Review and photos by David Feltman Presumably in a bid to win “World’s Longest Tour,” Amon Amarth actually began The Deceiver of the Gods tour in Europe back in July 2013 and it reached the US in January this year. In fact, Target Audience covered ...
Friction of Life: Building a Brand
“For the most part, we just get out there. We stay involved with the community and we don’t hesitate to give someone a card and tell them, ‘Check out our work!’" By David Feltman Hayden Bryars was a freshman at Jefferson State Community College an ...
Movie Review: “Tusk” (2014, Rated R)
Smith melds classic horror pacing with modern torture porn tropes. Yes, this is a Kevin Smith film. Yes, it appears to share DNA with “Human Centipede.” Yes, it is being marketed as a horror movie. No, you should not let any of these facts inform you ...
Finding the SCI in Dragon Con 2014
by Glenn Robelen It’s Thursday, and Labor Day Weekend 2014 is less than 24 hours away. I am in the Atlanta Westin Hotel, riding down on a full elevator, heading to the lobby. Joining me are a few Star Trek characters, a couple of Science Fiction per ...
Film Review: “Pizza Shop The Movie”
This is the type of movie you keep rooting for, even if it doesn’t always deliver. Review by David Feltman Pulling from the Kevin Smith playbook, writer/director George O’Barts creates a blue-collar, gross-out comedy with “Pizza Shop The Movie.” ...
CD Review: “Constricting Rage of the Merciless” by Goatwhore
The album is relentlessly fast and coarse. Review by David Feltman Criminally underrated and perhaps unfairly pigeonholed into the blackened death metal genre, Goatwhore is one of the most consistent and hardest working acts in extreme metal. Desp ...
Book Review: “Heavy Metal Movies”
"Heavy Metal Movies” catalogues a surprising collection of lost gems and campy stinkers, all lovingly curated by McPadden. Review by David Feltman Mike “McBeardo” McPadden likes his music as extreme as his movies. It’s a passion that shows in his w ...
CD Review: Mastodon – “Once More ‘Round the Sun”
Once More ‘Round the Sun builds on the cleaner hard rock leanings of The Hunter. Review by David Feltman Like The Melvins or Frank Zappa, Mastodon is a band that refuses to settle. The band has tinkered and pushed i ...
CD Review: EYEHATEGOD by EYEHATEGOD
Review by David Feltman After four albums, four years of silence, and the death of drummer Joey LaCaze, the progenitors of southern sludge seemed finished. The members had moved on to such successful side projects as Down, Superjoint Ritual, ...
Live Review: Primus at Iron City on May 12
Les Claypool of Primus May 12. Photo by David Feltman Primus at Iron City Review by David Feltman Catching one of your favorite bands on tour is always a treat, but catching one of its first performances on that tour is even better. A band ...