If you are the type of person who prefers your music shroud in an air of mystery, it might disturb you to learn that the most exciting, innovative label in the extreme scene exists not in some secret lair, but amidst a peaceful piece of land outside of Toronto, Canada. Yes, you read that...
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Spencer Krug is leaning against a U-Haul trailer hitched to a late model Dodge Caravan. Taking a break from the droning sounds of The Kevin Costner Suicide Pact, Krug is smoking a cigarette and enjoying some quiet time when I rudely interrupt him and introduce myself. The impromptu nature of this conversation is my...
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It’s Friday night in the RiNo district of Denver, a clever abbreviation for the River North Art District, which is actually just a deceiving name for an area most known for its popularity on police scanners. The harsh sounds of hometown doom band, Skully Mammoth,escape from the space they call Rhinoceropolis. I am outside,...
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If I could go back to 1987 and tell my younger self that I would be interviewing Doro for a music blog in Denver 25 years later, I’m sure my first questions would have been ‘what the hell is a blog and why the hell am I in Denver?’ After that I would have...
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Driving down Broadway last night, the darkening sky was lit by flashes of lightning and the thunder clouds pissed rain down on the city. The storm rolling over Denver would be a disappointment most nights, but on this particular Tuesday in July it seemed extremely appropriate. A Pacific Northwest climate — warm, dark and...
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We spoke with David Davidson from Revocation about the tour, the new album and adding a 4th member before their opening slot for thrash-legends Forbidden on a stacked line-up Wednesday night. We decided to do things a little different this time and had Brian H conduct the video interview. Use the comments section to...
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Locked in a garage on a summer night while five guys beat some of the loudest noise you’ve ever heard out of their instruments might not be everyone’s idea of a good time, but for the thirty people who stuck around after a hardcore evening in Denver, Deafheaven were serving up exactly what we...
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The clatter of the garage door rolling shut, the lights brought down to a dull blood red and the bald figure onstage beckoning us closer. All nerves on the precipice of panic. Beer buzz replaced by extreme claustrophobia. This is Blast-O-Mat. This is Acephalix. Just moments ago I was outside reflecting on teenage years...
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The words ‘southern lord‘, accompanied by an image of a horned creature with a hook and a pentagram, can’t help but dispatch the mind to the fiery netherworld of the fallen one; the scapegoat for all that is vile, revolting and just plain evil in this world, including the unholy sounds of heavy metal...
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Patterson Hood was kind enough to take a few minutes out of his busy schedule to answer some questions about The Go-Go Boots Tour, our Mile High City, film making and the road in general. His Drive-By Truckers will be at the Ogden Theatre Friday, March 18th and Saturday, March 19th. You can purchase...
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When we walked into Cafe du Nord just after 7pm, I have to admit I was a little nervous. What started out as one of my weekend trips back to San Francisco to visit friends and check out a couple shows ended up morphing into something more. Chelsea Wolfe, an artist from Sacramento whom...
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