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Los Angeles Thrash Metal
Review: Sacriphyx/StarGazer split
Death Metal
March 29, 2011
This is a split release featuring two Australian bands, Sacriphyx on one side and StarGazer on the other. Each band plays one song, and both songs...
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Less than one week till American Carnage!
Shows
October 15, 2010
As previously announced, the second leg of the lauded American Carnage tour will be steamrolling Universal City's Gibson Amphitheatre this...
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Local band reviews, vol. II
Arts & Entertainment
August 20, 2010
A little while back, we reviewed some local bands in the hopes of stimulating some interest in Los Angeles' somewhat decrepit and disorganized...
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The Vinyl Conflict Slayer LP box set now available for pre-orders
Arts & Entertainment
August 18, 2010
Slayer will be re-issuing all of their American Records albums in a 10-LP box set fittingly titled The Vinyl Conflict, and pre-orders are available...
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Exclusive interview: OVERKILL singer speaks on the media and politics (2)
Overkill
April 19, 2012
How does being misunderstood affect the perception of Overkill? It seems like the band has been described so many different ways over the years...
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Exclusive interview: OVERKILL's Bobby Blitz Ellsworth zaps The Electric Age (1)
Overkill
April 19, 2012
People talk about the “Big 4” as the ‘be all, end all’ of thrash metal. However, those embedded in the metal community know...
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Interview: Indie band Vital Pain
Band Profile
April 3, 2012
“Brings the truths of the world, that will hit you like a freight train made of tons of metal,” said the members of the Indie band...
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Aura Noir returns for the kill with 'Out to Die'
#heavy metal
March 20, 2012
The term “black thrash” has been thrown around for a while in varying shades of gray. Is it thrash with screamed vocals? Is it black...
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A look back at 1987 in HEAVY METAL Music – The genre as it was 25 years ago!
Heavy Metal Music
February 24, 2012
As we are a culture obsessed with nostalgia, I thought it might be a wee bit of fun to take a look back to see what is now a quarter-century old in...
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Top Ten Best METAL Album Releases of 2011
best of 2011
February 17, 2012
Year-end “best of” lists are a trite process at their most sincere. They are one person’s perception of what he/she felt was the...
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