Death Metal MusicMusic and Culture on the Edge

With 40 ranks and 2,500 pipes, the Boomeria pipe organ (Around Town) can be really, really loud. But that's actually the whole point of organs; what else can you use to rock out in a cathedral, a movie theater or a sports arena?

It's entirely possible Aaron Lande would have left his heavy metal habit in his iPod had the drunken driver and his two tons of steel stayed in his own lane. But in March 2006, the car went into Lande's lane, smashing metal, breaking glass and doing more damage to his neck than the headbanging and thrashing he loved ever could. In fact, the violin, something he had a deep connection with, caused ...