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Doomriders – Darkness Comes Alive (2009) [ Death Wish ] // Grade: A To be honest, I wasn’t a huge fan of Doomrider’s last CD, Black Thunder . Something about it not fulfilling all the hype and not really satisfying my craving for some post-Converge and Cave In tunes. I grew up listening to Converge and Cave In, so I expected some of the brutal breaks along the lines of Petitioning the Empty Sky and Until Your Heart Stops . After listening to Black Thunder I wrote off Doomriders

Alice in Chains was responsible for some of the most eclectic heavy rock of the ‘90s, fusing together unlikely metal and vocal elements into a small but influential catalog that has aged better than the work of most of its grunge contemporaries. The visceral desperation of “Would?”, the jangly sublimity of “No Excuses”, and the slurring sludge of “Again” sound as vibrant and innovative today as when these songs dominated radio waves more than a decade ago. But timeless as the band’s sound may b

Day Turns Night Biography : Day Turns Night – a melodic death metal band situated at the southernmost tip of Africa – are currently finding increased interest and appreciation for their music amongst heavy music listeners across the globe. Their story starts off with three of their current members Ferdi, Roland and Tian, and one of their former members, Izan Visser. Together these four, provided the instrumentation behind Helderberg-based punk bank Fozim. Meanwhile two of the other

The Day Mr Green Died by R J Dent It was a hot afternoon in the middle of July when Mr Green died. Mrs Green got off the bus carrying two heavy carrier bags. She had nearly got to her front door when she realized she hadn’t got her front door key. As she stood in her garden (not really looking at her tidy front garden with its neatly-trimmed, but dry hedges, its manicured but parched lawn, and its heat-wilted flowers) Mrs Green remembered that George had the keys. Jus

Labor Days Vol. 2 Welcome once again to What are you reading?, the weekly column where the Robot 6 team runs through what comics and other stuff they've been checking out lately. As Chris is in Bethesda this weekend, I'm filling in for him as your host. Our special guests this time are Philip Gelatt and Rick Lacy , creators of the Labor Days graphic novels published by Oni Press. Volume two, Just Another Damn Day , is now available in finer retail establishments everywhere. (You ca