Author: Jay H. Gorania

  • Dragged Into Sunlight – American tour diary 2012 – Part 1

    Dragged Into Sunlight – American tour diary 2012 – Part 1

    Earlier this summer Hellbound’s Jay H. Gorania hit the road in the USA with England’s Dragged In Sunlight. Here is the first part of his tour diary accompanying the band on their US tour with Cough. Live photos by Luna Duran and Albert Mansour.

  • Is 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 worth the effort to check it out. Was it worth the effort? Two word assessment: Hell no. (Not on a Saturday night,…

  • An open love letter to Teresa Roncon – by Jay H. Gorania

    Jay H. Gorania confesses his never-ending admiration for former Much Music metal VJ Teresa Roncon

  • Girls gone wild…to Meshuggah!

    Good music should move you on some level. These girls are dancing to Meshuggah. No further description is necessary.

  • Jay H. Gorania’s SXSW 2012 – Part 2

    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. It’s Milwaukee’s Enabler. If it wasn’t for the damn crowds and time consuming travel during…

  • Jay H. Gorania’s SXSW 2012 – Part 1

    Jay H. Gorania’s SXSW 2012 – Part 1

    1808, on the “other side” of the highway, where a crack dealer is literally in sight, the ghetto neighborhood was a fitting home for br00tal music.

  • An open letter, and challenge, to Tommy Lee and Mötley Crüe

    An open letter, and challenge, to 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 available in the pages of some metal magazine. At any rate, I have a bone to pick with y’all. Not…

  • Jay H. Gorania’s SXSW 2011 – Part 2

    “It was SXSW in Austin, so hell, we just decided to party. While hanging out on 6th Street, we were encountered by a rapper pushing his product. It’s normal for independent artists to either talk up, give away or sell their music at SXSW, but this chap obviously lacked common sense by trying to interest…

  • Jay H. Gorania’s SXSW 2011 – Part 1

    If the cataclysmic, earthquaking rumble beneath Japan was felt stateside, it was surely through Yob’s bottom-heavy, Sabbath-via-Cathedral-and-Sleep riffs. Their music and vocals and presence were passionate and ritualistic. Because of the repetitive nature of the riff-driven madness, the songs stay with you long after they’ve finished playing, bouncing around from synapse-to-synapse in your tenderized gray…

  • Cephalic Carnage Tour Diary: Part 4

    He and Decapitated have been through more than anyone should ever go through, so the fact that they’re back and as tight as they sound is a testament to their tenacity. And, of course, it’s great news for death metal fans across the globe. RIP Vitek. Acknowleding the past as well as their unyielding obsession…