Okay, let’s veer away from the pulverizing world of metal for a few minutes and address something way more damaging. Anyone who reads Otep Shamaya’s semi-regular posts on this site, or who doesn’t live with a blaring iPod on 24-7, knows that the U.S. is speeding towards a critical juncture, and that the 2008 November [...]

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Of all the surviving heavy metal icons, none are more authentic or carry more credibility than Motorhead frontman Lemmy Kilmister. For over 40 years, Lemmy has defined the heavy metal lifestyle and music form, adhering to his principles, writing songs gloriously out of step with the times and flipping the bird to all those who [...]

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Described by its creator, James Hughes, as an “amateur film examining perceptions of teenage metal fans,” “Metalheads” is a wonderfully raw, no-budget, sloppily edited example of do-it-yourself filmmaking that’s unintentionally hysterical and undeniably sincere.
Shot by an opinionated teenage extreme metal fan from Douglasville, Georgia, “Metalheads” attempts to explore the sociology and appeal of heavy metal [...]

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British director Simon Rumley’s fourth film “The Living and the Dead” (TLA) isn’t your typical horror movie. There are no zombies, ghosts, psychopathic killers or aliens, yet it’s more horrific and hard to watch than anything George Romero or Rob Zombie ever conceived.
The film focuses on a family run by bankrupt aristocrat Donald Brocklebank (Roger [...]

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We’re all for surreal, disturbing horror movies. And we’re big fans of splattery gore (as any of our Movies For Metalheads columns will attest). But we’re wondering if the creators of the new flick “Teeth” (which opened in New York and Los Angeles January 18) might have gone too far. We haven’t seen the movie [...]

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