by Daniel Cordova | Jun 5, 2013 | Milestones
On this day a decade ago, I was caught up in a frenzy of people excited about a new Metallica album. It was all my friends and I could talk about. It was going to be everything that we had wanted for so long. Metallica was going to be heavy again. Metallica was going...
by Daniel Cordova | May 30, 2013 | Interviews
Michael Keene is the guitarist singer/all around mastermind of The Faceless. He is also a genuinely fun guy to chat with. I spoke with Keene last year and we discussed his in-the-works solo album and stand up comedy dreams. I decided to follow-up on those projects and...
by Daniel Cordova | Apr 22, 2013 | Interviews, My First Band
Phil Demmel of Machine Head The first band that I was in was called On Parole and we were… It was the early 80’s so there’s a lot of Iron Maiden influence and, kind of like, Van Halen, Riot. A lot of those rock – they were probably known as “metal” back...
by Daniel Cordova | Apr 11, 2013 | Metal Milestones
Nothing will make you reflect on your own mortality like realizing that a piece of metal history that seems so classic and timeless is a mere four months older than you. This was the realization that I had this morning. Twenty-five years ago today Iron Maiden released...
by Daniel Cordova | Mar 20, 2013 | Events
6. Howl MetalSucks presents South By South Death at the Dirty Dog Prior to this performance I was only casually acquainted with the band’s fifth full length Full of Hell, which is quite solid. Since then, Vincent Hausman dropped the guitar to focus fully on vocals...