Help Wanted: Factory Damage seeks new bassist

And now, a message for bass players in the Owensboro area.
Owensboro band Factory Damage is seeking a bass player. Longtime band bassist Jack Midkiff recently decided to leave performance behind, but will still be working behind the scenes on promotion and the Factory Damage Web site. Jack’s a very cool guy, so I certainly wish him [...]

Interview: Peter Wildoer of Darkane

Drummer Peter Wildoer has performed in jazz combos, has studied Afro/jazz/fusion percussion and has mastered the art of improvisational drumming. When not offering music clinics to other drummers, Wildoer teaches mathematics and music in Sweden. He’s the textbook definition of “culturally well-rounded.” Musically, Wildoer would be at home playing any genre of music, on any [...]

Review: Mantic Ritual “Executioner”

It’s simple to review very good albums and very bad ones.
If I like an album, then all I have to do is discuss the highlights and technical details. Reviewing a bad album is a bit more complex, since I usually try to support my dislike with evidence (poor musicianship and/or songwriting, lousy production, etc.) – but the reasons [...]

Of censorship and metal

The new Cannibal Corpse album has me thinking about censorship.
As anyone familiar with death metal history knows, the words “Cannibal Corpse” and “censorship” go together as readily as “peas” and “carrots.” Over their two decades in music, Cannibal Corpse has served as the whipping boy for conservative groups offended by the either the band’s lyrics, [...]

“Osbournes Reloaded” = Ozzy’s continued career suicide solution

I know I should just leave Ozzy’s catastrophically disgraceful new television show, “The Osbornes Reloaded” alone. You already know about this debacle, so there’s nothing more I can say. But it’s like a infected scab: It’s bloody and gross and full of stinky yellow pus, but I just can’t help but pick at it …
This [...]

Carcass coming to Louisville on March 17

I posted this on the Upcoming Shows page a couple weeks ago, but just in case you missed the big news … Carcass – yes, those medical-book-reading, ultra-technical-death metal masters – will be playing Headliner’s in Louisville on March 17
I don’t know how this happened, either, but it’s pretty amazing. It’s another Terry Harper show, [...]

Nikki Sixx browbeats audience member, proving he’s a whiny little baby

In case you ever wondered if Motley Crue bassist Nikki Sixx was really as big of a schmuck as he seems, here’s proof: Watch Nikki throw a bottle into the crowd and then get mad when a woman throws it back.
Nikki then pouts as he waits for security to throw her out. Wow, Nikki’s a diva – a sad, [...]

Iraqi metal band featured in NY Times

Acrassicauda, the Iraqi heavy metal band featured in the scary, stunning documentary “Heavy Metal in Baghdad,” landed a feature story in today’s New York Times.
Read the article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/03/arts/music/03metal.html
“Heavy Metal in Baghdad” followed journalists from Vice, as they searched postwar Iraq for the band. Frankly, the film will scare the hell out of you: Iraq was [...]