That’s kind of a stupid question and I think we all know the answer, right? I mean there have been posers since the beginning and there are always people that want to be a part of what is deemed “cool” at the moment, but it seems things have changed since I was younger. It wasn’t “cool” to like heavy metal when I was in high school. It wasn’t cool to wear a metal T-shirts with profanity or gore on it and it wasn’t cool to like much of anything but top 40 crap. If you liked metal music or …read more

The plague in metal grows by the minute. It’s an epidemic that’s getting worse than the bird flu, SARS or even the Ebola virus.
A friend (Martin) and I went to a local show last night here in North Carolina to check out the band Seneca that recently got signed to Lifeforce Records. It was at a very small venue but due to it being a Sunday and Thanksgiving weekend it was very dead. Maybe 30 people in the place and that included members of the 5 bands that were playing. Oh yeah, There was three karate moshers. Well two …read more

Here is an older post I wrote almost a year ago. It was about the record insustry and about all the metal/metalcore bands that are out there. My views on a lot of bands has since changed but I still feel there is so many damn metal or metalcore bands rather, that sound the same. Sure it’s a catchy, heavy mix of metal and hardcore but most of these bands wouldn’t know a real hardcore band or a hardcore way of life it it was shove up their asses. I can’t say that I know what it’s lie to grow …read more

Kill Whitney Dead, Carnifex, The Demonstration, Dance Club Massacre and Salt The Wound were in Raleigh, NC last night kicking off their tour. The bands I really went there to see was The Demonstration and Salt The Wound. I got there kind of late towards the ass end of Salt The Wound’s set. They sounded good. The only thing I didn’t care for and this is something that is a person preference of mine is that I don’t like when distortion effects are used on the vocals. However I understand that if that’s your thing then roll with it.

Way Too Loud recently interviews As I Lay Dying’s Drummer Jordan Mancino. They discussed everything from his new handle bar mustache, shooting videos and touring with satanic bands such as Behemoth. Here are a few excerpts.
WTL: Well, since the first new thing I’m noticing is the handle bar mustache, you’ve got to explain that. It’s huge! You look like a Hell’s Angel!
Jordan: (Laughs) I was growing a beard in December, and then we had a photo shoot for DW ( the drum company), and I didn’t want a beard for that, so I shaved it into a moustache …read more

I was scanning through CD Warehouse today looking for something new and interesting, neither of which was easily found due to the massive amount of crap this place has. I was looking through the “D’s” to see what Danzig or Dream Theater CDs they had and I came across xDEATHSTARx ‘We Are The Threat’ on Facedown Records. Curiosity got the best of me so I asked to sample it. xDEATHSTARx is nothing new (been around for 6 years) or epic but they have a cool hardcore sound to them as if they got a lot of influence from Hatebreed. …read more

What do you get when you name a band after an ex-girlfriend of Spiderman? I’m not sure…but I do know that when this video came on Headbangers Ball last night I was like “I really don’t like this”. That was the point where I stopped watching. Everything else on the playlist was not worth watching in my opinion. The good stuff like In Flames, C.O.B. and Death Angel had already played. Not to mention the classic T.S. video. I said the other day that the Demon Hunter song was starting to grow on me…I got annoyed with it last night. …read more

ALL THAT REMAINS schedules studio time for forthcoming album, gear up for Warped Tour
Massachusetts’ ALL THAT REMAINS has confirmed May 1 as the first day of recording at Audiohammer studio in Florida with producer Jason Suecof (Bury Your Dead, Chimaira, Devildriver) for the band’s follow-up to 2006’s ‘The Fall of Ideals.’ More details, including a release date, artwork and tracklisting, will be available shortly.

The month of March was quite interesting. A lot of great things happened for me and a few great CD’s came out this month. I gave away some cool prizes and the first batch of the MetalMartyr.Com Compilations went out as well. Below is a list of links to some of this months posts that I think are worth a re-run.
The RIAA is still relentless about screwing artist out of money they get from settlements from illegal, Read about it here
I gave a list of My top 10 songs and cds this year. Some are new and some are old …read more

Repost from Prosthetic Records Myspace Bulletin:

ALL THAT REMAINS is again up for the Boston Phoenix’s “Best Metal/Hardcore Band” in the Boston area! They need your help voting, so head on over here and vote for your favorite.
And stay tuned for lots of exciting news about the upcoming, brand-new ALL THAT REMAINS record, too!