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CHAINMAIL: Moroghor - Darkness... (self-released, 2009)
The CHAINMAIL section reviews bands that were proactive enough to contact me directly. Here at Cerebral Metalhead, initiative is rewarded.Instru-metal band Moroghor exists perpetually in between the...
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Orphaned Land interview
It was nigh-impossible to schedule a time to talk with Orphaned Land's lead singer Kobi Farhi, what with the 10-hour time difference between Los Angeles and the band's home base of Israel. Eventually...
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v/a - They Don't Know Unless You Tell Them (FSS, 2010)
Taken to their logical limits, the tremolo guitars and slipstream drumming of black metal become so fast that they cease to function as rhythm and instead become pure drones. Buzz and beat as two forms...
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CHAINMAIL: From Exile - Monolith (self-released, 2009)
The CHAINMAIL section reviews bands that were proactive enough to contact me directly. Here at Cerebral Metalhead, initiative is rewarded.How this unknown, unsigned studio project helmed by Atlanta...
View ArticleCynic - Live @ House of Blues West Hollywood, 1/17/10
Crappy video of Cynic playing "Nunc Fluens" --> "The Space For This"@ House of Blues, West Hollywood, 1/17/10God wants me to write this review. Two months after I promised Cynic frontman Paul...
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CHAINMAIL: Batillus - Beard Destroyer Tour EP (self-released, 2009)
The CHAINMAIL section reviews bands that were proactive enough to contact me directly. Here at Cerebral Metalhead, initiative is rewarded.An upside-down photo of the Beard Destroyer Tour EPCourtesy of...
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CHAINMAIL: Peopleperson - The Kids Are All Done For (Fictionband Mechanics,...
The CHAINMAIL section reviews bands that were proactive enough to contact me directly. Here at Cerebral Metalhead, initiative is rewarded.You are reading a review of an album by the retardedly prolific...
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CHAINMAIL: Karloff - Bled Dry (Midwestern Decline, 2010)
The CHAINMAIL section reviews bands that were proactive enough to contact me directly. Here at Cerebral Metalhead, initiative is rewarded.I love the idea of a hardworking local hardcore band with few...
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Lair of the Minotaur interview
Nate Olp, Steven Rathbone and Chris Wozniak of Lair of the MinotaurThe new Lair of the Minotaur album is out this week. Those of you who were worried that the Chicago trio were going to drop their...
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CHAINMAIL: Fuck the Facts - Unnamed EP (self-released, 2010)
The CHAINMAIL section reviews bands that were proactive enough to contact me directly. Here at Cerebral Metalhead, initiative is rewarded.Go listen to your Repulsion and early Napalm Death records....
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Knu from Knut: Wonder
Two months of waiting 'til this is out ain't so bad considering I've already waited for 5 years.So let's say that one of your favorite bands puts out an amazing record in 2005. Here's a standard...
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CHAINMAIL: The March - Dead Ends and Blind Spots EP (self-released, 2009)
The CHAINMAIL section reviews bands that were proactive enough to contact me directly. Here at Cerebral Metalhead, initiative is rewarded.Ever notice how it's easier to write metal lyrics in English...
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CHAINMAIL: Locrian - Territories (At War With False Noise / Basses Frequences...
The CHAINMAIL section reviews bands that were proactive enough to contact me directly. Here at Cerebral Metalhead, initiative is rewarded.Ronnie James Dio is dead. I never really knew him aside from...
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Harvey Milk - A Small Turn of Human Kindness (Hydra Head, 2010)
This past Saturday, May 22nd, was the first annual Harvey Milk Day, instituted in California to honor the openly gay San Francisco politician immortalized in the 2008 film Milk. It would have been...
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CHAINMAIL: Huntress - Off With Her Head (self-released, 2010)
The CHAINMAIL section reviews bands that contacted me directly. Here at Cerebral Metalhead, initiative is rewarded.As soon as I read about this band on Invisible Oranges, I started encountering them...
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R.I.P. National Sunday Law. Much respect.
National Sunday Law scream goodbyeSad news today from Darin Tambascio, the guitarist/vocalist/everything-but-drums-ist of Los Angeles metal duo National Sunday Law:After playing over 50 shows with some...
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Kings Destroy - Kings Destroy EP (self-released, 2010)
Stoner metal should be played by ugly dudes for ugly dudes. I'm not saying that heterosex can never come into it -- gettin' down to Sky Valley is one of life's great pleasures, and I suppose Electric...
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Ehnahre - Alpha/Omega 12" (Fun With Asbestos, 2010)
My avant-jazz pianist dad told me once that jazz was essentially about instability. All those added 9ths and 13ths, re-voiced chords and unexpected drum accents deconstruct the predictability of a...
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Ovrcast 5th Anniversary - Friday the 13th in L.A.!
As the price of a concert heads towards nil, my interest in attending it often heads the same direction. Why would a worthwhile band choose to play a slapped-together free show when they stand to make...
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CHAINMAIL: Drowned Sorrow - Fittings at the Coffin Shop EP (self-released, 2010)
The CHAINMAIL section reviews bands that were proactive enough to contact me directly. Here at Cerebral Metalhead, initiative is rewarded.I like The Red Chord. A whole lot. So do Long Island's Drowned...
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