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Terror / Trapped Under Ice / Backtrack / Harm’s Way / Letlive @ The Pine Box,...
Words by Jay H. Gorania; Harm’s Way photo by Steven Tippett A stone’s throw southward from the railroad—on the “wrong side of the tracks,” of course—the show’s DIY venue was the gutted-out, rented-out...
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An open letter, and challenge, to Tommy Lee and Mötley Crüe
Dear Tommy Lee and Mötley Crüe, I’m Jay H. Gorania, a long time fan from way back when. You might remember me. I wrote you a letter when I was in the second grade in the early ’80s. Your address was...
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Jay H. Gorania’s SXSW 2012 – Part 1
By Jay H. Gorania The poster child for the “Keep Austin Weird” slogan/movement, a 60-year-old cross-dresser who once ran for mayor, died a day before this year’s South by Southwest. Sure, SXSW...
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Jay H. Gorania’s SXSW 2012 – Part 2
By Jay H. Gorania Friday, March 16 It seems likely only in some perverse, alternate universe that a former member of Today is the Day would be in a band with a member of Fall Out Boy, but it’s true....
View ArticleGirls gone wild…to Meshuggah!
by Jay H. Gorania Good music should move you on some level. These girls are dancing to Meshuggah. No further description is necessary.
View ArticleHow much prejudice is there in metal?
by Jay H. Gorania I was beyond stoked to see the complete original Black Sabbath line-up in Dallas (with Pantera opening, no less!) in 1999. Just prior to Sabbath’s set, the female half of a...
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An open love letter to Teresa Roncon – by Jay H. Gorania
By Jay H. Gorania Dear Teresa Roncon, I don’t know your current relationship status, so if you are taken, please do not be offended by this love letter. I mean everything I’m about to say with all due...
View ArticleIs Kuma’s Corner worth visiting? Not really.
by Jay H. Gorania Metal and burgers. If you’re a metalhead who isn’t vegan or vegetarian, that’s a win-win proposition, right? Kuma’s Corner, located in Chicago, has a good reputation, so it seems...
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Dragged Into Sunlight – American tour diary 2012 – Part 1
by Jay H. Gorania, performance photos by Luna Duran and Albert Mansour Prior to our reunion at Maryland Deathfest 2012 in Baltimore, my last encounter with England’s Dragged Into Sunlight was about a...
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Dragged Into Sunlight – American tour diary 2012 – Part 2
by Jay H. Gorania, performance photos by Luna Duran Saturday, June 9 – Chicago, Illinois (Ultra Lounge) DIS cut through Johnson City, Tennessee, and Lexington, Kentucky, and Cough’s tour came to an...
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Phil Anselmo’s new death metal project: METRATON NGANGA
He is not only one of metal’s most infamous frontmen, Phil Anselmo is also one of the most prolific. He will soon unleash yet another project, recently confirming with Hellbound.ca that he is involved...
View ArticleThe Wild Beast Manifesto: One writer’s response to Metalsucks
Every American presidential election has a profound, lasting impact on the entire world. The recent election has been incredibly divisive online and in person, driving wedges between friends and family...
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Dragged Into Sunlight – American tour blog 2016
I tagged along with England’s Dragged Into Sunlight for their first journey across America in 2012. I did so again for their second American tour last summer that spanned 27 cities. Comparing crowd...
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Mayhem & Dragged Into Sunlight (2017 tour diary)
Heavy metal’s grandfathers Black Sabbath set the genre’s tone of darkness with their music, visual aesthetic and energy, and it seems that the acorns haven’t fall from the tree at all. Their fellow...
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Phil Anselmo’s new death metal project: METRATON NGANGA
He is not only one of metal’s most infamous frontmen, Phil Anselmo is also one of the most prolific. He will soon unleash yet another project, recently confirming with Hellbound.ca that he is involved...
View ArticleThe Wild Beast Manifesto: One writer’s response to Metalsucks
Every American presidential election has a profound, lasting impact on the entire world. The recent election has been incredibly divisive online and in person, driving wedges between friends and family...
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Dragged Into Sunlight – American tour blog 2016
I tagged along with England’s Dragged Into Sunlight for their first journey across America in 2012. I did so again for their second American tour last summer that spanned 27 cities. Comparing crowd...
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Mayhem & Dragged Into Sunlight (2017 tour diary)
Heavy metal’s grandfathers Black Sabbath set the genre’s tone of darkness with their music, visual aesthetic and energy, and it seems that the acorns haven’t fall from the tree at all. Their fellow...
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In memoriam: Metal luminaries pay tribute to Necrophagia’s Killjoy
Frank (Killjoy) Pucci, 1966-2018 Legendary death metal pioneer Frank “Killjoy” Pucci passed away Sunday, March 18. The frontman of the seminal act Necrophagia was 51 years old. His bandmates in...
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