Monthly Archives: July 2011

Posted on July 31, 2011 by Maz

NOT DEAD YET: Finally A Comprehensive Doc About Jason Becker

Last week on Throwback Thursdays we took a trip down memory lane with Marty Friedman and Jason Becker’s blazing genius on Cacophony‘s 1987 record Speed Metal Symphony. I also took it as a chance to shed light on Jason literally … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on July 29, 2011 by Maz

Black Friday: Germany’s Todtgelichter Prove That Prog Isn’t A Dirty Word

Over the last four years or so, Hamburg, Germany’s Todtgelichter have undertaken a journey from being a more depressive black metal to a full-on astoundingly progressive black metal act. 2007′s full-length release “Was Bleibt…” documented a band that was relatively … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on July 28, 2011 by Maz

Throwback Thursdays: U.D.O.’s 1997 Opus “Solid” Is, Uh, SOLID!

As a child of 90′s action and sci fi flicks, it’s pretty dang easy to get WAY too into old metal records. Sometimes, I feel like my music and movie taste is one big temporal illusion with how badass I … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on July 27, 2011 by Maz

Stonehaven Invades Metal Mondays

On a rainy Monday night I decided to drag my ass out of my house and venture across Aurora for Metal Mondays at the 2 Bit Saloon. As we’ve written before  is a really cool hole in the wall pit … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on July 27, 2011 by Maz

Slayer Head Tats And Lots Of Impact Font; We Check In From Summer Slaughter 2011!

Ok, so it was tough not to be a skeptical sally on this one. The bill includes some legitimate death metal up-and-comers as well as some notorious bands (and no I don’t mean in the romantically defiant John Dillinger sense). … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on July 22, 2011 by Maz

Black Friday: Wodensthrone

Being the sharp cookies that you are, you’ve probably noticed this is a new section of ShredderNet. My fascination with the peppy ensembles of the black metal scene has been getting territorial as of late and demands a dominion of … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on July 21, 2011 by ShredderNet

Throwback Thursdays: Cacophony 1987′s “Speed Metal Symphony”

We are slowly realizing that we need some sort of exoskeleton to hold together this rhetorical Frankenstein of a blog. Certainly depending on the time (and, um, state of mind) I love delving deep into death, black, grind, sludge, stoner, … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on July 20, 2011 by A-Dogg

Olà! Fleshgod Apocalypse Tour…I Mean, Summer Slaughter Is Next Week!

Can you say B R U T A L! Fleshgod and Dying Fetus on the same stage; I’m there! Summer Slaughter is July 26th at the King Cat Theater for fellow Seattle metal heads so make sure I see you … Read the rest of this entry →

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So I was just thinking to myself, which is what I do when everyone refuses to listen, “what is the most metal animal in the world?” You might say a cougar because it stalks its prey before ripping out its … Read the rest of this entry →

Posted on July 19, 2011 by A-Dogg | Comment Now
Posted on July 11, 2011 by Maz

Sons of Northwestern Darkness: Spellcaster Release Full Length Album “Under The Spell”

Portand, Oregon’s own Speed Metal up-and-comers Spellcaster will officially be releasing their full length album Under The Spell on Heavy Artillery Records tomorrow, having signed with the New York-based label about a year ago. I rather enjoyed their slightly raw … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on July 10, 2011 by Maz

There’s An Emo In My Metal

  Besides being a metal blogger I’m also an acrobat. Today I will walk the tightrope of analyzing an acute trend in mainstream heavy music whilst trying not to fall into the pitfall of haterdom. Yeah, yeah I know the … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on July 9, 2011 by Maz

Sons of Northwestern Darkness: Metal Mondays At The 2 Bit Saloon

Though SONWD is usually reserved for artists, methinks it be appropriate to give a very cool local, out-of-the-way venue some limelight. Dive Bars are a hell of an institution, it’s our favorite thing both in destination and in abstract concept. … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on July 7, 2011 by Maz

Throwback Thursdays: WASP and Pantera Circa 1985

I’m here, Huckleberry. Pull up a cheh’uh. If this throwback from Blackie Lawless and the boys from WASP doesn’t make you want to drink whiskey, brandish firearms, gamble –with your life as well as with your money– and make other … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on July 7, 2011 by Maz

Aurora Borealis Full Discography Available Free!

Mammoth sized horns up to cosmic blackened death metalers Aurora Borealis for making their entire discography available for free download on there website. The downloads can be found here: http://www.auroraborealis.org/html/downloads.html According to yesterday’s article in Metal Callout, the band have … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on July 5, 2011 by Maz

Megadeth Perform Previously Unheard “Public Enemy No.1″ in Germany

So the lads from Megadeth have been blowing up their twitter accounts all day with a bootleg video of “Public Enemy No. 1″, a previously unreleased track from the upcoming album. The band performed the song for a crowd of … Read the rest of this entry →

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