All Entries in the "Caught In A Mosh" Category
Caught In A Mosh: March 2010
Bow To Your Kreator
All the talk nowadays is about the big boys. Slayer, Megadeth, Testament, and Exodus are all touring together in some way, shape, or form, and rumors of a Big Four package (Dave Mustaine told Decibel magazine that Megadeth received an offer) continue to swirl. It’s easy, then, to get swept up in [...]
Caught In A Mosh: February 2010
The First Great Album Of 2010
It’s become an unspoken rule that we, music writers and critics, must crown such an album within the first 59 days of the new year. You can squeeze one in before the new year? Fantastic! I’m fairly sure scribes who cover any of the arts are guilty as well, but [...]
Caught In A Mosh: January 2010
On To 2010
Below are Top Five Heavy Albums Of ‘09 lists compiled from all walks of the Chicago heavy-music scene. It’s self-explanatory, so why waste intro space?
Caught In A Mosh: December 2009
In-Renato-Da-Vida
There’s no such thing as “too many” live heavy metal venues, so when clubs like White Star (3049 N. Cicero) start dabbling in metal, “Mosh” gets all hopped up — especially when those bookings include bands such as Archgoat, Sweet Cobra, Anal Cunt, and Superchrist.
Caught In A Mosh: November 2009
The Witch Is Back
The first time “Mosh” heard from — or of — Skeletonwitch was summer 2007. This column was exactly one-month old when Witch guitarist Scott Hedrick e-mailed pimping his band’s July show at Empty Bottle, inquiring about coverage for its Prosthetic debut, Beyond The Permafrost, and wondering if ILLINOIS ENTERTAINER needed freelance writers.
Caught In A Mosh: October 2009
The Seven Wonders
Planet Metal can do no wrong. Fifteen months after launching, founder Chris Black (Superchrist, Pharaoh) has yet to put his label’s logo on a bad or even so-so album. Everything is gold. O.K., I haven’t heard PM001, Sentenced’s “The Glow Of 1000 Suns/ Amok Run” 7-inch, but PM002 through PM007 are scalding. Wastelander’s [...]
Caught In A Mosh: September 2009
Decibellwether
One of the highlights of my month (besides unveiling “Mosh” to my adoring readers) is the day Decibel magazine arrives. Between my mailbox and front door, I’ve generally already thumbed through the pages to find out what the Hall Of Fame entry is. I’m either livin’ a pretty pathetic life or Decibel Editor-In-Chief Albert Mudrian [...]
Caught In A Mosh: August 2009
CASH TO FILL YOUR ALEHORN
This column will only have marinated a few days by August 5th, but I’d be repentant if I didn’t mention the Alehorn Of Power, Chicagoland’s premier annual metal get together. There are some important changes in this, the fourth inception, so listen up. First, different venue. Double Door hosted all three [...]
Caught In A Mosh: July 2009
Master’s No Puppet
As if Master wasn’t enough of a reason to like Paul Speckmann, the dude credits this humble little magazine with boosting his career! In early 1984 Speckmann had just left War Cry (which, along with fellow Chicago doomsters Trouble, was a major influence on the mighty Cathedral) and craved something faster, more aggressive, [...]
Caught In A Mosh: June 2009
THE DEVIL IN DETAIL
“I’ll be shocked if The Devil You Know isn’t absolutely awesome.”
I typed those words in my April column. It was less than a month until said Heaven & Hell album’s April 28th release and I, like many metalheads, was very excited.
Caught In A Mosh: May 2009
Ooze & Angst
Alan A. Nemtheanga’s Irish eyes aren’t smiling. “Hope I didn’t sound too grumpy,” the Primordial frontman signed off after answering my list of e-mail questions. Truth is, Nemtheanga, who has fronted the Irish band since it truly became Primordial in the early ’90s, simply sounds honest. Grumpy or not, that’s refreshing.
Appearing: May 7th [...]
Clearing The Static
You have to feel for The Haunted. The band had a kick-ass North American tour set to kick off this month before, well, shit happened . . . big time.
That kick-ass package became significantly less so March 2nd when both Kylesa and Intronaut announced their intentions to join Mastodon’s spring tour (April 30th [...]
Hail To The Hammer
Few bands can claim their home country’s best-selling album. Even fewer are heavy metal bands. A “Viking metal” metal band? No way.
Heavy Duty Rock ‘N’ Roll
Lair Of The Minotaur’s War Metal Battle Master might not have been the best heavy metal record of 2008 (fifth best, says me), but I can’t think of a more metal heavy metal record released all year. It’s only fitting the Chicago band also made the most metal music video, too.
2008: The Way We Saw It
Hooray for heavy metal! Well, technically “heavy music” (that’s what I requested from the below guests when I asked for their Top 5 lists), but nonetheless, below is what myself and some other local characters of varying pedigrees (musicians, critics, media personalities, etc.) thought were the best heavy records of ‘08. If you can remember [...]
