I’ll be traveling with Becoming the Archetype later this month, for their two shows in Florida. You should come out and say hello.
One of my dreams is to travel with bands and make documentaries about their tours and recording. I suppose this is me getting one step closer.
I swear, heavy metal is all about the stories. Look at David Ellefson who grew up in a Christian home. He starts playing bass with Megadeth in the early ’80s. Now fast forward a decade or so. After years of excess, he sobers up in 1990 and gets back to God (and eventually back to playing with Megadeth). Now he performs worship music at this church he’s even attending Concordia Seminary.
Forget the supposed “rules” of metal! Forget the dress-code. Do what you do and listen to metal. Continue reading
The ever evolving tag-line for Skull Toaster is now ‘Heavy Metal Travels.’ I think it works because the genre is always in motion, never sitting still. But it also sums up the site, as in, these are my heavy metal travels. Continue reading
During my online wanderings I found this photograph and the mention of “the Highlands.” Could that be the same Highlands of Louisville, KY? Why, yes, it is.
I spent about a month in Louisville, KY, and it’s one of my favorite cities. The amount of independent shops is great, and there’s a killer skate/bike park within city limits. I got to see Trap Them when I was in town, too.
When I think of the task ahead of me – traveling and talking to metal heads – it’s easy to get discouraged. But then I see this line from the ‘Inception’ wiki:
Development began roughly nine years before Inception was released.
If I take six months to collect stories before publishing a damn thing well, I guess that ain’t so bad.
In a recent visit to Boston, MA I spent time with Jordan Munson (@jordanmunson) who covers metal for OurStage (among other things) and runs Daily Dose of Metal (@DailyDoseOMetal).
Jordan does stuff.
Jordan spoke with PATHOLOGY, and asked about their van wreck back in 2010, while touring with NILE. The band said, “we can replace the equipment but not a life.” Continue reading
