Editorials

Thankfully, Roger Goodell doesn’t run the label.

If you don’t like this album, you don’t like death metal.

A doom-and-gloom prophesying Billboard article made the rounds last week. Seems like a good time to take stock of what’s going on in the music industry at large, including declining record sales, declining digital sales, and the rise of vinyl.

Now re-approaching our original silence. About the record, we mean.

New Foos song blatantly lifts a riff from “Holy Diver.” Is that a good or bad thing?

Vince discusses Unearth’s status amongst their NWOAHM peers: will they weather the storm and emerge as victorious heroes on the other side?

Direct quote from one of the ladies featured in the video: “Ask us if it was racist or sexist. We were the ones right there experiencing it. I’ll tell you from my view: no.”

Detractors say the clip is sexist; Dailor says that “It’s not to be taken so seriously.”

We asked you to bring the funny, and the funny was brought!

If you don’t have access to Photoshop and can’t afford a Slipknot Halloween costume but really wanna know what you’d look like dressed as a member of Slipknot… don’t fret, the band has you covered!

Presumably with an actual therapist, not just some penis in an ugly sweater like Phil Towle.

So now we can all move on with our lives.

It would appear that they are lying about a significant portion of their background.

Three of the band’s founding members were in a band called Demoniac when they were teenagers, and the lyrics were incredibly racist and homophobic.

A detailed look at sales numbers for Dragonforce in the pre- and post-Guitar Hero eras.

The former God Forbid guitarist muses on the current condition of the music we all love.

I couldn’t make this shit up if I tried.

Boy, I tell ya, nothing gets me more excited for new music than a bunch of random images that mean nothing to me and a brief clip of someone swearing.

Vince loves Babymetal, and so should you.

I guess this works so long as you don’t have too much gear…