As Metal Director/DJ at WRUV, plus owner of this website, I get sent a metric shit ton of new music every year. I was once able to house my entire MP3 collection on a 160 GB iPod Classic, but as the inevitable digital shift progressed, my virtual library grew exponentially.

Yeah, I’m excited for them, too! Of course, this would be even better news if they were coming any closer than Virginia, as far as the northeast US is concerned.

Check out this fun and candid interview with Baroness bassist Summer Welch.  I finally got this posted to (and from) the Mind Over Metal Facebook portal after learning that YouTube now has a ten-minute length limitation. Be on the lookout for my talk with Brann Dailor from Mastodon very soon!

Baroness ruled the Mastodon headlining show at Higher Ground on Saturday April 24th. And although I understand that Mastodon and Between the Buried and Me are bigger selling entities, I felt as if Baroness was the only band that seemed genuine in their performance. This is not to say the show wasn’t fantastic—because it was. However, I think there is something to be said for musicians that are jaded by their fame. Sometimes it shows.

Well my head exploded a little and I had to change my underwear, but it’s okay, cuz of this amazing tour! What’s more, it actually passes through Burlington and it’s only $25! SERIOUSLY YAY!

Rating: 5/5
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Cut from the same cloth–and hailing from the same state–as Mastodon, the two bands share stylistic similarities and are inspired by a select canon. While their brothers have recently soared into Voivod-ian skies, here Baroness has taken Kyuss by the hand and staked a claim deep in the earth.