Mastodon will never be the next Metallica. The record industry has changed too much. Sales have slumped. Angry young white dudes with guitars aren’t what they used to be. Stars don’t look like Metallica’s tattooed giant James Hetfield or Mastodon’s scruffy Troy Sanders. Metal has changed, too, splintering into countless factions and fractions, all stretched […]
Kim Kelly
Bio: Kim Kelly currently writes for Pitchfork, Iron Fist, FADER, Terrorizer, Invisible Oranges and Metalsucks. She splits her time between New York and London.Twitter: http://twitter.com/GrimKim
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Valient Thorr’s Immigration Problem? Seven Dudes Hiding in Their Trailer
Raleigh-by-way-of-Venus rock ‘n’ roll warriors Valient Thorr are having border issues. They’ve been touring Europe for a week, but Wednesday’s show at London’s 100 Club marks the first appearance of guitarist Eidan Thorr. Passport problems kept him from joining his comrades for the first five shows of their current European tour. (Word to the wise […]
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How Southern metal supergroup Down earned that title
Down with Honky & Mount Carmel Friday, May 24, 9 p.m. Lincoln Theatre $25–$30 The “super-” prefix attached to supergroup used to mean something, man. But thanks in part to the democratization allowed by the Internet, just about any chucklehead can pen a half-baked garage jam, chuck it onto Bandcamp and label the project a […]
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2012 Hopscotch Itinerary: Kim Kelly
Helpful links Wristband / ticket distribution info Purchase tickets The schedule The day parties Complete event info It’s no secret that the South has had an almost unfairly good run when it comes to damn good heavy metal. Chalk it up to Robert Johnson’s ghost haunting the fretboard, or the blood buried in the soil, […]
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Venturing beyond the iron maiden
Helpful links Wristband / ticket distribution info Purchase tickets The schedule The day parties Complete event info On paper, heavy metal is one of the most rigidly defined of all rock ‘n’ roll’s bastard progeny, especially within the sonic cesspool of extreme metal. Death metal is this; doom metal is that. It’s all very black […]