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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

BALEYYG interview by TheeBradMillerBALEYYG (aka Nic Le Ban) is the performing name for a reclusive avant-garde, accomplished guitarist and frequent Jarboe collaborator. While BALEYYG’s (pronounced BAAL’YEH’GAH) discography provides an eclectic mix of styles (check out the heavy guitar work on Jarboe’s “Stream Enterer” series and then listen to the more folk/avant garde style on “Knight Of Swords / The Beggar”) his new material promises to go further into the darkness exploring “Death/Doom Meta

Sweet Jesus! What is this?! It seems, according to the minions of the KISS Army (of which I am a devout subscriber), that none other than KISS is posed to headline this year’s Voodoo Experience 2009 in City Park, New Orleans October 30 th through November 1 st ! The simple math in this equation is mindboggling — KISS, Halloween, Voodoo Experience, New Orleans…a tripartite alliance of darkness and evil the world, up to this point, may have never known or will ever know, for that matter. W

Vortal - Excerpt#1 Oct 7th, 2008 by Ashok 1 IN WHICH THE VATSALS SECURE A NEW RESIDENCE, MIKEY SHOWS US THE EMAIL THAT STARTED IT ALL, VHY MESSES UP HIS HOT AND HAPPENING DVD DATE, RUCHI SEES SOMETHING WIERD IN MIKEY’S ROOM, MIKEY DOES A ‘HOLLOW MAN’, VIVEKA CATCHES VHY AND RUCHI DOING A TOM NICOLE. ACTUALLY. 1.1 V R Family The door of the flat opened slowly, revealing only darkness. The five shadowy figures standing in the doorway stepped forward slowly, hesitantly. One of them d