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Metal Graphs: Jeff Hanneman
In the unlikely event that you didn’t know, Jeff Hanneman, one of Slayer’s guitarists and founding members died on 2nd of May this year (2013). His death was a horrible shock to the metal world, and he...
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Metal Graphs: Anthrax through the ages
At last, I have now graphed all of “The Big Four”: Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer, Anthrax. To be completely honest, unlike the other three, I had never really spent much time listening to Anthrax before....
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Mmm, brains…
I think someone should write a grindcore song and start it with this sample. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIkEHtD42-8#t=2m25 EDIT: It seems like WordPress struggles with embedding YouTube videos...
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Gig reviews: Bloodstock 2013, Day 1
Didn’t manage to see any music on the Thursday (Day 0?). We did make it to the Sophie Lancaster Stage for the Four DJs of the Apocalypse. They had changed their playlist! Since forever they have had...
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Gig reviews: Bloodstock 2013, Day 2
I really didn’t see that many bands on the Saturday this year. Disappointing, I think it was because of a mix of stiffness caused by not warming up/down after moshing, and the fact that we had, for the...
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Gig reviews: Bloodstock 2013, Day 3
Sunday’s lineup was pretty ridiculous. Apart from a lunch break around Amorphis, every band was a moshpit band. I wish this was the lineup for Friday, either that or I had warmed up and down -_- all of...
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Google Chrome likes Nu Metal
So there I was, innocently insulting Metal Hammer and Limp Biscuit in one fell swoop for the hover-over-text in yesterday’s article, when all of a sudden this happened: Google Chrome not only knew the...
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Should I flip the list?
Currently the Bands I have seen live list is in chronological order. This means whenever I, or you, my loyal servants, first click on that page, we are reminded that the first band I ever saw was the...
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Gig reviews: Metal Days 2013, Day 1
Metal Days used to be called Metalcamp, it’s a weeklong metal festival in a mountain valley by a glacial river. Check out the pictures. We managed to become part of a German/Slovenian gazebo crew...
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What’s the average length of an EP these days?
Back in the day there was a physical difference between a Single, an Extended Play (EP), and a Long Play (LP) record. When cassettes and CDs showed up, the line got a bit blurry, as they are all the...
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