Best of 2009: TST Top 25 Metal Albums of 2009

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# 25 Five Finger Death Punch - War is the Answer Great, heavy groove riffs and Ivan Moody's vocals switch effortlessly between melodic songs and angry heavy growls. # 24 Static - X   The Cult of Static Static-X lost me after Wisconsin Death Trip but has found my ear again with Cannibal and now the Cult of Static. Stingray crushes! # 23 ISIS -  Wavering Radiant Wavering Radiant is slices of dense ambiance and unique timbre that ebb and flow though nlimatic shifts of … [Read more...]

Michelle Malone, Drag The River Reunion & Blue Mother Tupelo Hit Eddie's Attic for New Years Eve

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Michelle Malone, Drag The River Reunion & Blue Mother Tupelo Hit Eddie’s Attic for New Years Eve

Drag The River

It’s going to be one helluva roof-raising night at Eddie’s Attic for New Years Eve. None other than Moanin’ Michelle Malone will be in the house performing basically all night! The mayhem will get started off with Malone hitting the stage with her “Drag The River” bandmates for what is sure to be an epic musical reunion; something that has only happened two other times since 1991. DTR was a hugely popular roadhouse rock band that packed venues across the country. Composed of … [Read more...]

Mindless Echoes Translates Life Stages into Music in 'Rebirth'

Rebellion, reflection, insight, contentment. … [Read more...]

Mindless Echoes Translates Life Stages into Music in ‘Rebirth’

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Rebellion, reflection, insight, contentment.  These are the moods captured in the four song EP, Rebirth, by Mindless Echoes.  Each song attempts to translate into music a specific life transition from “Teenager” to “Old Age.”  Keyboard, guitar, and drums combine to create a psychedelic rock sound, enveloping you through each story.  The music ranges between reflective dreamy tones and darker driving riffs while expressing basic concerns such as, “Will your arms carry me the way … [Read more...]

Subrig Destroyer, Gifts from Enola, and Nigredo at Lenny

Subrig Destroyer and Nigredo are kicking off the New Year with Joel … [Read more...]

Subrig Destroyer, Gifts from Enola, and Nigredo at Lenny’s January 2

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Subrig Destroyer and Nigredo are kicking off the New Year with Joel’s and Damon’s Birthday blowout show at Lenny’s January 2, 2010.  This show will  also have special guests from some of your other favorite Atlanta bands along with some crazy doom metal improv to go with it. From the Subrig guys:   “We are having an open invitation birthday party @ Lenny's for Joel from Subrig and Damon from Nigredo.  Everybody come out to see our  lucky birthday boys, cheer em on, maybe buy … [Read more...]

Got DOPE?

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Okay, before too many people get their neon pink "skull & cross bones" patterned thongs in a twist, let me clarify a few things. I'm not so much correcting myself on this (devil forbid) but providing a few drops of clarification. Mental Ejaculation is a column of information that could spray half-haphazardly everywhere and anywhere in several different directions, perhaps gracefully drop on the already yellow spotted carpet of your mind or just simply hit you in the eyeball. And we all … [Read more...]