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May 7, 2012On April 12, St. Vitus—the metal outpost in Greenpoint—turned one year old, but the birthday celebration went down between April 23 and April 28. Bands, cartoons, go-go girls, celebrities, sacrilege, and a metal magician were in attendance.
"It was chaos," says bartender and co-owner Ju ... More >>
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February 9, 2012The 54th Grammy Awards mark the combination of the Best Hard Rock Performance and Best Metal Performance awards into the single category Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance, which is why Mastodon and Sum 41 are up for the same award. Historically, the metal category has been one of the most confounding ... More >>
Voice Choices
February 1, 2012The 54th Grammy Awards mark the combination of the Best Hard Rock Performance and Best Metal Performance awards into the single category Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance, which is why Mastodon and Sum 41 are up for the same award. Historically, the metal category has been one of the most confounding ... More >>
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January 30, 2012
Gigantour: Megadeth, Motörhead, Lacuna Coil, Volbeat
The Theater At Madison Square Garden
Saturday, January 28
Better than: The World Needs a Hero in its entirety tour.
Dave Mustaine has spent the better part of this young decade on a mission to restore his image. He's put out a bestselling auto ... More >>
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January 25, 2012
Lamb Of God
Irving Plaza
Tuesday, January 24
Better than: Pretty much everyone on Ozzfest 2003.
Rap metal entered its death throes in the early 2000s, allowing harder bands that had actually competent musicians and aggression directed at someone other than their parents to come back into vogue. ... More >>
Voice Choices
January 18, 2012
Lamb Of God
Irving Plaza
Tuesday, January 24
Better than: Pretty much everyone on Ozzfest 2003.
Rap metal entered its death throes in the early 2000s, allowing harder bands that had actually competent musicians and aggression directed at someone other than their parents to come back into vogue. ... More >>
Voice Choices
September 28, 2011
Lamb Of God
Irving Plaza
Tuesday, January 24
Better than: Pretty much everyone on Ozzfest 2003.
Rap metal entered its death throes in the early 2000s, allowing harder bands that had actually competent musicians and aggression directed at someone other than their parents to come back into vogue. ... More >>
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September 15, 2011River Avenue, 3:45 p.m. Most of the Anthrax shirt-wearers were inside by this point.
The Big 4: Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth, Anthrax
Yankee Stadium
Wednesday, September 14
Better than: "Nationals beat the Mets, 2-0. WP: Brad Peacock (1-0), LP: Mike Pelfrey (7-12)"
Truth be told, the crowd ... More >>
Voice Choices
August 31, 2011River Avenue, 3:45 p.m. Most of the Anthrax shirt-wearers were inside by this point.
The Big 4: Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth, Anthrax
Yankee Stadium
Wednesday, September 14
Better than: "Nationals beat the Mets, 2-0. WP: Brad Peacock (1-0), LP: Mike Pelfrey (7-12)"
Truth be told, the crowd ... More >>
Voice Choices
August 17, 2011River Avenue, 3:45 p.m. Most of the Anthrax shirt-wearers were inside by this point.
The Big 4: Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth, Anthrax
Yankee Stadium
Wednesday, September 14
Better than: "Nationals beat the Mets, 2-0. WP: Brad Peacock (1-0), LP: Mike Pelfrey (7-12)"
Truth be told, the crowd ... More >>
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May 17, 2011
Egypt-born visual artist Nader Sadek has been bringing the worlds of avant-garde art and extreme metal together for several years. His 2007 installation Faceless arose out of his experiences living as a metalhead in Cairo, and combined oddly Edward Gorey-ish drawings of a niqab-clad woman standing ... More >>
Voice Choices
May 4, 2011
Egypt-born visual artist Nader Sadek has been bringing the worlds of avant-garde art and extreme metal together for several years. His 2007 installation Faceless arose out of his experiences living as a metalhead in Cairo, and combined oddly Edward Gorey-ish drawings of a niqab-clad woman standing ... More >>
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April 30, 2011via FacebookWho gave Mustaine the keys to the Photoshop demo? (Just kidding, Dave!)This is the news: The second concert event at the new Yankee Stadium has been announced, and oh boy is it a doozy. The metal deities Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth, and Anthrax--d/b/a The Big 4--have announced, af ... More >>
Voice Choices
April 13, 2011via FacebookWho gave Mustaine the keys to the Photoshop demo? (Just kidding, Dave!)This is the news: The second concert event at the new Yankee Stadium has been announced, and oh boy is it a doozy. The metal deities Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth, and Anthrax--d/b/a The Big 4--have announced, af ... More >>
Voice Choices
March 23, 2011via FacebookWho gave Mustaine the keys to the Photoshop demo? (Just kidding, Dave!)This is the news: The second concert event at the new Yankee Stadium has been announced, and oh boy is it a doozy. The metal deities Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth, and Anthrax--d/b/a The Big 4--have announced, af ... More >>
Voice Choices
February 16, 2011via FacebookWho gave Mustaine the keys to the Photoshop demo? (Just kidding, Dave!)This is the news: The second concert event at the new Yankee Stadium has been announced, and oh boy is it a doozy. The metal deities Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth, and Anthrax--d/b/a The Big 4--have announced, af ... More >>
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January 3, 2011White Zombie had rules. One: no solo albums under their own names. So Sean Yseult -- the bassist in the NYC punk-metal monolith, led by growling frontman Rob Zombie, that slowly evolved from mid-'80s CBGBs punks to the '90s alterna-metal titans of "Thunder Kiss '65" and "More Human Than Human ... More >>
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December 16, 2010Yes In My Backyard is a semiweekly column showcasing MP3s from new and emerging local talent. This is a compilation of 2010's best local music, lovingly curated by YIMBY columnist Christopher R. Weingarten. See last year's tape here.
R.I.P. Chris Weingarten's old blue trucker hat. Photo by Rebecca ... More >>
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December 2, 2010Good advice. Pics by Phil Freeman, more below.Ozzy Osbourne/Rob Halford
Madison Square Garden
Wednesday, December 1
Better than: Any other Ozzy performance of the 2000s.
Ozzy Osbourne is turning 62 on Friday. That makes him older than his new guitarist (the shredtastic Gus G. of Greek power ... More >>
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October 18, 2010
And now, a word from Suffocation's Frank Mullen
Suffocation/The Faceless/Through the Eyes of the Dead/Decrepit Birth/
Fleshgod Apocalypse/Suppressed Theory
Gramercy Theatre
Saturday, October 16
Better Than: Taking an actual beating.
Jesus H. Christ. There was a time (I'm not gonna say I remembe ... More >>
Voice Choices
August 18, 2010
And now, a word from Suffocation's Frank Mullen
Suffocation/The Faceless/Through the Eyes of the Dead/Decrepit Birth/
Fleshgod Apocalypse/Suppressed Theory
Gramercy Theatre
Saturday, October 16
Better Than: Taking an actual beating.
Jesus H. Christ. There was a time (I'm not gonna say I remembe ... More >>
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July 16, 2010Their album covers are still way better, thoughI will admit to being pretty super excited to learn that deathless heavy-metal icons Iron Maiden (who we love around here, as you may have heard) were suddenly taking public shots at Jay-Z's favorite Brooklynites. Confused? Yeah, that too. Skepti ... More >>
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July 13, 2010Nate "Igor" SmithA few of the many Iron Maiden fans Igor photographed last night.
Iron Maiden
Monday, July 12
Madison Square Garden
There is, still to this day, an Iron Maiden dress code. It consists of denim. A black T-shirt with the band's logo in that inimitable Metal Lord font. And somewhere i ... More >>
Voice Choices
July 6, 2010Nate "Igor" SmithA few of the many Iron Maiden fans Igor photographed last night.
Iron Maiden
Monday, July 12
Madison Square Garden
There is, still to this day, an Iron Maiden dress code. It consists of denim. A black T-shirt with the band's logo in that inimitable Metal Lord font. And somewhere i ... More >>
Voice Choices
June 8, 2010Nate "Igor" SmithA few of the many Iron Maiden fans Igor photographed last night.
Iron Maiden
Monday, July 12
Madison Square Garden
There is, still to this day, an Iron Maiden dress code. It consists of denim. A black T-shirt with the band's logo in that inimitable Metal Lord font. And somewhere i ... More >>
Voice Choices
June 8, 2010Nate "Igor" SmithA few of the many Iron Maiden fans Igor photographed last night.
Iron Maiden
Monday, July 12
Madison Square Garden
There is, still to this day, an Iron Maiden dress code. It consists of denim. A black T-shirt with the band's logo in that inimitable Metal Lord font. And somewhere i ... More >>
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May 17, 2010
The metal world lost one of its greatest voices, and one of its nicest guys, on Sunday morning, when legendary singer Ronnie James Dio died of stomach cancer at 67. After swatting away Internet rumors earlier that day, Dio's wife and manager, Wendy Dio, finally delivered the news herself: "Today m ... More >>
Voice Choices
April 6, 2010
The metal world lost one of its greatest voices, and one of its nicest guys, on Sunday morning, when legendary singer Ronnie James Dio died of stomach cancer at 67. After swatting away Internet rumors earlier that day, Dio's wife and manager, Wendy Dio, finally delivered the news herself: "Today m ... More >>
Voice Choices
March 16, 2010
The metal world lost one of its greatest voices, and one of its nicest guys, on Sunday morning, when legendary singer Ronnie James Dio died of stomach cancer at 67. After swatting away Internet rumors earlier that day, Dio's wife and manager, Wendy Dio, finally delivered the news herself: "Today m ... More >>
Voice Choices
March 2, 2010
The metal world lost one of its greatest voices, and one of its nicest guys, on Sunday morning, when legendary singer Ronnie James Dio died of stomach cancer at 67. After swatting away Internet rumors earlier that day, Dio's wife and manager, Wendy Dio, finally delivered the news herself: "Today m ... More >>
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February 23, 2010"I know there are a lot of metal bands that are trying to live like they were already living in war but what I'd say is: you guys have a better life than we did."
In 2002, with an U.S.-led invasion looming, it seemed unlikely that four young Iraqis, reared on Metallica, Megadeth and Slipknot ... More >>
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January 19, 2010"I know there are a lot of metal bands that are trying to live like they were already living in war but what I'd say is: you guys have a better life than we did."
In 2002, with an U.S.-led invasion looming, it seemed unlikely that four young Iraqis, reared on Metallica, Megadeth and Slipknot ... More >>
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October 26, 2009All photos by yr brave correspondent, who writes: "I got punched in the face but I gave it back worse."Eyehategod, Pig Destroyer, Goatwhore
Rocks Off Concert Cruise, Hudson River
Saturday, October 24
The kid in the Suicidal Tendencies t-shirt went down hard, his spindly dark form an inverse ... More >>
Voice Choices
September 15, 2009All photos by yr brave correspondent, who writes: "I got punched in the face but I gave it back worse."Eyehategod, Pig Destroyer, Goatwhore
Rocks Off Concert Cruise, Hudson River
Saturday, October 24
The kid in the Suicidal Tendencies t-shirt went down hard, his spindly dark form an inverse ... More >>
Music
August 25, 2009Tranny-welcoming L.A. dudes hop in their GTO and escape from evil girlfriends, each other
Voice Choices
August 18, 2009Tranny-welcoming L.A. dudes hop in their GTO and escape from evil girlfriends, each other
Music
August 18, 2009The return of Dio-Era Black Sabbath
Blogs
July 29, 2009
The now departed rock club CBGB has come in for some abuse around these quarters, it being mostly a repository for evermore decrepit punk nostalgia and incredible family/scene infighting of a remarkably bitter nature--plus the fact that half the club's bookings after like 1988 were battle-of-the-b ... More >>
Voice Choices
May 13, 2009
The now departed rock club CBGB has come in for some abuse around these quarters, it being mostly a repository for evermore decrepit punk nostalgia and incredible family/scene infighting of a remarkably bitter nature--plus the fact that half the club's bookings after like 1988 were battle-of-the-b ... More >>
Voice Choices
May 13, 2009Opeth and Enslaved wield their battle axes
Voice Choices
January 28, 2009Opeth and Enslaved wield their battle axes
Film
May 20, 2008Recent history through a narrow prism
Voice Choices
April 15, 2008It’s metal, metal, and more metal
Voice Choices
March 18, 2008Paying tribute to Leonard Cohen and the BeeGees
Music
September 11, 2007High on Fire mix brain and brawn while shrewdly underplaying the Satan card
Music
July 24, 2007Vintage thrash metal is back with a vengeance, and it's speaking Spanish
Art
July 10, 2007Banks Violette tones down the death metal, but still torches drums
pazzandjop
January 30, 2007If 2006's musical slate seems bleak, just look to the occasionally goofy but still exhilarating extremes
Music
October 31, 2006If 2006's musical slate seems bleak, just look to the occasionally goofy but still exhilarating extremes
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