Slayer: World Painted Blood

13Nov09

                          At her slaytanic majesty’s request, the new Slayer album is finally out. Many bands have attempted to play faster – usually to comedic effect – but when it comes to sheer heaviness and relentless single-mindedness, Slayer remain the true destructors.

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Tags: anti-imperialism, hardcore, heavy metal, metal, Punk, rock, slayer, thrash, world painted blood

Steel Panther – Feel the Steel

08Jun09

They are lewd, crude, and tattooed: Steel Panther are a bunch of rock dudes from L.A. Every Monday night, they revive the near-extinguished glam metal genre down at the Key Club on Sunset Strip ’cause that’s where men are still men, except they sport ridiculous clothes and bad hair.

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Tags: cock rock, death to all but metal, feel the steel, glam metal, hair metal, heavy metal, LA metal, metal, steel panther

Marilyn Manson – The High End of Low

20May09

The Bible Belt’s most feared rock star and idol of underage wannabe-goths is back. And by back, I don’t mean “he figured it was time to throw some product on the market”.

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Tags: glam rock, goth, marilyn manson, metal, rock, the high end of low, the religious right, un-american, we're from america

Noize Punishment: the future of jihad?

17Apr08

  Noize Punishment aka Jindrich Brejcha is a one-man act from the Czech Republic, and as the name suggests, an absolutely punishing experience. Do you remember Atari Teenage Riot? Gabba techno beats, distorted hardcore/metal guitars, shouty political lyrics? Noize Punishment takes the concept a few steps further, mixing grindcore and breakbeats into a infernal racket [...]

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Tags: anarchism, atari teenage riot, breakbeat, digital hardcore, grindcore, hardcore punk, metal, noise music, noize punishment, Punk, techno