Articles tagged "blood and thunder"

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Out of Shadows, Shining Ever-Bright

by Adrien Begrand

[26.Apr.07] :. After catching the reunited '80s-era, Ronnie James Dio-helmed Black Sabbath on tour in Canada, Begrand looks back on an oft-neglected period in the metal titans' career.

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Notes from Underground

by Adrien Begrand

[7.Sep.06] :. Begrand hits the traveling metal show Sounds of the Underground for nine hours of mayhem, moshing, and merch. And though this town's put the kibosh on mosh, there's plenty of familiar sights and sounds, from Metallica wannabes to papier-mâché phalluses.

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Postmortem

by Adrien Begrand

[15.Aug.06] :. Hallelujah, it's raining blood! The Unholy Alliance Tour, a veritable distillation of the current state of contemporary metal on wheels, descends upon Western Canada and finally ends Begrand's 22-year wait to witness Slayer in the flesh.

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Complex Simplicity

by Adrien Begrand

[13.Jul.06] :. Voivod vocalist Denis 'Snake' Belanger speaks candidly about the new Canadian Prime Minister, today's subordinate youth, and the 'emotional dimension' involved in creating a new album built around the guitar tracks of his deceased friend and bandmate, Denis 'Piggy' D'Amour.

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The Great Beast Resurrected

by Adrien Begrand

[18.May.06] :. The long, strange trip of seminal metal band Celtic Frost is unexpectedly outfitted with a new plot twist: a new record that redefines a career over 20 years after it began.

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The Queen Isn’t Dead

by Adrien Begrand

[16.Mar.06] :. Fearing an embarrassing failure on the scale of the Star Wars prequels, Begrand braves Queensryche's new sequel to its 20-year-old masterpiece Operation: Mindcrime.

The Profits of Doom

by Adrien Begrand

[15.Feb.06] :. A once-uncool and admittedly limiting metal subgenre is poised to become the Next Big Thing in loud music -- that is, if the metal community lets it guard down long enough to accept it.

Sweet Relief

by Adrien Begrand

[27.Jan.06] :. What if you could have the majestic intensity of metal music without the overblown male bravado? One Dutch band's frontwoman sheds some light on goth-tinged rock and single-handedly alters the dimensions of doom.

The Best Metal Albums of 2005

by Adrien Begrand

[19.Dec.05] :. From metalcore to hardcore, guttural growls to soaring falsettos, and unabashedly sludgetastic to downright operatic, the cream of this year's metal crop is as eclectic as it is provocative.

Forever Undying

by Adrien Begrand

[28.Nov.05] :. Metal's major players are getting more powerful as they get older. Their refusal to soften in accordance with their maturity proves but one thing: when it comes to metal, age ain't nothing but a number.

Regeneration

by Adrien Begrand

[14.Oct.05] :. At long last, indie kids and mainstream critics no longer have to listen to their metal music in clandestine shame. Metal's in the midst of an artistic renaissance, and, as Begrand explains, it's a headbanger's ball out there.