http://www.examiner.com/x-10303-Austin-Metal-Music-Examiner?cid=exrss-Austin-Metal-Music-Examiner en-us Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:56:08 -0700 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:31:52 -0700 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.examiner.com/x-10303-Austin-Metal-Music-Examiner~y2009m11d23-Live-report-Marduk-plagues-America?cid=exrss-Austin-Metal-Music-Examiner Heaven (and Marduk) shall burn - photo by returntothepit.com Marduk is finally touring America again. The notorious black metal Swedes were slated to tour America last Spring, but last-minute visa issues sabotaged the effort. Their return was hotly... black metal Metal live concert reviews Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:31:52 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-10303-Austin-Metal-Music-Examiner~y2009m11d23-Live-report-Marduk-plagues-America?cid=exrss-Austin-Metal-Music-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-10303-Austin-Metal-Music-Examiner~y2009m11d20-Review--Gorgoroth-returns-with-Quantos-Possunt-ad-Satanitatem-Trahunt?cid=exrss-Austin-Metal-Music-Examiner Gorgoroth - Quantos Possunt ad Satanitatem Trahunt After a protracted court battle that dragged the fantasy world of black metal into the very real world of litigation, founding guitarist Infernus regained control of the name Gorgoroth from allege... black metal Metal metal album reviews Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:45:24 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-10303-Austin-Metal-Music-Examiner~y2009m11d20-Review--Gorgoroth-returns-with-Quantos-Possunt-ad-Satanitatem-Trahunt?cid=exrss-Austin-Metal-Music-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-10303-Austin-Metal-Music-Examiner~y2009m11d19-Review-Slayer-sees-red-with-World-Painted-Blood?cid=exrss-Austin-Metal-Music-Examiner Slayer - World Painted Blood Slayer is a hard band to discuss without referencing the importance and greatness of their early album. 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While several hundred people surged forward in the blazing sun to see Martin Van Drunen and Hail of Bullets perform at last May’s Maryland Death Fest, the band... death metal Metal live concert reviews Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:53:05 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-10303-Austin-Metal-Music-Examiner~y2009m10d27-Live-review-Hail-of-Bullets-in-Edegem-Belgium--Saturday-October-24-2009?cid=exrss-Austin-Metal-Music-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-10303-Austin-Metal-Music-Examiner~y2009m10d21-Black-Metal-film-announces-limited-engagement-in-Austin?cid=exrss-Austin-Metal-Music-Examiner Varg Vikernes of BurzumAccording to blackmetalmovie.com, the site for Audrey Ewell and Aaron Aites' stirring documentary Until the Light Takes Us, the still undistributed film will have a limited engagement at the Alamo Drafthouse Ritz. The showings... black metal metal events Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:43:22 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-10303-Austin-Metal-Music-Examiner~y2009m10d21-Black-Metal-film-announces-limited-engagement-in-Austin?cid=exrss-Austin-Metal-Music-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-10303-Austin-Metal-Music-Examiner~y2009m10d17-Metal-Gear-Tokyos-Disk-Union-spreads-metal-citywide?cid=exrss-Austin-Metal-Music-Examiner Disk Union's Shinjuku location - photo by the author  Disk Union is a name that most Tokyo music shoppers of all stripes will know. 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Then again, the ideas and messages in the f... Metal top 10 list Fri, 11 Sep 2009 10:44:32 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-10303-Austin-Metal-Music-Examiner~y2009m9d11-Metal-Music-101-What-are-some-good-metal-movies?cid=exrss-Austin-Metal-Music-Examiner