So Brian “Head” Welch kicked his meth addiction and found God. Good for him. He’s selling a book, telling his story and in the meantime Korn gets a bit of bad publicity from it but it’s not effecting the band or the fans. This is a case where he is going to be scrutinized for his sudden spirituality. Let’s not go the wrong way with this. Suddenly every metal fan wants to call him a sheep, a phony and/or a hypocrite because suddenly he’s “using” Jesus to sell his story. Read more

As we all know this years Ozzfest is “Free”. I put free in quotes because tickets are not that easy to get and the line-up really isn’t that good. So even though its free is it still worth it to sit or stand out in the blazing sun to watch a less than mediocre show? Read more

What a weekend! I’m glad to be back. I’ll save you guys my sob story of how grueling the drive was and get right to the news.

Down promises the new record in September and Bassist Rex Brown says its going to be “the most f***’n amazing and classic Down record ever made.” This is actually old news but I guess they want to reassure everyone that they are still out there. Read more

The family and I will be taking a much needed and deserved vacation starting Thursday the 26th. We’ll be returning on Monday the 30th. Its going to be a long drive from NC to NY but at least I don’t have to go to work for a few days and give my brain some time to recuperate from this past weeks madness. Anyway, I hope everyone has a great weekend and We’ll be booting back up on Tuesday.

Had a bit of internet connectivity problems last night. BasicISP.net Sucks. Anyway moving on. Heres the second edition of metal shavings. I hope you guys enjoyed the first one. Honestly I like doing this cause it gives you the run-down of whats in metal news and you dont have to sift through the garbage…thats my job. Read more

Is anyone else tired of Special edition releases? I buy a CD and 4 to 6 months later out comes a special edition with bonus tracks and videos. What really sucks is when you buy one and the bonus tracks are crappy live tracks and/or demos that should have been left in the studio. Read more

I know this CD had been out for awhile now but I just got it after a long hesitation. After Cryptic Writings I was very hesitant to buy another Megadeth CD. I didn’t even bother with risk and The System has Failed just didn’t do it for me. I’ve tried to convince myself many times that “System” is a good cd. I take it out to the car and try to listen to it on my way to work but I take it out after two songs and it sits in my glove box until I bring it back inside again. Read more

Yeah, this one has been out since last year but once again, I just bought it so I’m going to do a review on it anyway. I’ve been on the fence about this band for some time now because of a few reasons. Mastodon have a very unique rhythm and song writing style. The vocals often aren’t loud enough for me but it’s something I’m getting used to. Read more

Welcome to the debut edition of Metal Shavings. This will be an every other day thing where I summarize news in heavy metal. So without further adieu… Read more

Since I just posted a Slipknot Article it got me thinking about this DVD. I’m not going to say a lot about it, I’m not going to go into detail. I’m going to keep this as simple as possible and speak the dead honest truth about this DVD. Read more