There was a time in the early ’80s when a kid wearing an Iron Maiden shirt would get his ass kicked if he stepped foot into a Black Flag concert. Sadly, the hardcore vs. metal war waged for years, long after members of each genre began expressing admiration for one another’s music. It took crossover [...]

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The correct answer is: a) Vesperian Sorrow.
You could certainly be excused for thinking Vesperian Sorrow are from Scandinavia. Not only do they play symphonic black metal — the music of choice for the Nordic region — they also write as if English wasn’t their native language. The following is pulled directly from the band’s official [...]

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You all know Wayne Static — the Static-X dude with the hair that looks like the Statue of Liberty’s crown. Well, Wayne was cool enough to agree to write a guest blog for us about his misadventures on Ozzfest. While he very well might like playing videogames and watching DVDs, Static’s not spending his downtime [...]

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When it comes to drummers and Nashville’s acrobatic noise-metal band Today is the Day, nine seems to be the magic number.
The group, which has been putting out albums since 1992, recently hired its ninth, and, according to frontman Steve Austin, best drummer yet. Derek Roddy, who has played with Nile, Malevolent Creation and Hate Eternal, [...]

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Okay, it’s not totally indecipherable, but is sure looks cool. The triangular shape kinda resembles a shield — or maybe we’ve just been listening to too much Medieval, swords and sorcery power metal lately. The near-mirror image effect of the second word is pretty effective and the jagged shapes of the letters is very metal. [...]

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