Death Metal MusicMusic and Culture on the Edge

There's often confusion when a musical sub-genre is made up to describe bands that had already been around for several years. The label started to become widely used in the late 90s, after Roadrunner Records released the compilation, Burn One Up! Music For Stoners in 1997, featuring originators Kyuss and Sleep, along with ex-Kyuss guitarist Josh Homme's new band, Queens Of The Stone Age. The ...

Tim Koch started out with reel-to-reel recorders and early computers, so it’s no surprise he was an early convert to the user groups and list-servs of the musical web. Hazy indie rock bands captured his imagination early on, but he soon developed into a formidable producer of instrumental, sequencer based electronic music. Five albums and countless singles and compilation contributions later, he’s produced a back-catalogue that moves through crunchy Detroit inspired bleeps and melancholy synth p