It’s been a little crazy over at the Bleak Haus, so this week you’re getting a pile of tidbits instead of a full article! ♠ Continue reading…
Massachusetts was just graced with the New England Metal & Hardcore Fest, which manages to become more and more hardcore-centric every year. This year it made up for a lineup stocked to the gills with fashioncore acts by booking locals Black Pyramid and Doomriders on Friday (I’m pissed that I missed them; they were added to the bill so late in the game!) and an Amon Amarth/Cannibal Corpse header on Saturday, so of course I bought tickets. ♠ Continue reading…
Anderson is a self-described child prodigy gone horribly wrong, as well as a local musician, band manager, promoter, booker, musician’s rights defender, talent and cat lady. (Seriously, she has the cutest cats.) In addition to petting cats and rocking out, she also runs Dark Sky Productions and established the New England Punk, Goth & Metal Fest. She was kind enough to give me a writeup of how she got started and her best tips and tricks for getting started in the industry from both sides of the story. ♠ Continue reading…
The eternally headbanging Steff Metal has a running feature called Fashion For Metalheads, where she gives a breakdown of the stylistic differences between genres – but I haven’t seen one of my personal favorites, the droney, swampy, reverb-y world of stoner and doom metal, featured yet, so I inquired about writing a continuation on her theme and got the OK…here goes, you red-eyed, swaying masses! ♠ Continue reading…
Can I get a moment of silence, please? ♠ Continue reading…
