I was exposed to Testament after seeing the video for Over the Wall on VH1's Rock Show back when I was in middle school. Fast forward 8 years and one Mr. Rotten finally got the chance to see one of his favorite bands live, and it was only 45 minutes from West Springfield ( Read more... )

I don't update this thing enough. Blame it on me being lazy, as well as never having much if anything to write about ( Read more... )

Sometimes I love living in Massachusetts. Let the protests begin ( Read more... )

ROH is having a memorial day sale (25% off purchases) until tommorow morning, so I decided to treat myself to a few recent shows.


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Most people in this neck of the woods are probably familiar with the New England Metal and Hardcore Fest that's been held in the Worcester Palladium for close to a decade now. This, they trimmed the fat a bit and shortened it to 2 days instead of the usual 3, with the 2nd day (Saturday) being nothing but Metal Blade bands to celebrate Metal Blade's ( Read more... )

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A Swedish court has ruled that the parents of a seven-month-old girl in Kungälv, Sweden can name their child Metallica, according to the Swedish newspaper GP. The girl's parents wanted to give their daughter a name that combined their first names. After picking Metallica and checking twice with the Swedish tax agency Skatteverket if the name was ( Read more... )

Shane Bugbee, an actual priest in the Church Of Satan who wrote and directed "Club Satan: The Witches' Sabbath", which is being touted as "the first-ever Satanic porn," has released the following statement ( Read more... )

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