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Heavy Metal

  • Blogs

    March 2, 2009

    Saturday night: Hank III and Assjack at the Grand Ballroom

    Hank III and AssjackThe Grand BallroomFebruary 28, 2009Better than: "That shit they call pop country music." Don't even get the dude started. "The barbarians have invaded the opera," my friend observed, taking in the radical aesthetic disjunction between the gilt trim and crystal chandeliers of the ... More >>

  • Music

    January 21, 2009

    Eagles of Death Metal

    Heart On (Downtown Recordings)

  • Blogs

    December 22, 2008

    Saturday Night: Metallica at the Oracle Arena

    MetallicaOracle ArenaDecember 20, 2008Notes and Photos by Karla Rivera Better than: EVER! Rapid, loud, head-banging metal - so amazingly clean and clear - the band was on fire from the get-go and so were we! The stage, set in the center of the arena (which later became a moat of multiple mosh pit ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 18, 2008

    Oakland's High on Fire to Release Next Album on Koch

    Good news for Bay Area metalheads: High on Fire just signed to Koch Records. The Oakland trio is now in the process of writing their next album due in 2009 that will be released by the aforementioned juggernaut of an indie label. High on Fire joins an ecclectic label roster that puts them alongside ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 17, 2008

    Q&A with Phil Towle, Metallica's Performance Coach

    Good news for Bay Area metalheads: High on Fire just signed to Koch Records. The Oakland trio is now in the process of writing their next album due in 2009 that will be released by the aforementioned juggernaut of an indie label. High on Fire joins an ecclectic label roster that puts them alongside ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 29, 2008

    Miami Music Editor Braves Denny's Allnighter

    Good news for Bay Area metalheads: High on Fire just signed to Koch Records. The Oakland trio is now in the process of writing their next album due in 2009 that will be released by the aforementioned juggernaut of an indie label. High on Fire joins an ecclectic label roster that puts them alongside ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 13, 2008

    Last Night: Russian Circles at Slim's

    Good news for Bay Area metalheads: High on Fire just signed to Koch Records. The Oakland trio is now in the process of writing their next album due in 2009 that will be released by the aforementioned juggernaut of an indie label. High on Fire joins an ecclectic label roster that puts them alongside ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 3, 2008

    You are a Bigger Man than Lemmy

    Good news for Bay Area metalheads: High on Fire just signed to Koch Records. The Oakland trio is now in the process of writing their next album due in 2009 that will be released by the aforementioned juggernaut of an indie label. High on Fire joins an ecclectic label roster that puts them alongside ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 21, 2008

    Metal Masters tour coming this summer

    Good news for Bay Area metalheads: High on Fire just signed to Koch Records. The Oakland trio is now in the process of writing their next album due in 2009 that will be released by the aforementioned juggernaut of an indie label. High on Fire joins an ecclectic label roster that puts them alongside ... More >>

  • Music

    April 16, 2008

    Hillstomp defines the down ‘n’ dirty gutbucket blues

    Good news for Bay Area metalheads: High on Fire just signed to Koch Records. The Oakland trio is now in the process of writing their next album due in 2009 that will be released by the aforementioned juggernaut of an indie label. High on Fire joins an ecclectic label roster that puts them alongside ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 11, 2008

    Rodrigo y Gabriela Concert Review: Fast Fingers Seduce Sold-Out Warfield Saturday

    Good news for Bay Area metalheads: High on Fire just signed to Koch Records. The Oakland trio is now in the process of writing their next album due in 2009 that will be released by the aforementioned juggernaut of an indie label. High on Fire joins an ecclectic label roster that puts them alongside ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 15, 2008

    Bay Area metal dominates the nation

    Good news for Bay Area metalheads: High on Fire just signed to Koch Records. The Oakland trio is now in the process of writing their next album due in 2009 that will be released by the aforementioned juggernaut of an indie label. High on Fire joins an ecclectic label roster that puts them alongside ... More >>

  • Music

    January 9, 2008

    Motorhead's Lemmy Kilmister tills rock's roots in the Head Cat

    Good news for Bay Area metalheads: High on Fire just signed to Koch Records. The Oakland trio is now in the process of writing their next album due in 2009 that will be released by the aforementioned juggernaut of an indie label. High on Fire joins an ecclectic label roster that puts them alongside ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 8, 2007

    DethKlok Brutality at UC Berkeley Limited To Guitar Hero III

    Good news for Bay Area metalheads: High on Fire just signed to Koch Records. The Oakland trio is now in the process of writing their next album due in 2009 that will be released by the aforementioned juggernaut of an indie label. High on Fire joins an ecclectic label roster that puts them alongside ... More >>

  • Music

    June 27, 2007

    Still Not Gonna Take It

    New DVD collects Twisted Sister's video 'bangers

  • Home Entertainment

    November 22, 2006

    Encore Performance

    Don't fret. Guitar Hero II kills the opening act.

  • Music

    October 25, 2006

    Danava

    Danava (Kemado)

  • Music

    October 18, 2006

    Winning the Drone Wars

    Boris rises above the din

  • Music

    September 20, 2006

    Metallic Apex

    Mastodon destroys cookie-cutting rock

  • Music

    February 8, 2006

    Department of What the Fuck?

    They called themselves Venom, and they came to rock

  • Home Entertainment

    November 23, 2005

    For Those About to Rock

    Guitar Hero cranks rhythm-gaming up to 11.

  • Music

    October 26, 2005
  • Music

    August 31, 2005

    Department of What the Fuck?

    Thunder on the Tundra: Heavy-metal Thor kicks everyone's ass!

  • Music

    August 17, 2005

    Iron Maiden

    The Essential Iron Maiden

  • Music

    June 29, 2005

    Foo Fighters

    In Your Honor

  • Summer Guide

    June 29, 2005

    Bang Thy Head Carefully

    A survival guide for the summer's more vigorous music festivals

  • Music

    March 2, 2005

    Flame On

    Having conquered the Bay Area, Oakland metal monolith High on Fire sets its sights on the entire nation

  • Music

    February 23, 2005

    Mike Patton / The X-ecutioners

    General Patton vs. The X-ecutioners

  • Music

    February 9, 2005

    Bouncer

    The best place to ponder the Metallica movie Some Kind of Monster: Zeitgeist, of course

  • Music

    December 15, 2004

    Ludicra

    Another Great Love Song

  • Music

    November 24, 2004

    Wreck the Halls

    Cattle Decapitation hates all mankind, but its pumpkin curry will warm your belly this holiday season

  • Calendar

    October 27, 2004

    Scary Affairs

    A frightening array of the scariest parties on S.F.'s biggest holiday

  • Music

    August 4, 2004
  • Best of San Francisco

    May 19, 2004

    Best Concept Band

    Cookie Mongoloid

  • Music

    November 5, 2003

    Giving a Folk

    A Mighty Wind takes the piss out of folkies, but in the best possible way

  • Music Awards

    October 15, 2003
  • Music

    August 6, 2003

    Buzz Clip

    San Diego's the Locust serves up "power-violence" with a wink and a smile

  • Music

    July 9, 2003

    Metallica

    St. Anger

  • Calendar

    April 23, 2003

    Experi-Metal Maelstrom

    Sweden's Meshuggah reinvents heavy metal

  • Music

    February 27, 2002

    Call the Zookeepers

    The elephant known as Noise Pop has wandered into the living room

  • Film

    September 5, 2001

    Metal Meltdown

    Marky Mark becomes a rock star, but he doesn't get to enjoy it

  • Music

    March 14, 2001

    Check Your Head

    If it's loud, lewd, or crude, it's bound to be on Reality Check

  • Music

    July 19, 2000

    House Of Tudor

    Hammertoes; Jucifer; Duncan Wilder Johnson; Jump Up! Records Showcase; Einstürzende Neubauten; Who Wants to Shag to Be a Millionaire

  • Music

    May 6, 1998

    House of Tudor

    Hammertoes; Jucifer; Duncan Wilder Johnson; Jump Up! Records Showcase; Einstürzende Neubauten; Who Wants to Shag to Be a Millionaire

  • Music

    March 4, 1998

    Oh, the Horror!

    Hammertoes; Jucifer; Duncan Wilder Johnson; Jump Up! Records Showcase; Einstürzende Neubauten; Who Wants to Shag to Be a Millionaire

  • Calendar

    December 10, 1997

    Slap Shots

    Hammertoes; Jucifer; Duncan Wilder Johnson; Jump Up! Records Showcase; Einstürzende Neubauten; Who Wants to Shag to Be a Millionaire

  • Music

    August 20, 1997

    Grope for Merit

    How the Melvins have perverted the indie process with Honky

  • Music

    August 6, 1997

    Riff Raff

    How the Melvins have perverted the indie process with Honky

  • Music

    January 15, 1997

    The House of Tudor

    How the Melvins have perverted the indie process with Honky

  • Calendar

    January 8, 1997

    Slap Shots

    How the Melvins have perverted the indie process with Honky

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