Author: Sean Palmerston

  • Fall Into Darkness 2009 DVD

    If you ever find yourself reading press releases about metal tour announcements on the West Coast and suddenly wondering, Now why the hell am I not living in Portland? don’t worry, you’re not the only one. Thanks to local booking agent Nanotear, whose clients are some of the coolest, most cutting-edge artists in heavy music,…

  • Rage – Strings To A Web

    My first listen to this record had me tagging it as a possibility for my album of the year, my second listen had me not too sure about it, but my third, fourth and fifth brought me right back around to my original opinion. Strings To A Web may well be Rage’s finest.

  • Danzig – Deth Red Sabaoth

    Sure, it’ll be a frosty day in Danzig’s nether lair before you’ll ever see a reunion of the band’s classic lineup – but until Lodi finally freezes over, you can certainly find solace in Deth Red Sabaoth, which goes a long, long way to recapturing that classic Danzig sound.

  • Black Tusk – Taste The Sin

    On Taste the Sin, Black Tusk inject more howling punk à la Kylesa than instru-prog à la Baroness and Mastodon, and the result is a disc that has the potential to incite fist pumping, moshing and a little John Baizley fan-boy love.

  • Kalmah – 12 Gauge

    I’m just going to come right out and say it: 12 Gauge is a great album.

  • The Melvins – The Bride Screamed Murder

    Oh, what a strange race Buzz Osborne and The Melvins have run.

  • Handshake Inc. Films Sequel to Maryland Deathfest: The Movie

    As for the content itself, I asked Hall, who prefers the Cinema Verite approach to filmmaking, if he and Cardoso had given the crew specific instructions as to what images they were to capture, he said that he preferred not to. “I just decided to let them film the images that invoked something in them,…

  • Primordial – All Empires Fall

    If All Empires Fall is meant to close a certain chapter of the band’s history, we have every reason to believe the next one will be even more exciting to witness.

  • Ozzy Osbourne – Scream

    It’s true that Scream is not your Dad’s Ozzy Osbourne, but it’s not as worthless as some nostalgia addicts would have you believe either.

  • Hellbound Handshake Clip Of The Week: GORGUTS Live at MDF 2010

    Introducing the Hellbound Handshake Clip of The Week! This week it is GORGUTS Live at Maryland Deathfest 2010