Paul Chain: the metalhead who made his own language
The language of loud.
metal
Terra Tenebrosa: When the world’s scariest metal band disappeared
Metal that’s genuinely spooky? In this economy?!
‘The Cure For Insomnia’: The experimental movie that features porn, heavy metal and a 4880-page poem
More of an MCU guy myself.
Mr Bungle: How ska, death metal and Pee-Wee Herman created the most bizarre band of the 1990s
“We just had this idea…”
One Night Only: White Hills present ‘Splintered Metal Sky: The Concert’
On April 22nd, New York City’s avant psych fuzz-rockers White Hills will premiere their new live set Splintered Metal Sky: The Concert exclusively on the…
Terrible Lizard: Human League’s ‘heavy metal on 45’ offshoot band
The other day I pulled out my copy of Human League’s classic 1981 album Dare and played it all the way through twice. I haven’t…
‘A World Apart’: The Obsessed were DC hardcore’s doom metal crossover (and toughest dudes around)
Besides Go-go, the music scene of Washington D.C. in the eighties was largely defined by the birth of hardcore and the influential ‘Revolution Summer’ movement…
BANG: Proto-doom metal cult band of the early 1970s return!
BANG (L to R): Frank Gilcken (guitar), Tony Diorio (drums), Frank Ferrara (bass) If you’re a fan of the druggy, pimply, riff-laden hesher rock as…
MORE IS MORE! The inimitable Mrs. Smith on the history of heavy metal shred guitar
Last summer, Dangerous Minds introduced you to “Mrs. Smith,” an outrageous, hilarious, posh New-Englandy matron who plays breakneck-speed heavy metal guitar solos. Since then, her…