Death metal is music by and for the underground. If you’re a fan of the style (hell, even if you’ve only heard a song or two), you understand what I mean. Screaming and growling the most disturbing, violent, and extreme lyrics that Jack Ketchum never wrote does not lend itself to mainstream appeal. Certainly some…
Death metal is, and this should be obvious, not a peaceful style of music. Hell, with death in the name itself you should know that you’re not in for a sonic experience conducive to mindful meditation. The speed, power, and rage behind the best death metal speaks to turbulence and upheaval. To put it another…
Goatwhore is a band that cares as much about what the mainstream thinks as can be expected from a band that named itself Goatwhore. For the past 25 years, vocalist L. Ben Falgoust II and guitarist/vocalist Sammy Duet, along with a variety of skilled drummers and bass players, have been making their own unique brand…
Chicago has produced so many musical legends in its storied history that just compiling a list of them would end up looking like a phonebook (remember those, kids?). It doesn’t matter if you are talking about hip hop, blues, punk, rock, singer-songwriter, or metal, Chicago has made its mark on the musical landscape of whatever…
To say that life is hard for most people is a bit of an understatement. One obvious tool people use to help cope with their problems is art, whether as an artist or a devotee. Art in its various forms such as music, movies, or books can help people get through life. As far as…
A pharmacist, by definition, dispenses medicines that, in theory, are meant to make you feel better. If something is wrong inside you, something that needs medical attention, you’re going to need a pharmacist somewhere along the line to give you some form of medicinal help. But what about those of us who have more of…
For those of us who live and breathe metal, discord is not stranger to us at all. We are, quite frequently, at odds with the world around us. The more into the world of metal one dives, the more of a disagreement that person is going to have with what the mainstream thinks is “good”…