The rights and wrongs on the Pantera tribute slash reunion are going to be something debated long into the night, around many a camp fire with may a bottle of Wild Turkey being sunk in the process. Could the people behind it have found better players to take part? Probably not. Will it taint the
Just when you think you’ve got it figured out, another wave of terror comes crashing down. While the World and his wife have been talking about the tribute to Dimebag Darrell and Vinnie Paul Abbott that finds Anthrax drummer Charlie Benante and Black Label Society guitarist Zakk Wylde joining original Pantera members Rex Brown and
In the golden age of the supergroup Living Wreckage are the latest in a long line of bands comprised of musicians we know and love. Vocalist Jeff Gard (Death Ray Vision), guitarists Jon Donais (Anthrax, Shadows Fall) and Matt LeBreton (Downpour), bassist Matt Bachand (Shadows Fall, Act of Defiance) and drummer Jon Morency (Let Us
It has often felt from the outside at least that Anthrax were seen as the lesser light of the so called Big Four but not in these parts as the New Yorkers soldier on. Today we’re rewinding the tape back to 1987 and arguably the bands signature move in “Indians“, the first single from the
Almost a decade after Pierre Mousquet from IMOV studios created an animated video for “You’re Cut Off“, Richmond Virginia Party Thrash overlords Municipal Waste have returned to the legend to create a video for “Grave Dive” from their new album “Electrified Brain“. An absolute classic, the video has more cameos than you can shake a
Ahead of the release of their upcoming new album “Electrified Brain” and extensive tour plans with Anthrax, it’s time to take two minutes to look back with rose tinted spectacles at an album that has reached its fifteenth anniversary. Recorded at Planet Z Studios with Chris Zeuss Harris (Soulfly, Chimaira, Hatebreed), 2007 saw Richmond Virginia
Nine gold albums, three multi-platinum albums, one other platinum studio album, one platinum live double album, a million-selling single and sold-out arenas and stadiums throughout North America, Europe and Japan. That’s the stellar career of American Rock band Kansas summed up in a sentence. They’ve been strutting their stuff since 1970 and show little sign
There are supergroups and then there is Living Wreckage, a band comprised of vocalist Jeff Gard (Death Ray Vision), guitarists Jon Donais (Anthrax, Shadows Fall) and Matt LeBreton (Downpour), bassist Matt Bachand (Shadows Fall, Act of Defiance) and drummer Jon Morency (Let Us Prey). After a debut 3 track EP saw physical editions vanish like
“Guilty as charged, But damn it, it ain’t right, There is someone else controlling me, Death in the air, Strapped in the electric chair, This can’t be happening to me, Who made you God to say, I’ll take your life from you, Flash before my eyes, Now it’s time to die, Burning in my brain,
In many ways the whole concept of the Big Four of Thrash seems fundamentally flawed if for no other reason than the huge variety of sound that comprise the output of Slayer, Metallica, Megadeth and Anthrax. It just seems too broad a brush. However the concept served its purpose and a lucky few got to
