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Interview: Skeletonwitch’s Scott Hedrick

Catching up with Demi Lovato’s favorite metal band
You know you've made it to rock’s Big Time when interviewers catch you as you're boarding a jet, instead of loading the tour van. And although Athens, OH's Skeletonwitch didn’t happen to be boarding their own Iron Maiden-like 747 when we reached them, they’ve got too much going on these days to make it all happen on four wheels.
By DANIEL BROCKMAN | February 16, 2010

Prep rally

Rock's rich history of boarding-school brats
Much of the early backlash that followed the Strokes' meteoric rise had to do with the idea that a '00s punk revival couldn't be spearheaded by a band of moneyed prep-school twerps — as if boarding school and rock stars didn't go together like marmalade and scones.
By DANIEL BROCKMAN | January 05, 2010

Brute forces

Mastodon, High on Fire, and Dethklok lead metal’s latest charge
When you get down to it, most music is an attempt to create auditory allegories for our life experiences, whether they’re joyous Maypole dervishes or nightmarish St. Vitus’ dances of doom.
By DANIEL BROCKMAN | October 21, 2009

Music Seen: Ogre's farewell show

At Geno's, September 12
It's never easy saying goodbye to a friend.
By DAN CLARK | September 23, 2009

Everybody poops

Greta Bank talks priorities and realities
Recently selected as one of 17 regional artists to exhibit at the DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park's Biennial in January 2010 (alongside fellow Mainer Randy Regier), and awarded a grant from the Maine Arts Commission in support of her interactive sculpture "The Cashmere Iron Maiden," Greta Bank is struggling to find studio time on top of being a mother of two.
By ANNIE LARMON | July 29, 2009

Rock of the ages

Dark horses of the '83 metal frenzy
The year 1983 was a heady time for metal. Many a successful career got jump-started with a prominent release: Mötley Crüe's Shout at the Devil , Def Leppard's Pyromania , Dio's Holy Diver , Iron Maiden's Piece of Mind .
By DANIEL BROCKMAN | July 22, 2009

Long way to the top

The belated glory of Anvil
"I wanted longevity, even if it meant obscurity."
By DANIEL BROCKMAN | July 22, 2009

Music seen: Pixies vs. Sonic Youth at Empire

Sublime musical match-ups
The Clash of the Titans has become a Portland staple over the last three years. Since shifting from the Big Easy to the Empire this year, the Tuesday tradition has lost none of its crowd-pulling potential.
By DAN CLARK | June 10, 2009

Music seen: Clubber Lang, Antiseptic + Batshelter

Clubber Lang, Antiseptic + Batshelter at Geno's, April 10
Ah, Batshelter. What exactly are they? Punk, metal, a little of both, or something far more complex? Whichever, they've developed quite the following in the past few months.
By DAN CLARK | April 16, 2009

Another Nail in the coffin

A driving new album for Halloween and Election Day
Big Coffin Hunters are no big fans of McCain/Palin, the Bushies, or neo-cons, either, and their new album, Drive Another Nail , manages toss in a little political commentary amongst fun macabre metal tunes.
By SAM PFEIFLE | October 29, 2008

Pigboat + Bat Shelter + Full Contact Kitty

Music seen at Geno’s, September 19, 2008
Belfast art-monsters Full Contact Kitty took the stage around 10:15 pm with a heady brew of dissonant chords and droning feedback.
By DAN CLARK | September 25, 2008

The numbers of the beast

Iron Maiden at Comcast Center, June 20, 2008
As a million fingers air-guitared frantically, Maiden put on a fireballing motherfucker of a show.
By DANIEL BROCKMAN | June 26, 2008

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Slideshow: Iron Maiden in Boston (2008)

June 20, 2008 at the Comcast Center, Mansfield, MA
Rev. Aaron photographs Iron Maiden, live at the Comcast Center in Mansfield, MA, on June 20, 2008.
By REV. AARON | July 25, 2008

Judas Priest

Nostradamus | Epic
It’s a ridiculous album, sure, but also the most grandiose metal record likely to be released this year.
By DANIEL BROCKMAN | June 17, 2008

Throwing dice, taking names

The Sword is +20 awesome
Let’s say your band are named the Sword, your albums have titles like Age of Winters and Gods of the Earth , and your latest single is “Fire Lances of the Ancient Hyperzephyrians.” Would these count as hazardous levels of irony?
By DANIEL BROCKMAN | May 12, 2008

Dead Child

Attack | Quarterstick/Touch and Go
From the first monster-metal riff and warlock scream, it’s pleasantly obvious where Dead Child are headed on their full-length debut.
By MATT ASHARE | April 29, 2008

Going on sale: March 28, 2008

Breaking news from the concert ticket trade
Alicia Keys, Joe Lally, Ryan Adams, and more.
By GOING ON SALE | March 25, 2008

The Big Hurt: This week in free stuff

A sharp decline in the value of music?
In yet another blow to the traditional record industry, the Charlatans UK have released their new album, You Cross My Path , as a free download.
By DAVID THORPE | March 21, 2008

Talent shows

St. Vincent at Middle East Downstairs, March 1, 2008
Does Annie Clark have to be perfect?
By MEGAN V. BELL | March 04, 2008

Man-Witch + Covered in Bees

Music seen at Geno’s, February 8, 2008
Man-Witch deliver a type of spectacle rarely seen in the Portland rock scene.
By ANDREW FREDERICK | February 20, 2008

DIY all over again

The Coming Weak seek alternate routes; plus, Forever Young
Cut from the earnest and emotional mold of bands such as Taking Back Sunday, Coheed & Cambria, and our own Monty Are I, the Coming Weak is one of the area’s fastest-rising combos.
By BOB GULLA | February 13, 2008

Can’t we be Civil?

Outside of Portland, a Battle Within rages
What’s that you say? Never heard of them?
By SAM PFEIFLE | February 13, 2008

Iranian chick

An interview with Persepolis creator Marjane Satrapi
At 38, Marjane Satrapi still resembles the kid in Persepolis , her autobiographical graphic-novel-turned-animated-film of growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution.
By ROB NELSON | January 10, 2008

Scene and heard

The year ahead in DVDs
Entertainment companies are pumping out music DVD titles by the hundreds, and 2008 will see a deluge of releases across all genres.
By JEFF TAMARKIN | December 31, 2007

Shriiimp on the Barbie

Allston-based graffiti artists are giving new meaning to objets d’art
Shrimp, the edible crustaceans commonly dipped in tart, tangy cocktail sauce, don’t usually carry overtly sexual connotations.
By CAITLIN E. CURRAN | October 03, 2007

Locked and loaded

The fall promises a double-barreled blast of gaming greatness
Okay, this is getting ridiculous. It’s already been a strong year for games, with four — four ! — game-of-the-year contenders before Labor Day.
By MITCH KRPATA | September 12, 2007

Dead white females

From Fall Out Boy to One Night in Paris , modern pop culture is what it is today thanks to 10 long-expired ladies
Can you remember the last time you curled up under the covers with Marcel Proust’s I n Search of Lost Time ?
By SHARON STEEL | August 08, 2007

In the Black

Twisted Roots return to prominence with their first full-length since 1999
Twisted Roots transformed their “reunion” into a forward-looking intent to bestride Portland once again and develop a new crop of fans who dig terrifying guitar solos and teeth-rattling vocals.
By SAM PFEIFLE | June 20, 2007

At home with home

Sara Cox arrives at domesticity with Crowded Is the New Lonely
Women may dominate the pop charts from time to time, but in the annals of acknowledged rock/pop greatness, they are few in number.
By SAM PFEIFLE | May 30, 2007