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Mortiis: 5 Albums That Changed My Life
Mortiis: 5 Albums That Changed My Life
Mortiis: 5 Albums That Changed My Life
Mortiis first gained notice in the early '90s playing bass for influential Black Metal act Emperor. After leaving the band in 1992, the Norwegian multi-instrumentalist started recording dark ambient music as a solo artist, gaining a cult audience throughout the world ...
Taking It Too Far: Metal’s Biggest Maniacs and Their Crimes
Taking It Too Far: Metal’s Biggest Maniacs and Their Crimes
Taking It Too Far: Metal’s Biggest Maniacs and Their Crimes
The world of metal and hard rock is full of outlandish folklore, tall tales, and other sales-boosting exaggerations. However, a few truly twisted musicians cut through the swaths of harmless debauchers and womanizing "bad boys" to show us that sometimes, it's not all just in good fun...
Devin Townsend’s New Albums Feature Guests from Meshuggah, GWAR
Devin Townsend’s New Albums Feature Guests from Meshuggah, GWAR
Devin Townsend’s New Albums Feature Guests from Meshuggah, GWAR
Metal mad scientist Devin Townsend (Strapping Young Lad) is going to be a busy, busy man come summer. On June 21st, the frontman will finally complete the four album series launched by his Devin Townsend Project a few years back by releasing the albums 'Deconstruction' and 'Ghost,' which follow his previous releases 'Ki' and 'Addicted...
Top 10 Heavy Metal Books
Top 10 Heavy Metal Books
Top 10 Heavy Metal Books
Metalheads are some of the most devoted music fans on the planet. Not only do we voraciously devour new music like no one else, we also can't enough information about the artists we love. Now more than ever, it seems like there's a press release on floating around every other week about a heavy metal-related book hitting stores...
Ex-Emperor Frontman Ihsahn Seeks More Sax in his Life
Ex-Emperor Frontman Ihsahn Seeks More Sax in his Life
Ex-Emperor Frontman Ihsahn Seeks More Sax in his Life
When ex-Emperor frontman Ihsahn determined that 'After,' the final volume of his 'A' trilogy, should sound bleak, barren and lifeless, he started thinking about what instruments -- aside from the usual guitar, bass, keyboards, drums and vocals -- would best convey his artistic vision...

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