1. War on Drugs – A Deeper Understanding (Atlantic)
2. Queens of the Stone Age – Villains (Matador) Continue reading
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Best Albums Of 2017: War On Drugs, Queens Of The Stone Age
Posted in Lists, Sound Off with tags Cannibal Corpse, cloud nothings, Mastodon, Ne Obliviscaris, Oneohtrix Point Never, Pallbearer, Power Trip, Queens of the Stone Age, War On Drugs, Woe on 06/10/2018 by kurtorzeckThe Violent Sleep Of Reason Episode 5, 4.19.17
Posted in MP3s, The Violent Sleep of Reason with tags All Hell, Coltsblood, Dragonforce, Enterprise Earth, Epi-Demic, Hellwell, Karma to Burn, Katakomb, Loathe, Mastodon, Nathorg, Naudiz, Necrowretch, Nightbringer, Novembers Doom, Oceans Are Zeroes, Pyriphlegethon, Rotting Christ, Shores of Null, Suffocation, Tombs, Varg on 04/29/2017 by kurtorzeck
Varg’s Götterdämmerung album cover
The Bad Penny’s new program through Radio Free America, “The Violent Sleep of Reason,” focuses on new and upcoming heavy-metal releases. The show’s fifth installment featured new cuts by Varg, Necrowretch, All Hell, Tombs, Suffocation and Coltsblood.
The Violent Sleep Of Reason Episode 3, 4.5.17
Posted in The Violent Sleep of Reason with tags 1476, Amon Amarth, Bereft, Blame God, Dargar, Demon Hunter, Falls of Rauros, Gruesome, Mantar, Mastodon, Narcotic Wasteland, Novembers Doom, Piss Angel, The Royal, Troubled Horse, Vanum, Warbringer, Windswept, Wormwitch on 04/05/2017 by kurtorzeck
Mastodon’s “Emperor of Sand”
The Bad Penny’s new program through Radio Free America, “The Violent Sleep of Reason,” focuses on new and upcoming heavy-metal releases. The show’s third installment featured new cuts by Mastodon, Warbringer and Falls of Rauros.
An Extremely Long Conversation About Extreme Metal With Albert Mudrain
Posted in Features, Interviews, What You Readin' For? with tags Accept, Amon Amarth, Arch Enemy, At the Gates, Behemoth, Black Sabbath, Botch, Brutal Truth, Carcass, Converge, Dark Tranquillity, Darkthrone, Deicide, Dissection, Emperor, Entombed, In Flames, Job for a Cowboy, Lamb of God, Mastodon, Mayhem, Megadeth, Metallica, Monster Magnet, Morbid Angel, Neurosis, Nile, Opeth, Ozzy Osbourne, Pig Destroyer, Radiohead, Repulsion, Scott Kelly, Slayer, Suicide Silence, the Beatles, the Dillinger Escape Plan on 01/02/2010 by kurtorzeck
There is horror cinema. And then there is splatter cinema.
There is drug use. And then there is drug addiction.
There is heavy metal. And then there is extreme metal. Continue reading
Best Albums Of The 2000s
Posted in Lists with tags 3 Inches of Blood, David Cross, Electric Six, Isis, Lamb of God, Mastodon, Murder City Devils, Nirvana, Queens of the Stone Age, Silversun Pickups, Sweep the Leg Johnny, System of a Down, the Mars Volta, Tomahawk on 12/31/2009 by kurtorzeck
1. Queens of the Stone Age – Songs for the Deaf (Interscope)
2. Isis – Oceanic (Ipecac)
• Bad Penny interview: “Isis’ Aaron Turner In ’02: Oceanic Is ‘The Best Material We’ve Ever Written’ ”
• Bad Penny essay: “Isis’ Oceanic: Mystery Revealed?”
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Mastodon’s Brent Hinds And Actor J.C. Quinn: Doppelgängers
Posted in Doppelgängers, Features with tags Brent Hinds, Mastodon on 12/30/2009 by kurtorzeck
If the name “J.C. Quinn” actually rings a bell, then you’ve probably seen “Turner and Hooch” way too many times. Which is to say, even once. The poor dude – he died in a car crash in 2004 – also appeared in “The Abyss” (pictured to the right), “The Prophecy” and “Barfly.” Plus he was slated to appear in the subsequently scrapped TV pilot “How I Met the Mother of Mastodon’s Brent Hinds.”
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Best Albums Of 2009
Posted in Lists with tags Baroness, Black Moth Super Rainbow, Dååth, Dethklok, Double Dagger, Isis, Job for a Cowboy, Kylesa, Mastodon, Pissed Jeans, Prize Country, the Family Curse, Them Crooked Vultures on 12/30/2009 by kurtorzeck
1. Mastodon – Crack the Skye (Warner Bros.)
• “Doppelgängers: Mastodon’s Brent Hinds and Actor J.C. Quinn”
2. Dethklok – Dethalbum II (Williams Street)
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Best Albums Of 2006
Posted in Lists with tags Aereogramme, In Flames, Isis, Mastodon, Mogwai, Muse, Silversun Pickups, Sonic Youth, Unearth, Yakuza on 12/30/2009 by kurtorzeck
1. Silversun Pickups – Carnavas (Dangerbird)
2. Mastodon – Blood Mountain (Warner Bros.) Continue reading
Best Albums Of 2003
Posted in Lists with tags Calexico, Electric Six, Killing Joke, Mastodon, OutKast, Pleasure Forever, the Mars Volta, the White Stripes, the Who, These Arms Are Snakes on 12/30/2009 by kurtorzeck
1. The Mars Volta, De-Loused in the Comatorium(Universal): A perfect hour’s worth of death-defying, acrobatic saga rock by the most ambitious rookie squad in years.
2. Electric Six – Fire (Beggars XL): Novelty and frivolity reach frighteningly infectious heights on this guilty treasure. Blondie would be jealous. Continue reading
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