«
»
The Webernets

THE ONION A/V CLUB GOES METAL!

 Thursday, June 18th, 2009 at 11:45am by

the onion logoThe Onion + Metal? Why not?

MS Maniac “bear wizard” alerted us yesterday to the fact that The Onion’s A/V Club has added a metal column to their previously pedestrian range of music coverage. Ex-Metal Edge contributor Leonard Pierce heads up the new “Metal Box” column for The Onion, which joins the growing list of publications now covering metal.

Pierce seems to have a good handle on the modern metal scene, too; the inaugural column covers new music from Heaven and Hell, Warbringer, Sunn O))), The Devil Wears Prada, Anal Cunt, Anaal Nathrakh and more. Your typical hipster rag metal column, this ain’t.

Surely some metal purist are going to complain and decry the increased coverage of metal in mainstream-ish media, but I think the more the better; what’s good for one publication is good for all of us. The international metal scene is the strongest it’s been in years and years, and it shows no sign of slowing down. Welcome to the club, Onion!

-VN

Tags: , ,
  • Elitist Fuck

    Here I was, thinking that The Onion was pretty damn kvlt, and you guys had to ruin it.

  • Sammy

    The Onion is not really MSM. It’s brilliant humorist fake “news”.

  • yanky

    its the only unbiased newspaper in ny
    welcome to the metal club

  • Mike

    I’m glad to hear this, most heavy metal went unreviewed and uncovered except for basic bands (Metallica’s new album was reviewed) as well as some shots in the dark (Neurosis and Dead Child). Hope it doesn’t suck.

  • Dr.J

    Surprised by the mostly metal comments.

  • phale

    aw, i coulda got cred for pointing this out last week?

    also, the onion av club =/= the onion. totally different writers and mission.

  • http://www.hibernum.net hibernum

    This is sad. I’ll say it. When it goes mainstream, you know it is over. It is like how you knew disco was dead with “disco duck”. You know this has gotten too big for its britches when the Onion starts to review it. The Onion is written by hipster fags who all listened to the Strokes 10 years ago, the White Stripes 5 years ago, and Mastadon today. Next thing you know you’ll turn on the TV and Burger King will have a commercial with some band that sounds just like Lamb of God selling Whoppers. WHOPPERS OF DOOM!!! Yeah, its coming. Its over. Deal with it.

    • http://www.myspace.com/1033metal Jackson

      they already did with the chicken band that was kind of like slipknot a year or two ago. Not that slipknot are really metal, but same concept

    • Noel

      how the fuck is the onion mainstream? you got yo head up your ass if you think the fucking ONION, the paper that reutinely writes extremely sexual and \or violent articules, and keep in mind, the fruggin back page is covered with phone girls and an explicit sex advice column. i mean, metal is in our malls, commertials, tv shows, and you think when its in the onion thats one mainstream? What does that mean? Dude, do you know how rich metallica is? Shit, you mentioned lamb of god…they fuckin got to #1 on the charts for fuck sake! if anything sucks, its you.

      • http://www.hibernum.net hibernum

        You don’t think the Onion is mainstream? There is an Onion kiosk on every street corner and a stand in every store. Fucking idiot.

        • Metal Fuckin’ Dave

          I don’t even think they sell the Onion withing 50 miles of where I live in Ohio. I wish to hell I could find it though…funny shit.