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Celebrity Chef and Proud Metalhead CHRIS SANTOS Hashes Over His Love for Metal
Nikos Mixas - Jan 21, 2020 at 01:00PM If you’re a foodie, then the name Chris Santos likely rings a very clear bell in your mind. Santos is a world-renowned, New York City-based chef who has been in the restaurant business for over three decades and who has about the longest list of accolades you could pile up for someone in his line of work.
Akhlys - “Supplication” [Album Review]
Akhlys is not for everyone. In fact, they’re probably not for 95% of avid PureGrainAudio.com readers. Why the review then? Well, it’s art via musical landscape and deserves attention whether it’s niche or not.
Sacred Reich - “Awakening” [Album Review]
It was 1996 when Sacred Reich released their last full-length album. What’s mind-blowing is that some of you might have been crawling around in diapers while that album, Heal, was playing in the background.
Gaahls WYRD - “GastiR - Ghosts Invited” [Heavy Haiku Album Review]
Gaahl has never lacked in the controversy department. From Gorgoroth, to God Seed and now Gaahl’s WYRD, it’s either his actions or his music that capture blog/magazine/TV headlines. After listening to GastiR - Ghosts Invited, I’m pretty confident that there will be some more of that controversy regarding the new direction and sound of Gaahl’s latest creation. At its peak, Gorgoroth was one of the most brutal black metal bands.
Gaahls WYRD - “GastiR - Ghosts Invited” [Heavy Haiku Album Review]
Article Views: 441 Gaahl has never lacked in the controversy department. From Gorgoroth, to God Seed and now Gaahl’s WYRD, it’s either his actions or his music that capture blog/magazine/TV headlines. After listening to GastiR – Ghosts Invited, I’m pretty confident that there will be some more of that controversy regarding the new direction and sound of Gaahl’s latest creation. At its peak, Gorgoroth was one of the most brutal black metal bands.
HEAVY AS TEXAS, Forged by Metal Vets KYLE THOMAS and MARZI MONTAZERI, Discuss the Band, Debut Album and Future Plans
Nikos Mixas - Apr 23, 2019 at 01:00PM Heavy As Texas is the brand-new, aggressive heavy metal band spawned by industry veterans Kyle Thomas (Trouble, Exhorder, Alabama Thunderpussy) and renowned guitarist Marzi Montazeri. The band just released their debut self-titled album via Crunchy Western Records (order your physical copy here) and we were fortunate enough to catch the guys at the Decibel Magazine Metal and Beer Fest in Philadelphia before Exhorder’s killer set.
Nordjevel - “Necrogenesis” [Album Review]
Aren’t there enough outstanding black metal bands from Norway yet? Apparently not! Even though Nordjevel released their very successful self-titled debut LP in 2016, they’re still being stumbled upon by those that haven’t yet quenched their black metal thirst for new blood. A quick three years later and here we are with Necrogenesis, their super promising sophomore effort.
Opprobrium - “The Fallen Entities” [Heavy Haiku Album Review]
Once upon a time, 1990 to be exact, a relatively unknown thrash/crossover band from Metairie, Louisiana named Incubus, released their second full-length album via Nuclear Blast Records. The album, Beyond the Unknown, manifested a noticeable buzz outside of their swampland and gave Incubus a consistent footprint in fanzines and cassette tape trading scenes (WTF are those you may ask? Google and you will be enlightened…) around the globe. Then…something strange happened.
Opprobrium - “The Fallen Entities” [Heavy Haiku Album Review]
Article Views: 453 Once upon a time, 1990 to be exact, a relatively unknown thrash/crossover band from Metairie, Louisiana named Incubus, released their second full-length album via Nuclear Blast Records. The album, Beyond the Unknown, manifested a noticeable buzz outside of their swampland and gave Incubus a consistent footprint in fanzines and cassette tape trading scenes (WTF are those you may ask? Google and you will be enlightened…) around the globe. Then…something strange happened.
Flotsam and Jetsam - “The End of Chaos” [Heavy Haiku Album Review]
Flotsam and Jetsam has always been in the cusp of thrash greatness. If there was a “Big Ten” instead of the “Big Four,” they might have made the cut…but the truth is that crap doesn’t matter when your fans still buy your albums, go to your shows, and pimp their Flotsam and Jetsam merch all over the heavy metal universe. The End of Chaos is Flotsam’s best album to date when it comes to technical prowess, but just falls short in the “every-song-is-a-winner” category.
Flotsam and Jetsam - “The End of Chaos” [Heavy Haiku Album Review]
Article Views: 413 Flotsam and Jetsam has always been in the cusp of thrash greatness. If there was a “Big Ten” instead of the “Big Four,” they might have made the cut…but the truth is that crap doesn’t matter when your fans still buy your albums, go to your shows, and pimp their Flotsam and Jetsam merch all over the heavy metal universe. The End of Chaos is Flotsam’s best album to date when it comes to technical prowess, but just falls short in the “every-song-is-a-winner” category.
Venom - “Storm the Gates” [Heavy Haiku Album Review]
I am a huge Venom fan. I am also a realist when it comes to where they came from, and what they are today. As one of the most influential, original black n’ roll bands ever, they inspired the most notorious genre of heavy metal with an album and song simply entitled, “Black Metal.” In addition, I have listened to (and have a vast collection of) all their full-lengths, and the majority of their EPs and bootlegs.
Venom - “Storm the Gates” [Heavy Haiku Album Review]
Article Views: 404 I am a huge Venom fan. I am also a realist when it comes to where they came from, and what they are today. As one of the most influential, original black n’ roll bands ever, they inspired the most notorious genre of heavy metal with an album and song simply entitled, “Black Metal.” In addition, I have listened to (and have a vast collection of) all their full-lengths, and the majority of their EPs and bootlegs.
The Ocean - “Phanerozoic I: Palaeozoic” [Heavy Haiku Album Review]
The Ocean, hailing from Berlin, Germany, have released their eighth full-length album since their formation in the year 2000. Specializing in heavy progressive post-something-scapes, their latest, Phanerozoic I: Palaeozoic , is more of their same successful formula. Dramatic openings, emotional-filled endings, and their signature blood curdling barking vocals along with clean melodic passages to balance everything out seamlessly.
The Ocean - “Phanerozoic I: Palaeozoic” [Heavy Haiku Album Review]
Article Views: 448 The Ocean, hailing from Berlin, Germany, have released their eighth full-length album since their formation in the year 2000. Specializing in heavy progressive post-something-scapes, their latest, Phanerozoic I: Palaeozoic, is more of their same successful formula. Dramatic openings, emotional-filled endings, and their signature blood curdling barking vocals along with clean melodic passages to balance everything out seamlessly.
Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats - “Wasteland” [Heavy Haiku Album Review]
are doing what they do best, releasing cult film-inspired stoner rock fueled albums every few years. So, if you’re a fan of these mysterious masters of the retro sound, you’ll have nothing to worry about. If Wasteland is your virgin experience with them, well, you’ll notice they have a unique ability to create retro sounding riffs/tones that’ll make you wonder if their albums were actually released in the ‘60s and ‘70s.
Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats - “Wasteland” [Heavy Haiku Album Review]
Article Views: 370 Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats are doing what they do best, releasing cult film-inspired stoner rock fueled albums every few years. So, if you’re a fan of these mysterious masters of the retro sound, you’ll have nothing to worry about. If Wasteland is your virgin experience with them, well, you’ll notice they have a unique ability to create retro sounding riffs/tones that’ll make you wonder if their albums were actually released in the ‘60s and ‘70s. Bollocks right???
7 Deadly Spins from PSYCHO LAS VEGAS 2018 [Festival Review]
A Few Glitches Here and There. They Know How to Sell Merch Let me gloat by saying that I’ve been to all three instalments ofand if I had to rank them all, I would say 2018’s version would be entrenched firmly at number two. I never attended the festival when it took place in California, but when they initially announced the move to Las Vegas and that first line-up, I knew I had to go.
Mantar - “The Modern Art of Setting Ablaze” [Heavy Haiku Album Review]
If I were to describenew release The Modern Art of Setting Ablaze in terms of baseball, I would say that they emphatically knocked it out of the park. It’s searingly brutal. Sludge metal is such a ho hum genre for me to listen to, but this new Mantar offering just raised the bar for everyone that thinks all you need is aand somespeaker cabinets to make a decent sludge album.Mantar have hooks, their rhythms cause my head to bob, and each song sounds different from the next.
Mantar - “The Modern Art of Setting Ablaze” [Heavy Haiku Album Review]
Article Views: 390 If I were to describe Mantar’s new release The Modern Art of Setting Ablaze in terms of baseball, I would say that they emphatically knocked it out of the park. It’s searingly brutal. Sludge metal is such a ho hum genre for me to listen to, but this new Mantar offering just raised the bar for everyone that thinks all you need is a Sunn Model T and some Atlas speaker cabinets to make a decent sludge album.
7 Lucky Things to See and/or Do While at PSYCHO LAS VEGAS 2018
Get to the Slots and Card Games Early. Check out the World Infamous Double Down Saloon. Get Your Fine (and Not so Fine) Global Cuisine On! For the third year in a row, Psycho Las Vegas will be making its presence felt in the “Entertainment Capital of The World.” If you’re unfamiliar with what all the “psychosis” is about, Psycho Las Vegas is a weekend put together by Psycho Entertainment which brings together over 70 hard rock and metal artists from around the world.
Cockblockers - “Cockblockers” [Heavy Haiku Album Review]
Article Views: 428 And you thought the Heavy Haiku Review was dead! Not so fast! Cockblockers (Yes, you read that right.) from Kalamata, (Yes, like the olive variety.) Greece, have put out a well-crafted and stoner-esque rock album with a splash of some ‘90s alternative mixed in. What you need to know about this virgin and self-released album is that it’s very good, go listen for yourself. Will you think it’s the most original thing you’ve ever hear? Probably not, but what is these days?
Cockblockers - “Cockblockers” [Heavy Haiku Album Review]
And you thought the Heavy Haiku Review was dead! Not so fast!(Yes, you read that right.) from Kalamata, (Yes, like the olive variety.) Greece, have put out a well-crafted and stoner-esque rock album with a splash of some ‘90s alternative mixed in. What you need to know about this virgin and self-released album is that it’s very good, go listen for yourself.Will you think it’s the most original thing you’ve ever hear? Probably not, but what is these days?
Witch Mountain - “Witch Mountain” [Album Review]
You’re here to read about the show, right? I mean, let’s not kid ourselves, even withdeparture fromway back in 2014, the show now belongs to the modern day siren,.
Fu Manchu (w/ Mos Generator) @ The Rebel Lounge (Phoenix, AZ) on May 1, 2018 [Show Review]
Whenplays in Phoenix, Arizona, it is sort of a rarity… similar to it actually snowing on the mountains that surround the metropolis that locals refer to as the “Valley of the Sun.” So, after their recent release of their 12th full-length studio album, Clone of the Universe, I purposely fat thumbed their name into mythe minute I found out the date the show so I wouldn’t pull another “Oh shit! I missed Fu Manchu last night!” again.
RoadkillSoda - "Mephobia" [Album Review]
With so many great rock/hard rock/stoner rock/70’s rock bands releasing so much great material at any given time, what can a band do to stand out among the rest? Well, sometimes something as simple as an eye popping album cover can do the trick! So, that brings us to’s latest offering, Mephobia.
Five Points of the Pentagram: An Interview with Phobia Vocalist Shane McLachlan
If you could go back in time to 1990 and someone would tell you that Phobia would be releasing an album in 2017 with a drawing of Donald Trump on the cover to boot, what do you think your reaction would have been? Phobia started out in Orange County, California but you’re currently residing in Phoenix, Arizona. The temperatures in Phoenix have been 110°+ every day for the past week. Are you fucking crazy moving from Orange County to Hellishzona?
Five Points of the Pentagram: An Interview with Venom Inc. Vocalist and Bassist Tony Dolan
OK, let’s get straight to the point! You versus Conrad Lant, a.k.a. Cronos, face off in a cage fight. Who wins? In addition to being the Baphomet of Venom Inc., Tony Dolan is an actor and has worked alongside Russell Crowe in Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World. It is also a known fact that Russell Crowe plays guitar. Which song would Venom Inc. have Russell Crowe play along with if he ever joined you guys on stage? Anyone that has followed Venom/Venom Inc.
Five Points of the Pentagram: An Interview with Hogjaw Bassist Elvis DD
Hogjaw started in 2007 and here it is a decade later on the cusp of releasing your 6th full-length album, Way Down Yonder. Rumor has it that you guys have been friends and playing in bands together since you were able to ride a Big Wheel. That means you’re pretty old. Who acts their age in Hogjaw and who doesn’t? Explain… Regarding the southern rock-tinged music you play, it’s fitting that you’re based in Phoenix, Arizona.
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