A grizzly murder, my friends & fiends & warranted drugged out heretics of all sorts, was not my absolute birthright as though it would seem Tom Araya’s closing scream ending Beauty Through Disorder and his final embrace of the sane. Murder would however, become my right as an innocent victim...

Photos By: JT Cleveland 8-20-10: The Boardwalk in Orangevale, CA – I arrived on site at my favorite local concert venue for an amazing night of metal. On the bill were Terror, Suffokate and others. I was stoked to be interviewing Scott Vogel from Terror, while also hoping I might catch up with...

Today begins CWG’s, “7 Days of Slayer” event. As the band wraps up the American Carnage tour with Megadeth and Testament, CWG is taking this opportunity to pay tribute to one of the biggest bands of all time. Along the way we’ll be reviewing a few of the classic Slayer albums, sharing my interview...

After sitting through a couple of tolerable local bands I’d never heard of, it was time for the main attraction: Brownes Duvahl. The band hit the stage, led by lead singer Luke Rietzke, who quickly introduced the band, which is Isaiah Abdul- Rahman (drums), Jason Gould (bass), Taylor Ramsey (backing...

It seemed as though Jonas Renske and Fredrik Norrman had abided by the old show business adage “always leave them wanting more” when they originally disbanded October Tide in 1999 after releasing two of the most underrated death/doom albums in the sub-genre’s history. Not too shabby considering...

Back in 1991, A Tribe Called Quest claimed that the 4,080th rule of the music industry was that “record company people are shady.” That rhyme proved to be both timely and prophetic, as major labels lured in smaller acts from all genres with promises of glorious fame, only to stifle their ideas and...

Iron Maiden’s fifteenth studio album, The Final Frontier, is a high watermark in the bands career for production value and coordination; yet the album itself is a low-roller in terms of their usual flamboyant and bombastic creativity and flair. Their fourth album produced with Kevin Shirley, The Final...

We were somewhere in the thick of battle when the wine & LSD racked right into the mix. Wretched’s Beyond The Gate was a blistering reminder of what we had come to do…KILL! The bastards were there to grease the cogs of transgression with their weak souls & shallow blood. Their belief system...

With King Giant’s Southern Darkness comes harshly the great Rock marvel…the falling of the glorious Hammer Of Domination all lubed up with the muddy waters of the Mississippi River & cheap whiskey. So heavy and so groovy in a fresh manner that I’ve taken charge with the intent of becoming...

Podcast: Download (Duration: 32:14 — 29.5MB) Aaron Schroeder IS Thunder Buffalo. Thunder Buffalo is the band name, but Aaron is the one constant in the band. His music could be called artistic, psychedelic, and many other things. Aaron himself is hilarious. He knows music and knows how...