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Decibel's Top 100 Greatest Metal Albums of the Decade
cerebralmetalhead.com - 16 hours ago
Decibel's Top 100 Greatest Metal Albums of the Decade
— cerebralmetalhead.com — Publish a list of the 100 greatest anythings of the any time period and a crowd of... howling banshees will come out of the woodwork proclaiming your suckiness and positing at least 100 of said thing that were better than the ones you chose. Credit Decibel , then, for not giving a flying fuck, ... (more) Decibel's Top 100 Greatest Metal Albums of the Decade
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CHAINMAIL: Magnum Carnage - More Unreal Than a Box of Precious Metal and Radioactive Ore (self-released, 2009)
cerebralmetalhead.com - 2 days ago
CHAINMAIL: Magnum Carnage - More Unreal Than a Box of Precious Metal and Radioactive Ore ...
— cerebralmetalhead.com — The CHAINMAIL section reviews bands that were proactive enough to contact me directly. Here at Cerebral Metalhead,... initiative is rewarded. Magnum Carnage's More Unreal Than a Box of Precious Metal and Radioactive Ore calls into question the point of reviewing records. So mired in both ... (more) CHAINMAIL: Magnum Carnage - More Unreal Than a Box of ...

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Giving Thanks for My Neck
cerebralmetalhead.com - 6 days ago
Giving Thanks for My Neck
— cerebralmetalhead.com — This past Wednesday I fell in my new apartment, busted my chin on the hardwood floor and... hurt my neck badly enough that it's still painful to move my head too far in any direction. Turns out my neck and spine are fine, and the doctor says I got away with a bit of torn muscle fiber. My mom ... (more) Giving Thanks for My Neck
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Giving thanks for Struck By Lightning's Serpents (Translation Loss, 2009)
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Giving thanks for Struck By Lightning's Serpents (Translation Loss, 2009)
— cerebralmetalhead.com — On this day of cornbread stuffing and tryptophan delirium (Tim Lambesis should start a Thanksgiving-themed joke band... with that name), I thought it prudent to give a shout-out to an album for which I am very thankful this year. Too often I get caught stuck in compartmentalization mode when I ... (more) Giving thanks for Struck By Lightning's Serpents ...

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Marduk 'n Co. Change Venues for Dec. 4 Show in L.A.
cerebralmetalhead.com - 8 days ago
Marduk 'n Co. Change Venues for Dec. 4 Show in L.A.
— cerebralmetalhead.com — Marduk express their delight at the new venue for their Dec. 4th show in L.A. Changes are... afoot in Los Angeles. As reported here , here and here , venues typically kind to metal are folding at an alarming rate. The Knitting Factory shut its doors this Halloween. The Black Castle will have ... (more) Marduk 'n Co. Change Venues for Dec. 4 Show in L.A.

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Shrinebuilder interview
cerebralmetalhead.com - 19 days ago
Shrinebuilder interview
— cerebralmetalhead.com — This past Wednesday I witnessed the first ever live gig by Shrinebuilder, the heavy metal supergroup featuring... Scott Kelly of Neurosis, Wino of St. Vitus/The Obsessed, Dale Crover of The Melvins and Al Cisneros of Om/Sleep. As if we doubted the integrity of any of those guys, they played a ... (more) Shrinebuilder interview

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One Track Mind
cerebralmetalhead.com - 30 days ago
One Track Mind
— cerebralmetalhead.com — Cerebral Metalhead readers: I apologize for the month-long gap in posting. This October was one of the... most hectic months of my working life thus far and I barely had time to devote to exercise, social obligations or hygiene let alone Cerebral Metalhead. You can expect more frequent posting ... (more) One Track Mind
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Chris Puma of Candiria - R.I.P.
cerebralmetalhead.com - 10/1/2009
Chris Puma of Candiria - R.I.P.
— cerebralmetalhead.com — Chris Puma, an original guitarist for Brooklyn's uncategorizable metal-fusion group Candiria, has died. Puma was a member... of Candiria from 1992 and 1997, during which he helped build Candiria's innovative sound. His stuttering guitar riffs, often set against those of second guitarist Eric ... (more) Chris Puma of Candiria - R.I.P.

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Warrel Dane of Nevermore interview
cerebralmetalhead.com - 9/28/2009
Warrel Dane of Nevermore interview
— cerebralmetalhead.com — Here is the full transcript of an interview I conducted in late August of '09 with Warrel... Dane, lead singer of Nevermore. It's been cleaned up a bit for ease of reading. The shortened version of the interview was published as a studio report in the November '09 issue of Decibel ( ... (more) Warrel Dane of Nevermore interview

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End of a Black Metal Summer
cerebralmetalhead.com - 9/20/2009
End of a Black Metal Summer
— cerebralmetalhead.com — Yesterday was the last day of Summer. For once, I'm glad to see it go. Los Angeles... was rocked with high-profile murders and political sex scandals , choked with pollution from the raging Station Fire , and mired in the same budget crisis as the rest of California. The last couple weeks, ... (more) End of a Black Metal Summer

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Expulsion - Wasteworld (Deepsend Records, 2009)
cerebralmetalhead.com - 9/20/2009
Expulsion - Wasteworld (Deepsend Records, 2009)
— cerebralmetalhead.com — In the extreme metal world, omnipresence might mean that your album was reviewed on two blogs, you... were the second of three opening bands on a five-date leg of a Goatwhore tour, and/or you got a small mention in Decibel or Terrorizer . Even with that reduced threshold for hype, records come ... (more) Expulsion - Wasteworld (Deepsend Records, 2009)
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CHAINMAIL: The Perennial - Dissension EP (self-released, 2009)
cerebralmetalhead.com - 9/17/2009
CHAINMAIL: The Perennial - Dissension EP (self-released, 2009)
— cerebralmetalhead.com — The CHAINMAIL section reviews bands that were proactive enough to contact me directly. Here at Cerebral Metalhead,... initiative is rewarded. Dang. Just as I thought I could nail the coffin shut on my interest in metalcore, here come Connecticut fivesome The Perennial to push me and my ... (more) CHAINMAIL: The Perennial - Dissension EP (self-released, ...
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Chickenhawk - A. Or Not? EP (Brew, 2009)
cerebralmetalhead.com - 9/11/2009
Chickenhawk - A. Or Not? EP (Brew, 2009)
— cerebralmetalhead.com — I'm really not sure what to call Chickenhawk's music, nor do I really care. Genres be damned,... it's energetic and brash and shot through with melody and post-punk danceability. The Yorkshire, England band's second release, the three-track A. Or Not? EP, sounds like an amalgamation of what the ... (more) Chickenhawk - A. Or Not? EP (Brew, 2009)

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Fuck You, Penguin book signing - September 12 in Los Angeles
cerebralmetalhead.com - 9/9/2009
Fuck You, Penguin book signing - September 12 in Los Angeles
— cerebralmetalhead.com — Today, I take a short break from dropping science on heavy metal to promote someone that drops... f-bombs on cute animals. If you've never been to Fuck You, Penguin , you clearly don't read my "Endlessly Readable" list over on the right, and probably don't belong here in the first place. ... (more) Fuck You, Penguin book signing - September 12 in Los Angeles
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Wodensthrone - Loss (Bindrune Recordings, 2009)
cerebralmetalhead.com - 9/8/2009
Wodensthrone - Loss (Bindrune Recordings, 2009)
— cerebralmetalhead.com — I'm having trouble with my FTP client at the moment, so no sound files on this one...will... get them up ASAP. Back in the late 7th century AD, Wodensthrone's hometown of Sunderland, England became a major center of learning in Anglo-Saxon England, home to the 300-volume Wearmouth-Jarrow ... (more) Wodensthrone - Loss (Bindrune Recordings, 2009)
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