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The Blerd13 with…Tommy Victor of Prong!

by Jesse on Apr 25, 2012 • No Comments

Another Blerd13?!?!?!? 2012 keeps bringing the hits as we managed to get Prong’s mainman Tommy Victor on the phone to talk about the latest album, making it in the music industry, and working with some of heavy metal’s more eccentric personalities: 1. To say that Carved Into Stone is the definitive Prong record is kind of an understatement after hearing it repeatedly over the last 24 hours. With the amount of albums and artists you’ve been involved with over […]

Spin Cycle: Prong “Carved Into Stone”

by Jesse on Apr 20, 2012 • No Comments

Calling Prong’s latest album, Carved Into Stone, the definitive Prong album (And possibly their best) would be an understatement. Their first in almost five years, Carved Into Stone manages to encapsulate everything that Prong has ever been into a neat package and still look to the future with open arms. There’s hints of Rude Awakening industrial, the grind of Prove You Wrong, the perfection of Cleansing, some nods to thrash and some just plain old good metal. “Eternal Heat” is […]

Metal Monday Volume 4 (2.7.11)

by Jesse on Feb 7, 2011 • 2 Comments

Album Reviews / Metal Monday / music / New Releases / rock music / Videos

There are 2 albums that greatly defined age 16 for me and my first experiences with not one, but two deaths in the family. They are Type O Negative’s Bloody Kisses and Life of Agony’s River Runs Red. I guess if you have to deal with sudden tragedy then there’s no better soundtrack than from those two Brooklyn bands. Coincidentally enough, both albums feature the talents of drummer Sal Abruscato who is back with A Pale Horse Named Death. Combining […]

New Release Report 6/21/10: Shady Monday

by MJ on Jun 21, 2010 • 2 Comments

hip-hop / music / New Releases / news / Pop Music

Is it me, or has almost every single Eminem album wound up being released early? Breaking from the tradition of having new music come out on Tuesday (I wonder why that started), “Recovery”, along with a healthy bunch of other new albums, arrives a day early. Most people who have gotten the chance to sample Em’s latest say that it’s a return to form. It’s certainly Eminem’s most contemporary sounding albums, with production from the likes of Just Blaze and […]