It’s safe to say that most citizens of the metal realm show love for Black Metal drummers. Let’s face it, these guys do some serious work behind the kit, all while trying to conjure Satan at ridiculous tempos and worrying about runny mascara.
"Hera is transformed into a surly headbanger, dressed in black leather and a Slayer t-shirt, clutching her dead brother's electric guitar as she howls anthems of rage to a barn full of cows. "
Rage Against The Machine's Tim Commerford recalls the band's 1993 naked protest against censorship – and being most concerned by the appearance of his manhood.
In the world of metal nothing seems more contradictory than to have religion, more specifically Christianity, tied with it. And deeper in the world of metal, nothing could possibly be more contradictory than to have black metal with explicitly stated Christian messages.
Forged in the furiously stirred kilns of Trondheim, Norway, Keep Of Kalessin’s two-decade journey has been one of constant evolution – from dense, atmosphere-steeped black metal through streamlined yet technically dazzling, war-mongering riff-fests that would have given Behemoth pause for thought to the power metal-pumped anthems of 2010’s Reptilian.
LOS ANGELES — Rock music is having a senior moment.
The average age among all the 2015 Grammy nominees in the four rock categories was roughly 46, give or take a year, depending any given band's current lineup. The oldest individual is 69 (Lemmy from Motörhead); the youngest is 25 (Taylor York of Paramore).
Slayer frontman Tom Araya has publicly withdrawn his support for a group of his band’s fans operating via a Facebook page, branding them rude, disrespectful cyberbullies.