I am having a great time listening to Venom and Hellhammer too but Venom and Hellhammer are not black metal. Venom are a NWOBHM version of punk Motorhead and Hellhammer are Hellhammer, more thrash metal than anything else. Ok, Venom perhaps coined the term and Hellhammer gave that necro feel to the...

My advice is also to get your hi-hat pedal(s) from the same company and of the same standard as your bass drum pedals. Therefore, I use two IRON COBRA hi-hat pedals for the hi-hats, in addition to the IRON COBRA bass drum pedals. The reason for this is that your feet get used to playing something to...

Note that I also use single pedals on two separate bass drums. I've never used a double-pedal on a single bass drum, because I don't like how they play. I don't imagine the double-pedal versions of the ones I listed above are much different than their single pedal counterparts, but you may want to t...

Many drum companies make top-of-the-line pedals. No matter which you buy (it's a matter of personal preference), these top-of-the-line pedals are all quite good. The ones I use are IRON COBRA Tama pedals. This is because despite being top-of-the-line pedals which are for all intents and purposes muc...

I have that demotape but would very much want a digital rip... could you upload it, if you ever have the time? SolidSnake, they have multiple items; you can buy a single at IRON PEGASUS, right now. They also have two splits with GORGON, the later of which should still be available somewhere. There a...

If I was wrong then they'd have the ABSOLUTE TOTALLY MOST RIDICULOUS NAME EVER.

As it is they just have the ABSOLUTE MOST RIDICULOUS NAME EVER.

I know it seems like Fenriz just started to love old heavy metal out of nowhere and is just now throwing out MANILLA ROAD and CIRITH UNGOL quotes (he told an interviewer that the interviewer HAD to listen to "I'm Alive") seemingly at random. However, I do recall one interview from like '98...

I have to agree with most on this one: this album has TONS of melody, and awesome, memorable riffs. AMAZING album.

I don't know, I got them from the Italian label that was distributing FLOWER TRAVELLIN' BAND's "I'm Dead!" vinyl reissue in Europe (Black Widow? I think it was Black Widow). The reissue of "Animals" is a slipcase thing with the vinyl art on the front and back cover. The CDs of &q...

I dunno, I have a LOT of fun getting hammered, headbanging, and yelling to VENOM & HELLHAMMER.

Mayhap I am not "teh kvlt".

What a great band. They had that rotten, stale, hard and messy sound that characterized a lot of the bands on their label, but they sounded like none of them. Indeed they sound very typically "heavy metal" but at the same sound so unique.

CYNIC's 7" was a good recording, as is the demo. Great band, and I'm definitely buying this new album when it emerges. There was a guy who once told me that the NWoBHM bands had great riffs, but often groan-worthy lyrics. I don't think CYNIC is a striking culprit in this, but there was one line...

Actually if you worship Motorhead that'd be a good reason to listen to Johnny Kid and the Pirates more closely (if Lemmy likes them and considers them influential to their sound). You don't have to like it, but you don't have to completely devalue it just to make a statement. I never said I hadn't ...

What is their new one?

I know they have a 2002 release, but it's a hidden one they don't offer to sell.

No, not the '80s thrash band, but rather the great band that released the awesome "Symbols In Stone" in 2001. Anybody else a fan of these guys ? There have been many bands coming out nowadays that try their hardest to sound like the epic metal giants of old. Most end up sounding too modern...