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The patrons of the Palladium Ballroom Sunday night were graced with the awesome sounds of Coheed and Cambria, the self-designated “Sci Fi” rock band from New York. As a venue, The Palladium Ballroom is big. Really big. Like, if it was any bigger, you could probably play sports in there when »
METL 1302 Lesson 3: 10 Awesome Metal Covers of Non-Metal Songs Most bands start off their career covering songs from which they draw their own musical and lyrical influence. It is not uncommon to hear a newer metal band play Black Sabbath or Judas Priest or even Metallica. Occasionally, some »
Skwisgaar Skwigelf, taller than a tree; Toki Wartooth, not a bumble bee; William Murderface, Murderface, Murderface; Pickles the drummer doodily doo, ding dong doodily doodily doo; and Nathan Explosion. According to the theme song to Adult Swim’s Metalocalypse, these are the members of Dethklok. If Josie and the Pussycats and »
METL 1302 Lesson 2, Part 2: Metal Subgenres, Attack of the Extreme SubgenresIf last week was the lighter, brighter, happier metal, then this week is the darker, gloomy metal. If last week was melodic, this week is cacophonous and dissonant. This week is “Extreme Metal” and it covers all the »
METL 1302 Lesson 2, Part 1: Metal Subgenres As I implied last time, metal as a genre encompasses a very broad range of music. Due to this amazing diversity, most metal fans and bands have deemed it necessary to create a number of subgenres in an effort to create a sort »
On Friday, October 26th the Dallas area played host to some of the most outrageous characters in the history of metal; Oderus Urungus, Beefcake the Mighty, Jizmak Da Gusha, Balsac the Jaws of Death, and new guitarist Pustulus Maximus of GWAR. The night full of metal started with Legacy of »
METL 1302: Introduction to Metal Studies Lesson 1: What is “Metal”?Van Halen, Black Sabbath, AC/DC, Slayer, Aerosmith, Twisted Sister. Half of these bands could be considered “hard rock” and the other half are considered “metal” –but what’s the difference? What makes a band metal? Here’s the problem with looking up »
