The correct answer to yesterday’s Indecipherable Logo is: c) Despondency
Just one of three Despondency’s in the United States, this pummeling death metal band was formed in 1994 in Madera, California by guitarist Kelley “Beef” O’Rafferty and bassist Shawn Shannon. The current lineup also features singer Jesse Parliman and guitarist Roel Guajardo. Despondency’s most recent offering, […]

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Many key players in black metal history, including Emperor, Satyricon, Borknagar, Cradle of Filth and Venom have contributed to the new DVD “This is Black Metal,” which comes out October 9.
The package will feature videos for: Celtic Frost’s “A Dying God Coming Into Human Flesh,” Throes of Dawn’s “Vertigo,” Emperor’s “Inno a Satana,” Astarte’s “Black […]

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The first time we realized that Otep is a simple anagram for “Poet” we were sort of bemused. Here was a nu-metal band with an emotionally extreme frontwoman who fancied herself a wordsmith. Then, we read some of Otep Shamaya’s lyrics and we realized, “Damn, this girl really can wrangle together an evocative phrase or […]

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The great thing about truly indecipherable logos is they reveal as much about the viewer as the creator (on in German thrashspeak Kreator). Pretty much anything can be read into them if they’re unreadable enough. One person’s Puppy Love Project could be another’s Putrified Liver Projectile. Here’s an angular little logo that reminds us of […]

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We launched our Headbangers Ball Blog podcast series last week with an interview with Heaven and Hell. So, since we started with a classic, old-school band, this week we decided to tackle modern metal artist, Atreyu.
For our exclusive podcast with Atreyu singer Alex Varkatzas we hooked up with the man towards the end of the […]

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