Hear about the origins of Warbeast and switching names, working with Phil as a producer, the current state of the reunited Rigor Mortis, and lookalike comparisons that range from Warrel Dane (mine) to Devin Townsend to Marty Feldman!

Another raw phone interview until I can get transcribers!  This was supposed to be with Vince, but he couldn’t make it, so I got to speak with Timmy from HowL.  They are one of the best damned bands coming out of Providence, RI these days and their new album, Full of Hell has answered in fine form to their eponymous debut EP.  I was glad to speak with another member of the band, as Vince called in live to ‘Mind Over Metal’ when their last album dropped.  This time, Timmy and I delve more into lyrical content, religious (un)beliefs, [...read more]

Rating: 3/5

Listening to blasphemous death metal is an awful lot like having sex with an 18-year old guy: fast, unrelenting, and the wad is blown before ten minutes are up. You cannot really fault the performance, but after a once-around you know what to expect, and have little reason to revisit besides simplistic satisfaction.

Rating: 4/5

Levi and Werstler needed Avalanche of Worms. Most good musicians draw inspiration from a variety of backgrounds. Metal artists sometimes miss their opportunity to record music outside of their known sphere, but thankfully, these guys answered the knock.

Rating: 3.5/5

I never knew that I would be interested in the sonic equivalent of hanging out alone in a dank basement, getting stoned, while burning pasta on the stove.

Rating: 4/5

I don’t not recall Imagika’s 2008 effort “Feast for the Hated”; it must have just been a rough reviewing day, and fell by the wayside without much of a chance. Scouring the interwebs, they seem minimally covered by everyone from Allmusic to Encyclopaedia Metallum, so I am not the only one overlooking these seventeen-year vets of the Bay Area thrash circle. This, their seventh album, has reopened my ears.

I was reminded why they call it “stoner metal” as I waited on bated breath for a phone call from Rich Mullins of Karma to Burn, live during ‘Mind Over Metal’!

Rating: 3.5/5

“Walk Through Fire” manages a solid, impassioned statement to the Metal world. These guys have fought long and hard just to get where they are now; Raven deserves your attention, and whatever shiny objects you may have handy.

Despite arriving late to the show, we still got some shots off and did a interview with Steve Brooks!

Here is the second successful upload from the Mind Over Metal Facebook. This was conducted inside the Mastodon tour van outside of Higher Ground in South Burlington, VT by Matt Longo for Mind Over Metal and WRUV FM Burlington.