MetalSucks

I’ve just been bombarded with e-mails that Alabama-based label Acerbic Noise Development is in serious danger of going under. I’m not familiar with all the bands on this label, but the ones I am familiar with – like Dysrhythmia – are pretty awesome. And I’m sitting here now checking out some of the other groups on A.N.D. and they seem to have good taste. I am really, really enjoying Verse and Radiation right now, for example.

I hate to see a small label like this fall apart, especially when it seems like the people running it (and it appears as though a whopping two people are A.N.D.’s entire staff) are putting good music into the world. So while I don’t know if anything can actually be done to save the label at this point, I strongly encourage you all to check out their website, and/or the sites of some of their bands. If you can throw a little support their way, super.

A list of Acerbic Noise bands, with links to their web pages, after the jump.

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I am currently in the midst of a signing tour for my latest book, PURE MURDER. Nothing helps me keep my sanity more when I am on the road paying outrageous sums of money for gas, dealing with complete fucking morons behind the wheel, and trudging through Texas-sized traffic jams than listening to heavy metal at full volume.

Here are some quick reviews of some of the metal I cranked on my recent trip to Houston for a booksigning, and then to Huntsville for the execution of one of the killers from my book.

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