by Bram Teitelman | Aug 21, 2017 | Updates
While Lamb of God is still one of the standard bearers of the New Wave of American Heavy Metal, they’ve changed up their vocal tactics a bit in recent years. “Overlord,” a track from vii: Sturm Und Drang, featured clean vocals from singer Randy...
by Bram Teitelman | Aug 21, 2017 | Sports!, Video
Wrestling and metal have been the perfect combination since at least the ’80s, when both reached peak glam phases. Both have rabid, male-skewing fan bases, tons of theatricality, and pack out arenas. And while metal’s involvement with wrestling has mostly...
by Bram Teitelman | Aug 20, 2017 | Tributes, Video
In 2004, when they were the respective kings of hip-hop and rap/metal, Jay Z and Linkin Park teamed up for Collision Course, an EP of mash-ups utilizing both acts. “Numb/Encore,” which took “Encore” from Jay Z’s Black Album and...
by Bram Teitelman | Aug 18, 2017 | Spotify Playlist
Philly band Varials released their debut album, Pain Again, last week on Fearless Records. While they’re a metal band, they drew from many inspirations while writing the album. Vocalist Travis Tabron is a big fan of hip-hop, even freestyling on several...
by Bram Teitelman | Aug 18, 2017 | Current Events, News
As this past weekend’s events proved, there’s still quite a bit of racism in America. However, it’s not just Charlottesville that proved this. White supremacist Dylan Roof walked into an African American church in 2015 and killed nine churchgoers in...