Show Reviews 20 SOUTHERN DISCOMFORT, VOL. 2: A BOOZE-FUELED FRENZY THRU FOUR DAZE OF SCHLOCK N SHLOLL AT SXSW 2009 April 8th, 2009 at 1:32pm Kip Wingerschmidt After the antics of the first day of the festival, […]
Show Reviews 0 SOUTHERN DISCOMFORT, VOL. 1: A BOOZE-FUELED FRENZY THRU FOUR DAZE OF SCHLOCK N SHLOLL AT SXSW 2009 April 6th, 2009 at 1:18pm Kip Wingerschmidt Where to begin? So many debaucherous moments — too many […]
Show Reviews 40 SXSW METAL REPORT: DAY 1 March 19th, 2009 at 12:42pm Vince Neilstein Wednesday has done and drawn to a close, and an […]
Show Reviews 90 KRALLICE IN WONDERLAND: VINCE’S POST-SCION FEST WRAPUP March 3rd, 2009 at 3:12pm Vince Neilstein Axl did such a fine job recapping this past weekend’s […]
Show Reviews 130 THE DEVIL WENT DOWN TO GEORGIA: AXL’S POST-SCION REPORT March 2nd, 2009 at 11:38am Axl Rosenberg That I’m sitting here in the MetalSucks Mansion this snowy […]
Show Reviews 160 THE FACELESS ARE THE BEST LIVE BAND EVER! NO, WAIT, CYNIC ARE THE BEST LIVE BAND EVER! NO, NO, WAIT! MESHUGGAH ARE THE BEST LIVE BAND EVER!!! February 20th, 2009 at 11:07am Axl Rosenberg So, as Vince mentioned, we went to see the Mesuggah/Cynic/The […]
Hair Metal Happy Hour 80 LONG-HAIRED FREAKY PEOPLE (AND BALD JOE THE PLUMBERS) NEED APPLY FOR TESLA February 17th, 2009 at 3:27pm Corey Mitchell WHEN: Wednesday, February 11, 2009 WHERE: Scout Bar, San Antonio, […]
Show Reviews 60 CRADLE OF FILTH, SATYRICON AND SEPTICFLESH DISTURB MY PEACEFUL WEST-COAST CITY February 6th, 2009 at 4:00pm MetalSucks As a man, I’m painfully aware that at any metal […]
Cinemetal 160 THE ANSWER MAKE MY DICK HARD February 5th, 2009 at 3:15pm Vince Neilstein That’s the realization I had on Tuesday night at the […]
Show Reviews 160 RANDOM THOUGHTS ON IN FLAMES & 36 CRAZYFISTS LIVE December 9th, 2008 at 2:00pm Axl Rosenberg As I mentioned earlier today, we saw Gojira live Sunday […]
Show Reviews 460 JOB FOR A COWBOY, ALL SHALL PERISH, ANIMOSITY, ANNOTATIONS OF AN AUTOPSY: BANDS THAT TOTALLY AREN’T DEATHCORE PLAY A DEATHCORE SHOW IN RHODE ISLAND December 3rd, 2008 at 10:13am Sammy O'Hagar Deathcore’s meteoric fall from subgenre of a subgenre to a […]
Show Reviews 80 KEEP OF KALESSIN AND ELUVEITIE BRING THEIR ECCENTRICITIES TO AMERICA — THE GRAMERCY THEATER, 09/29/08 October 1st, 2008 at 12:30pm Vince Neilstein Monday was a crazy night for metal in the city, […]
Show Reviews 130 BRAINIAC PROTO-PROG SLUDGESTERS INVADE LOWER MANHATTAN: MOUTH OF THE ARCHITECT, INTRONAUT, & BEHOLD…THE ARCTOPUS @ THE KNITTING FACTORY, NYC — 8/8/08 September 16th, 2008 at 5:55pm Kip Wingerschmidt It’s bloody amazing how much more accepted intelligent aggressive music […]
Show Reviews 110 MASTERS OF METAL TOUR: AN OLD FART’S WET DREAM September 2nd, 2008 at 1:42pm Corey Mitchell The biggest metal tour of 2008 rolled through San Antonio […]
Show Reviews 300 ROCKSTAR MAYHEM FESTIVAL: SLIPKNOT ARE THE NEW KISS, MASTODON AND MACHINE HEAD STILL OWN, AND WALLS OF JERICHO PROVE SURPRISINGLY EFFECTIVE August 18th, 2008 at 11:53am Axl Rosenberg A very, very, VERY special thanks to Rosa Henriquez for […]
Show Reviews 150 THE METAL MASTERS TOUR: JUDAS PRIEST ARE AWESOME, HEAVEN & HELL ARE AWESOMER August 11th, 2008 at 12:45pm Axl Rosenberg In 2004, the Painkiller-era Judas Priest line-up reunited and blew […]
Show Reviews 240 LADDER UP AN ASS: BEST SUPERGROUP EVER! August 7th, 2008 at 11:37am Axl Rosenberg As Vince has already explained, we were at Mayhem Fest […]
Show Reviews 60 KING’S X AND EXTREME BRING THE FUNK [METAL] TO IRVING PLAZA August 5th, 2008 at 4:47pm Vince Neilstein Sometimes it’s nice to go to a show just to […]
Show Reviews 40 RETRO TO THE FUTURE: EARLY MAN/VALIENT THORR LIVE AT THE BOWERY BALLROOM, NYC, 7/25/08 August 1st, 2008 at 1:38pm Kip Wingerschmidt The ongoing revival of revivalist musical genres is often twofold […]
Show Reviews 110 HURRICANE MOTLEY STORMS THRU TEXAS July 28th, 2008 at 3:12pm Corey Mitchell As the southern shores of the Texas coast were being […]
