We were back in San Francisco last night to talk to the Agonist frontwoman Alissa White-Gluz before their set opening for Kittie and Blackguard. Aside from the usual ice-breaker question about being a girl on a metal tour, Alissa tackled the pros and cons of downloading, the importance of self-management (“If you want something done right, …
We talked to Devil’s Blood ax-slinger Selim Lemouchi last night in San Francisco, before they took the stage opening for Watain and the mighty Behemoth. Since the Devil’s Blood are a Dutch band, Selim gave us some good insight about touring the U.S. as an international band (two words: government grant!) and the revelation that …
We’ve professed our love for Kickstarter here before (and crowdsourcing funds for your band, in general) so you don’t have to rely on a record label advance. And indeed many bands have successfully used Kickstarter to fund their albums, tours, and even new gear. But, as much as we love it, there’s one little problem with Kickstarter — you can only …
A few weeks ago, we previewed Metal Injection‘s five-part On the Record documentary about the past decade metal. We especially were geeked to see the episode on how the Internet revolutionized the metal scene. Now, episode #3 of On the Record is out and has so many money-quotes that it’s hard for me to pick just one. …
If you saw the title of this blogpost and expected it to be some in-depth analysis of misconceptions in metal, you couldn’t be more mistaken! Instead, we have some more hilarious stuff that we found on Deviant Art (yes, again) to show you. Portuguese artist LusoSkav crafted this series of “funny because it’s true” caricatures of people from all walks …
When it comes to tracking guitars, most players — including myself a few years ago — usually rely heavily on a cab (or a wall of cabs), serious head power, and several mics on each cab (typically two SM57‘s and a MD421). But in the mid 2000’s, I noticed many guitarists using laptops as preamps …
I was reading Audriana Gate‘s article about the passing of Layne Staley, and felt I should write a quick post. You can follow Audriana on Twitter as well. It’s crazy to think that it has already been 10 years since Layne Staley passed away. He was actually found April 19, 2002, but had been dead in …
A few weeks ago, Jeff went to Vegas to ambush our buddies in Threat Signal for one of our first interviews everrrrr. (be sure to check that out too — lots of music biz and DIY advice!) So, this past weekend, Jeff got a text from frontman Jon Howard saying “Hey man, you will love our new video!” …
Beards are regarded in especially high esteem among metal audiences. Combine our love of beards with our love of infographics, and you get this bad-ass piece of educational awesomeness. All hail dihydrotestosterone! Kudos to Online PhD for laboring over this thing!
We caught up with guitar god Jeff Loomis last night in San Francisco, before his band’s opening set for Periphery and Protest the Hero. Fresh off a previous interview with a raving fangirl, Loomis talked to us about why he actually likes his label (Century Media — same as Warbringer), offered his best advice to younger …