Dan S. posted an article on Bay Area Metal Scene - Nov 24, 2009, 11:35 am
Devil Driver / Suffocation / Goatwhore / Thy Will Be Done – January 8th at Slim’s. Behemoth / Septic Flesh / Shining - January 17th at Slim’s. Between the Buried and Me / Cynic / Dev...
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Dan S. posted an article on Bay Area Metal Scene - Nov 23, 2009, 11:53 am
I captured a couple of quick videos from the concert this weekend. Overall, it was a pretty awesome show. I was way impressed with Mastodon and Dethklok were obviously just out of control. High on Fir...
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Dan S. posted an article on Bay Area Metal Scene - Nov 20, 2009, 12:04 pm
It’s not all growls and screams over here, you know! Occasionally we enjoy a good melodic rock tune or two. Enter Death Pilot – a Los Angeles melodic metal / rock band that blends Europe...
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Dan S. posted an article on Bay Area Metal Scene - Nov 19, 2009, 12:27 pm
This actually works pretty well.
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Dan S. posted an article on Bay Area Metal Scene - Nov 18, 2009, 8:45 pm
Veteran Bay Area thrash / power metal band Heathen, which currently features Exodus guitar player Lee Altus and bass player Jon Torres from Laaz Rockit, had an announcement today about their new albu...
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Dan S. posted an article on Bay Area Metal Scene - Nov 18, 2009, 8:34 pm
How are these guys unsigned? Sure, they could probably do without the make-up in this video, but they sound pretty rad! YETI | MySpace Video
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Dan S. posted an article on Bay Area Metal Scene - Nov 18, 2009, 1:19 pm
I supposed it’s pretty damned hard to come up with a band name, especially these days. Luckily, if you’re in a death metal band you can pretty much get away with calling yourself anything ...
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Dan S. posted an article on Bay Area Metal Scene - Nov 17, 2009, 10:21 pm
“Who on God’s green Earth are CRACKDUST?” you ask? They’re only the heaviest death metal band to come out of Botswana, Africa. That’s right, I said a death metal band fro...
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Dan S. posted an article on Bay Area Metal Scene - Nov 17, 2009, 9:26 pm
The last I heard of supreme lead guitarist / chameleon Steve Smyth, he was battling some health issues and had to leave Nevermore.  Well, it turns out the ex-Testament, ex-Nevermore, ex-Dragonlord sh...
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Dan S. posted an article on Bay Area Metal Scene - Nov 17, 2009, 7:59 pm
In San Jose! Be there! It’s gonna rule.
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Dan S. posted an article on Bay Area Metal Scene - Nov 16, 2009, 4:48 pm
If you want people to horribly butcher your band name, call yourself MICTLANTECUHTLI. HOW DO YOU PRONOUNCE THE NAME AND WHAT DOES IT MEAN?? Here goes, meekt-lawn-teh-kwoot-ly Mictlantecuhtli. Try it ...
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Dan S. posted an article on Bay Area Metal Scene - Nov 16, 2009, 4:17 pm
A non-profit group in Sweden has recruited several bands to partake in a calendar shoot to raise awareness about animal rights. Among the bands included are Amon Amarth, Opeth and Hammerfall. Check ou...
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Dan S. posted an article on Bay Area Metal Scene - Nov 13, 2009, 3:29 pm
Sacramento Death Metal band Dismal Lapse win the award for “multi-tasking.” Try and find the vocalist in this video: Find him yet!? HOLY….
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Dan S. posted an article on Bay Area Metal Scene - Nov 13, 2009, 2:02 pm
Today on MySpace I read a bulletin from Wintersong Guitars. Apparently, another guitar manufacturer, Halo, is taking issue with one of their models. Read the supposed letter that they received from Ha...
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Dan S. posted an article on Bay Area Metal Scene - Nov 12, 2009, 11:37 pm
The young lady in this video playing guitar is named Orianthi. When she wasn’t opening for people like Steve Vai or producing records, she played guitar for Michael Jackson. When I first saw he...
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Dan S. posted an article on Bay Area Metal Scene - Nov 12, 2009, 7:04 pm
This video is a little old, but no less shredding. I love their use of finger-tapping without it being too overly “Van-Halen-y”.
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Dan S. posted an article on Bay Area Metal Scene - Nov 12, 2009, 12:41 pm
You typically haven’t heard much in the way of metal coming out of Russia in the past. Actually, I can’t think of any bands I’ve ever seen that are from the great land of perma-frost...
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Dan S. posted an article on Bay Area Metal Scene - Nov 11, 2009, 8:58 am
Expect another Yngwie video? Guess again! Berkeley’s Flametal, who get their name from combining acoustic flamenco guitars and power metal, might just be the world’s first “flamenco ...
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Dan S. posted an article on Bay Area Metal Scene - Nov 11, 2009, 8:00 am
In honor of Veteran’s Day, this day is dedicated to all of those that served in the military or continue to serve. Like Manowar so truely proclaimed, you are the true Warriors of the World! Fi...
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Dan S. posted an article on Bay Area Metal Scene - Nov 10, 2009, 7:12 pm
2009 is going down in the books as the year for independent record labels. The Bay Area has its share of indie bands, but I’ve never seen so many in the “loud/noise rock” genre that ...
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Dan S. posted an article on Bay Area Metal Scene - Nov 9, 2009, 1:01 pm
2009 was indeed a popular year for “Death-Core”. Bands like Suicide Silence, Arsonists Get All the Girls and Winds of Plague all had new albums and a relatively big following (although I d...
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Dan S. posted an article on Bay Area Metal Scene - Nov 9, 2009, 9:08 am
Ok, making fun of Arnold Schwarzeneggeregererr was funny about 7 years ago, but now it’s just getting old. You already have ArnoCorp, Austrian Death Machine and now Schwarzenator? Please tell me...
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Dan S. posted an article on Bay Area Metal Scene - Nov 9, 2009, 8:39 am
This is the stupidest thing I’ve seen all day, and I’ve been awake for at least an hour.
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Dan S. posted an article on Bay Area Metal Scene - Nov 9, 2009, 8:11 am
Geeeeet ready, there’s another Metallica live DVD. This time it’s from footage shot in France – so you know it’s going to be awesome. Alright, it actually does look kind of awe...
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Dan S. posted an article on Bay Area Metal Scene - Nov 8, 2009, 6:58 pm
Blabbermouth just posted a link to the new Fear Factory track, “Powershifter“. According to the article, the new drummer is none other than “Mr. Atomic Clock”, Gene Hoglan.  T...
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Dan S. posted an article on Bay Area Metal Scene - Nov 6, 2009, 4:08 pm
This should make their tour with Dying Fetus interesting.
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Dan S. posted an article on Bay Area Metal Scene - Nov 6, 2009, 2:20 pm
It’s no secret that beer and metal go together like, well, beer and metal. Tankard (Germany) and Drunkard (Greece) are teaming up in a few weeks to play a show together, in what I can only guess...
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Dan S. posted an article on Bay Area Metal Scene - Nov 5, 2009, 3:31 pm
In case you didn’t know, Ozzy is looking for a new guitar player…or something. The supposed person to take the throne as Ozzy’s right-hand axe is this guy named “Gus G”. ...
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Dan S. posted an article on Bay Area Metal Scene - Nov 5, 2009, 11:35 am
Death / Black / Ambient metal band One Hundred Suns has been making the rounds in the local club circuit for the past few years. Currently unsigned, the band put out an album earlier this year called ...
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Dan S. posted an article on Bay Area Metal Scene - Nov 5, 2009, 10:46 am
Swedish hard rockers Mustasch just signed on to Nuclear Blast records. Totally not what I expected when I first heard the words “Mustache” and “Sweden”. Rockin’!
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Dan S. posted an article on Bay Area Metal Scene - Nov 3, 2009, 12:47 pm
How can I say this…this album blows. Seriously. Oh, and by “blows” I mean “Blows all other metal albums into oblivion with the sheer firepower of its awesomeness“. “...
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Dan S. posted an article on Bay Area Metal Scene - Nov 3, 2009, 12:07 pm
This may be the heaviest Tuesday known to mankind! Amazon.com Widgets Nile: Slayer: Hypocrisy:
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Dan S. posted an article on Bay Area Metal Scene - Nov 1, 2009, 5:08 pm
Fans of “tech-death” and bands like The Faceless, Severed Savior and Dying Fetus will dig the sound of Fallujah. The band hails from the San Francisco Bay Area and will be playing a few sh...
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Dan S. posted an article on Bay Area Metal Scene - Nov 1, 2009, 12:00 pm
Bass players are just getting out of control these days.
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Dan S. posted an article on Bay Area Metal Scene - Oct 30, 2009, 1:15 pm
The sweet thing about this tour is that all of the bands are on record label Nuclear Blast, which as we all know, pretty much has the heaviest damned bands in the world. Obviously Vader is crushing, ...
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Dan S. posted an article on Bay Area Metal Scene - Oct 30, 2009, 9:44 am
As if you need more reasons to like this guy:
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Dan S. posted an article on Bay Area Metal Scene - Oct 29, 2009, 5:12 pm
Seriously? Do you know anybody that has a Hatebreed album? They must be out there because these guys appear to have a huge-ass following. I just punished myself by listening to their latest album, Hat...
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Dan S. posted an article on Bay Area Metal Scene - Oct 28, 2009, 8:21 pm
There’s more than just snow and blue sky up in Montana, at least these days. Along with a shit-load of dinosaur fossils, Death/Black Metal band Martriden is arguably the best thing to come out o...
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Dan S. posted an article on Bay Area Metal Scene - Oct 28, 2009, 1:16 am
Seriously. Is this the most awesome thing you’ve seen or what? This portrait puts Cartoon Network’s version to shame. I didn’t think that real people could make stuff like this! Ima...
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