http://www.examiner.com/x-10472-Houston-Metal-Music-Examiner?cid=exrss-Houston-Metal-Music-Examiner en-us Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:12:57 -0700 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:49:28 -0700 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.examiner.com/x-10472-Houston-Metal-Music-Examiner~y2009m11d18-Metal-festival-in-San-Antonio-Rites-of-Darkness?cid=exrss-Houston-Metal-Music-Examiner Metal festivals used to be a yearly event where ten thousand metalheads and a few dozen bands would descend on Milwaukee and tear the place apart. Now they're more decentralized, and Texas has a few, but the latest to hit San Antonio is called the Ri... live show Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:49:28 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-10472-Houston-Metal-Music-Examiner~y2009m11d18-Metal-festival-in-San-Antonio-Rites-of-Darkness?cid=exrss-Houston-Metal-Music-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-10472-Houston-Metal-Music-Examiner~y2009m11d18-Until-the-Light-Takes-Us-tshirt-in-the-works?cid=exrss-Houston-Metal-Music-Examiner Forgive us for indulging this remarkably crafted film, but they've outdone themselves, this time with a promotional tshirt:Riffing on the old Darkthrone tshirts, the shirt bears the slogan "True Norwegian Black Metal Movie," playing with th... black metal Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:20:52 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-10472-Houston-Metal-Music-Examiner~y2009m11d18-Until-the-Light-Takes-Us-tshirt-in-the-works?cid=exrss-Houston-Metal-Music-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-10472-Houston-Metal-Music-Examiner~y2009m11d18-Burzum-announce-new-album?cid=exrss-Houston-Metal-Music-Examiner Norway's one-man band Burzum, recently released from prison, has announced a new album: "Den Hvite Gulden," or "The White God." In a screed on the official Burzum site, member Varg Vikernes claimed the album will be a homage to th... black metal Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:28:41 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-10472-Houston-Metal-Music-Examiner~y2009m11d18-Burzum-announce-new-album?cid=exrss-Houston-Metal-Music-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-10472-Houston-Metal-Music-Examiner~y2009m11d18-Morbid-Angel-announce-new-album?cid=exrss-Houston-Metal-Music-Examiner Legendary death metal band Morbid Angel have announced a yet-untitled new album due in 2010.Debuting one of their new songs in Colombia, entitled "Nevermore," the band presented the style in which it is assumed the album will be written.Lik... death metal Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:23:29 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-10472-Houston-Metal-Music-Examiner~y2009m11d18-Morbid-Angel-announce-new-album?cid=exrss-Houston-Metal-Music-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-10472-Houston-Metal-Music-Examiner~y2009m11d18-1990s-super-tour-hits-in-2010-Slayer-Testament-and-Megadeth-American-Carnage-tour?cid=exrss-Houston-Metal-Music-Examiner Even when you're not paying attention, time keeps on going. When you look up, you're in a different place. No wonder the poets compare it to being on a river.Time has kept moving for metal. The bad young turks of the 1990s are now the grand old men a... live show Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:33:21 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-10472-Houston-Metal-Music-Examiner~y2009m11d18-1990s-super-tour-hits-in-2010-Slayer-Testament-and-Megadeth-American-Carnage-tour?cid=exrss-Houston-Metal-Music-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-10472-Houston-Metal-Music-Examiner~y2009m11d17-Varathron--Stygian-Forces-of-Scorn?cid=exrss-Houston-Metal-Music-Examiner Varathron entranced the world with their 1993 album His Majesty at the Swamp, an uneven work that captured the mysticism of black metal in a doomy, heavy metal way.Sixteen years later, Stygian Forces of Scorn brings us the same idea approached throug... black metal Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:51:25 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-10472-Houston-Metal-Music-Examiner~y2009m11d17-Varathron--Stygian-Forces-of-Scorn?cid=exrss-Houston-Metal-Music-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-10472-Houston-Metal-Music-Examiner~y2009m11d11-Until-the-Light-Takes-Us-invades-Houston?cid=exrss-Houston-Metal-Music-Examiner Now this is an event every Houston metalhead should enjoy: the movie Until the Light Takes Us has found distribution and will be playing in Houston next month.Previously, the film came for one night as part of a tour trying to get a major distributor... black metal Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:16:25 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-10472-Houston-Metal-Music-Examiner~y2009m11d11-Until-the-Light-Takes-Us-invades-Houston?cid=exrss-Houston-Metal-Music-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-10472-Houston-Metal-Music-Examiner~y2009m11d7-Slayer--World-Painted-Blood-Simple-but-effective?cid=exrss-Houston-Metal-Music-Examiner World Painted Blood hits you on two levels: while it's the best Slayer album since Seasons in the Abyss, it also marks Slayer's full transition to heavy metal band. Sure, there's a lot of fast riffing in here, and plenty of stuff from the "Big F... speed metal review Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:22:06 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-10472-Houston-Metal-Music-Examiner~y2009m11d7-Slayer--World-Painted-Blood-Simple-but-effective?cid=exrss-Houston-Metal-Music-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-10472-Houston-Metal-Music-Examiner~y2009m10d29-Interview-with-Houston-old-school-death-metal-band-War-Master?cid=exrss-Houston-Metal-Music-Examiner After hearing positive reports of this old school death metal band when they opened for BLASPHERIAN and IMPRECATION a month ago, I found the demo at Sound Exchange and was able to hear all three tracks in full and was impressed. WAR MASTER were kind ... death metal Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:04:16 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-10472-Houston-Metal-Music-Examiner~y2009m10d29-Interview-with-Houston-old-school-death-metal-band-War-Master?cid=exrss-Houston-Metal-Music-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-10472-Houston-Metal-Music-Examiner~y2009m10d29-Hypocrisy--A-Taste-of-Extreme-Divinity?cid=exrss-Houston-Metal-Music-Examiner Quick question: what do these albums have in common? Hail of Bullets - Of Frost and War Pestilence - Resurrection Macabre Seance - Awakening of the Go   They're all comeback albums by notable bands that tried to both (a) be what thes... death metal Thu, 29 Oct 2009 01:32:01 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-10472-Houston-Metal-Music-Examiner~y2009m10d29-Hypocrisy--A-Taste-of-Extreme-Divinity?cid=exrss-Houston-Metal-Music-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-10472-Houston-Metal-Music-Examiner~y2009m10d26-Disma-a-new-old-school-death-metal-band?cid=exrss-Houston-Metal-Music-Examiner disma disma They're not from Houston, but they're continuing a style that many Houston bands are keeping alive as well: old school death metal. Back in 1991, Incantation unleashed Onward to Golgotha, an epic of interlocking riffs and thunderous doom... death metal Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:19:16 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-10472-Houston-Metal-Music-Examiner~y2009m10d26-Disma-a-new-old-school-death-metal-band?cid=exrss-Houston-Metal-Music-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-10472-Houston-Metal-Music-Examiner~y2009m10d23-Be-in-a-BIRTH-AD-video-and-get-free-beer--Austin-TX?cid=exrss-Houston-Metal-Music-Examiner Crossover thrash band BIRTH A.D. is shooting a video and they need people to show up in exchange for FREE BEER and a chance to be in the video.They're shooting at the club Headhunters at 720 Red River St, Austin, TX 78701, (512) 236-0188. Show up ... thrash texas bands Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:06:18 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-10472-Houston-Metal-Music-Examiner~y2009m10d23-Be-in-a-BIRTH-AD-video-and-get-free-beer--Austin-TX?cid=exrss-Houston-Metal-Music-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-10472-Houston-Metal-Music-Examiner~y2009m10d12-Houston-leads-world-in-old-school-death-metal-renewal?cid=exrss-Houston-Metal-Music-Examiner There's a revolution happening in metal: old school death metal bands are coming out of the woodwork. And it's starting in Houston, Texas. Houston is many things. Like Los Angeles, it's a big flat collection of suburbs interspersed with industri... black metal death metal Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:41:14 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-10472-Houston-Metal-Music-Examiner~y2009m10d12-Houston-leads-world-in-old-school-death-metal-renewal?cid=exrss-Houston-Metal-Music-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-10472-Houston-Metal-Music-Examiner~y2009m10d12-War-Master--Chapel-of-Apocalypse-demo-2009?cid=exrss-Houston-Metal-Music-Examiner War Master - Demo 2009 "Chapel of the Apocalypse"I was lucky enough to pick this up for $3.75 at Sound Exchange. The guys down at the Exchange have been selling metal for over two decades, and support it with a small but comfortable and met... houston bands death metal review Mon, 12 Oct 2009 12:04:08 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-10472-Houston-Metal-Music-Examiner~y2009m10d12-War-Master--Chapel-of-Apocalypse-demo-2009?cid=exrss-Houston-Metal-Music-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-10472-Houston-Metal-Music-Examiner~y2009m10d4-Why-heavy-metal-is-good-for-you?cid=exrss-Houston-Metal-Music-Examiner I guess to me it was always clear that heavy metal was good for me. I had the choice between a bunch of stuff that sounded like Lady GaGa or Nas, or I had this powerful, evil-sounding, intense music that was as brave as a warrior and as impersonal as... Sun, 04 Oct 2009 22:11:07 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-10472-Houston-Metal-Music-Examiner~y2009m10d4-Why-heavy-metal-is-good-for-you?cid=exrss-Houston-Metal-Music-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-10472-Houston-Metal-Music-Examiner~y2009m10d4-Why-heavy-metal-is-good-for-you--1--Its-like-classical?cid=exrss-Houston-Metal-Music-Examiner We all know classical music is sort of the apex of music. It's what the kid in your high school who got all As and went to Yale listened to. It's what Presidents and Kings, intellectuals and great artists, cultured people and wizards listen to. It's ... Sun, 04 Oct 2009 22:02:01 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-10472-Houston-Metal-Music-Examiner~y2009m10d4-Why-heavy-metal-is-good-for-you--1--Its-like-classical?cid=exrss-Houston-Metal-Music-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-10472-Houston-Metal-Music-Examiner~y2009m10d4-Why-heavy-metal-is-good-for-you--2--Its-about-literary-themes?cid=exrss-Houston-Metal-Music-Examiner Literature is brain food. It's not like those normal pretentious books you find in bookstores by Jodi Piccoult and Barbara Kingsolver that basically tell you how to think and hit you over the head with guilt. Literature is about big, life-changing, p... Sun, 04 Oct 2009 21:58:01 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-10472-Houston-Metal-Music-Examiner~y2009m10d4-Why-heavy-metal-is-good-for-you--2--Its-about-literary-themes?cid=exrss-Houston-Metal-Music-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-10472-Houston-Metal-Music-Examiner~y2009m10d4-Why-heavy-metal-is-good-for-you--3--It-mellows-you-out?cid=exrss-Houston-Metal-Music-Examiner People who hate heavy metal start hating it first, and then try to find reasons to hate it. Normally they claim that because it's aggressive music, it probably makes you want to kill your mother and rape your dog. They're ignoring of course that list... Sun, 04 Oct 2009 21:54:54 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-10472-Houston-Metal-Music-Examiner~y2009m10d4-Why-heavy-metal-is-good-for-you--3--It-mellows-you-out?cid=exrss-Houston-Metal-Music-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-10472-Houston-Metal-Music-Examiner~y2009m10d4-Why-heavy-metal-is-good-for-you--4--Smart-kids-like-it?cid=exrss-Houston-Metal-Music-Examiner Here's where Europe and America split yet again: in Europe, heavy metal is like another form of music. In America, heavy metal is the kind of music your parents fear because they think it leads to being dumb, on drugs, and working far below your abil... Sun, 04 Oct 2009 21:50:24 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-10472-Houston-Metal-Music-Examiner~y2009m10d4-Why-heavy-metal-is-good-for-you--4--Smart-kids-like-it?cid=exrss-Houston-Metal-Music-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-10472-Houston-Metal-Music-Examiner~y2009m10d4-Why-heavy-metal-is-good-for-you--5--Its-more-complex-than-other-genres?cid=exrss-Houston-Metal-Music-Examiner I'm not saying complex makes good. In fact, some of my favorite music both classical and metal is fairly simple. But after hearing for many years that heavy metal is the musically illiterate ramblings of idiots, I feel inclined to defend this music o... Sun, 04 Oct 2009 21:46:30 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-10472-Houston-Metal-Music-Examiner~y2009m10d4-Why-heavy-metal-is-good-for-you--5--Its-more-complex-than-other-genres?cid=exrss-Houston-Metal-Music-Examiner