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.

Roadburn has evolved into a mighty four-day event, with the earlier years’ Afterburner Party now mushroomed into a full day of destruction, and the impressive result is 70+ groups gathered with thousands of dedicated fans for the best bender of the year.

Hear why Michel loves “War and Pain” and he even sets Wikipedia straight on some facts. Willie also inquires about the Montréal metal scene, thoughts on Pink Floyd, fond memories of Iron Maiden, the ‘family’ feel of Voivod and their near three-decade evolution, with insight into the future of this incomparable band. And for the first time, Away gets asked to pick a favorite song to close out the talk!

I’ve read 45 elsewhere, but count 49 bands on this list for the festival that runs 4/20 – 4/24 in Oslo!

No adjective is more vapid than “nice”, yet this is the very word used in 95% of all interactions between Metal folk when acknowledging each others’ torso ads for our favorite bands. Especially between guys.

I received the following email on Cinco de Mayo, five days before my birthday. Thank you, Mr. Langevin!

UK thrashers, EVILE are currently in the midst of a whirlwind North
American tour with KREATOR and are set to join up with OVERKILL on KILLFEST!

Voivod – Infini released June 23, 2009 on Relapse It looks like the journey may be over. Though the progressive-thrash-punk powerhouse will tour in support of this album, by all accounts this is the last material Piggy committed to laptop before succumbing to colon cancer four years ago. Heavily in line with the first posthumous release–Katorz–it rocks first and foremost. It starts with a driving riff and odd sci-fi subject matter (“God Phones”) before returning  to terra firma with a defiant biographical tune (“From The Cave”). We follow with a pair of environmentally-minded songs: the first delivered with a [...read more]