Chris Krovatin
FINAL SIX: THE SIX BEST METAL LOVE & HATE SONGS
When spring comes around, I’m torn between frolicking through sunlit fields and locking myself in the bathroom with a pair of pliers...
FINAL SIX: THE SIX MOST AWESOME & OBNOXIOUS METAL STAGE MOVES
1) The Invisible Orb: raise hand cupped, as though cradling a spherical object (this is also commonly known as the Invisible Orange). See: Dio, George Fisher, Gaahl.
FINAL SIX: THE SIX BEST DEATH-METAL & HAIR-METAL SONGS
For every Night Songs, there was a Reign In Blood. For every In The Heart Of The Young, there was a Scream Bloody Gore.
FINAL SIX: THE SIX COOLEST & GNARLIEST THINGS ABOUT THE REVOLVER GOLDEN GODS AWARDS SHOW
Finally, America has held its first metal awards ceremony. And I saw it happen. I threw the horns, I wheeled the fists, I screamed the battle cries.
FINAL SIX: THE SIX THINGS I WOULD/WOULDN’T MISS FOR THE REVOLVER GOLDEN GODS
I'm going to the Golden Gods, but I’m scared. Why? Because with my luck, something horrendous is going to happen shortly before April 7 that will prevent me from attending this awesome event. The question is whether or not I’ll let it stop me.
FINAL SIX: THE SIX BEST & WORST THINGS ABOUT BEING THE VOCALIST IN A METAL BAND
Every time some asshole in some metal band uses an interview to complain about about how hard it is being in a band, I want to break my foot off in their taint
FINAL SIX: THE SIX BEST DRINKING & HANGOVER SONGS
Baalberith, it’s me, man. Heh, yeah, it was a ton of fun. I think. Listen, I woke up with a small Irish flag jammed in my anus...
FINAL SIX: THE SIX BEST MOSHING & BOOTY-SHAKING SONGS
Without warning, a car blasting Machine Head’s “Davidian” rolls past your classroom window. The next thing you know, there are three cops with guns pointed shakily at you.
FINAL SIX: THE SIX THINGS THAT ARE MAKING ME WANT TO KILL MYSELF & KEEPING ME FROM KILLING MYSELF IN 2009
There’s no point in holding out any longer. There’re no jobs to be found, there’s no love to be had, there’s no future worth fighting for, and honestly, I’m sick of playing this game for one more fucking second.
LIVE REPORT: SOILWORK, DARKANE, WARBRINGER, AND SWALLOW THE SUN AT THE HIGHLINE BALLROOM, APRIL 15, 2009
Thoughts on Highline Ballroom: This place is swank. Shouldn’t they be having an ’80s dance party here?
Lookit the lights over the bar: It’s like American Psycho up in this bitch.
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