Bay Area Metal Scene » Archive for April 2010
Slaughter By The Water Thrashfest (3 videos)
“Slaughter By The Water Thrashfest”. Who could resist? As soon as i got to the Oakland Metro Operahouse (after filming another band’s first gig) I got the camera out; just in time too, the party was about to go *nuts*! They had crowd surfing. They had beach balls. They had stagediving. They had inner tubes. They had silly-string. They had piñatas. They had inflatable sheep (any show with inflatable sheep is my kind of show). Here is … Read entire article »
Filed under: Featured, Live Music, Sounds of the Underground, Videos
Vomblast? …Sounds Swedish
Another one our favorite local east bay Swedish bands is Vomblast. They have that deep, dark east bay Swedish sound of doom many of us crave when we’re waiting for the world to end. They don’t yet have a profile page that I know of, perhaps they don’t yet have social networking in the east bay Sweden. Vomblast was playing the first time I ever went to Burnt Ramen…maybe that’s why I keep going back there. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Check These Guys Out, Sounds of the Underground, Videos
New Nevermore Sounds Better Than Old Nevermore
I just heard a sample of Nevermore’s next album, The Obsidian Conspiracy from Blabbermouth (video is below), and I’m going to go out on a limb here and say it’s probably going to be their best album to date. I mean, Jeff Loomis has already established himself basically as one of the best guitar players in the world, so there may not be too many surprises there, but judging by the clips below, the production … Read entire article »
Filed under: News
Second Listen: The New Exodus is Actually F’n Awesome.
It took me a second listen to realize how awesome the latest Exodus track, Class Dismissed (A Hate Primer), is. I heard it last week and didn’t think too much of it, but I must have had a revelation because now I can’t wait to tear it up in the pit when they perform this song. Despite all the people out there that still bitch and moan about vocals, if you ask me, Rob … Read entire article »
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House Shows – Hazzard’s Cure at Womansion
One of the cool things about the house shows (especially in the east bay) is that everyone ends up naming their house. House shows are an awful lot of fun and can be very intimate. So intimate that you are in constant danger of falling over into the drumset The Hive. The Swamp. Wolves Den. Riff. Womansion. Yellow Room. Gingerbread House. Bone House. Red Hot Compound. The Soundtank. Sometimes it’s in the basement. Sometimes in … Read entire article »
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A Quick Video of Fear Factory From Last Night’s Show
Here’s Fear Factory performing Powershifter at the Grand Ballroom last night in SF. One of the opening bands canceled and I missed Amon Amarth (fail), but I did get to see FF’s entire set. The last time I saw them was a few years ago in Hollywood when they were on tour with Strapping Young Lad. That show was better. I have a few other observations: The banded sounded pretty awesome, but they didn’t play anything off of Archetype, which kind of sucks. I think a lot of people left after Amon Amarth. Fat people love Fear Factory. Also, I’m pretty sure Fear Factory love fat people. The Grand Ballroom still blows. -DS … Read entire article »
Filed under: Live Music, Videos
North Bay Metal – INTANGLED
In addition to the infamous East Bay we all know and love, there is also the North Bay’s Santa Rosa area for a nice hotbed of hardcore music. House shows up there tend to have some of the wildest pits. Crust, Punk, Metal, Thrash, Grind, they got plenty of it. If it was just a little bit closer to home, I would be at tons of shows up there on a regular basis. Intangled is one … Read entire article »
Filed under: Live Music, Sounds of the Underground, Videos
Terrorists Annoyed by Metallica. I’m Assuming, St. Anger?
Maybe I make fun of Metallica a bit too much, but what can I say? When you’re at the top, you’re gonna get a lot of shots taken at you! Besides, this one was too good to resist. Apparently soldiers in Afghanistan are blaring Metallica to try and do some psychological warfare type stuff on the cave-dwelling Taliban. All I can say is, I hope they have the snare drum turned-up. Read Metallica vs. the Taliban. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Friday Funnies
Farewell To Thee, Light This City (Video)
(Photo from their last.fm page) While all the cool people were down in L.A. attending the Golden Gods awards, the rest of us scrubs were out on the town getting our fix of underground heavy metal! In case you didn’t know, San Francisco melodic metal band Light This City are on a “farewell tour” of the west coast. They have a slightly different line-up at each show, but the show last night at Parkside included noise-punk-core … Read entire article »
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Early Album Review: Imagika’s Portrait of a Hanged Man
I got an opportunity to have an early listen (actually you can too, at this location) to Imagika’s next album, Portrait of a Hanged Man. The album comes out next month and marks what appears to be the band’s 7th album since the band’s formation in 1995 (followed by the x-rated version, Portrait of a “Hung” Man, nyuck, nyuck). You have to admire any band that makes it to 7 albums, shoot I guess most … Read entire article »
Ashkira Push Modern Metalcore Boundaries
Metalcore hasn’t really ever been my thing. I’ve found a majority of it to be stale and repetitive, but I found something different in San Rafael band Ashkira. Their catchy and melodic tunes are enough to make any Lamb of God fan faint, and their heaviness could make any Parkway Drive fan weak in the knees. Even if you don’t identify yourself as a fan of Lamb of God or Parkway Drive, Ashkira are definitely … Read entire article »
Filed under: Check These Guys Out, Featured, Reviews
A New Force to be Reckoned With – Vastum (Video)
I used to work as an usher at Bill Graham concerts for over two and a half decades. I worked at the Warfield, the Kabuki, The Fillmore, Wolfgang’s, the Old Waldorf, the Greek Theater and many other venues. I got to see almost every major touring band you could think of: The Stones, The Who, The Dead, Metallica, U2, Tom Petty, Santana, and countless others over the years. One of my favorite privileges was getting … Read entire article »
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Upcoming: Slave to the Metal Festival
The Slave to the Metal Music Festival comes to Antioch this Friday and Saturday. Now, I don’t have any fancy television package at home, so I’m not a regular viewer of Fuse and I sure as hell don’t have a good grip on what is going on with this “festival”, but if you ask me, it seems a little odd. I mean, I’ve heard of maybe two or three of those 30 some-odd bands. Which … Read entire article »
Filed under: Tours
Upcoming: Finntroll, Moonsorrow, Swallow the Sun
I gotta admit, I’m surprised that Finntroll have lasted this long. I’ve rocked-out a time or two to Trollhammeren, and they have a pretty big underground following, but I always pegged them as a one-hit wonder. I guess that shows what I know. … Read entire article »
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Shredding Video – Fallujah Live at Red House
Want more of them? Check out Fallujah’s profile … Read entire article »
Filed under: Sounds of the Underground, Videos
Neurotoxicity (video) – some live metal from the east bay
I’d like to welcome the newest contributor to Bay Area Metal Scene, a person who we’ll simply call Roseman. I befriended Roseman through myspace some time back (yes, some people actually like myspace), and it didn’t take long to notice that he had what seemed to be just about every underground metal/rock band from the Bay Area on video – good video (all things considered for a bootleg, that is)! Luckily for me, Roseman said … Read entire article »
Filed under: Check These Guys Out, Live Music, Sounds of the Underground, Videos
Epic Tales: Megadeth, Testament and Exodus in Hollywood (video, pics)
As much as I love hitting the open road on a beautiful California spring Wednesday morning on a trip to Hollywood, I equally hate the drive back the next day, or at night when I’m haggard and barely functioning from the night before. There are many forces at work against one, that is, should one decide to make a road trip – the main obstacle of course, being money. Nevertheless, Megadeth, Testament and Exodus skipping … Read entire article »
Filed under: Epic Tales, Reviews, Videos
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