects of life; whether religious beliefs, political affiliations, sexual orientations, musical

On Syrian Metal: A Tribute To Fadi Massamiri

September 24, 2012

In Syria, as we know, the metal movement was raw, primal, and repetitive. Then something happened between the years of 2010 and 2012. A new chapter was being written on the history of Syrian metal — a phenomena I’d like

Garrett Heck: Spreading The Disease

September 8, 2012

So, I’ve been kind of lost in the big vat of sauce that we call life and decided to finally conduct an interview that I’ve been wanting to do for ages. It would have been nice to do this in

Vintage Iron

September 27, 2011

The vocals and lyrics absolutely carry this EP, called “Dominance,” from across whatever reservations that I have in regards to traditional doom’s vitality. While this band has been at it for some time, something that shows in the music, they

High Gravity Entertainment

July 7, 2011

As someone that is unacquainted with local bands from NJ, learning about was exactly what I needed. The venue where they book their shows at is called which has been around since the 1980’s. Jonny Ferry of, now dead, had

Record Store Olympics Event 3: The Decipher

June 22, 2011

We all know that some of the band names in metal are very hard to pronounce but once we get into the bands logo form, best of luck figuring anything out. I’ve seen some pretty insane logos over the years