What better way to celebrate 100 columns than with the first part of “Metal Monday’s Top 12 of ’12” list?
Posts tagged "Relapse"
Metal Monday Volume 77 (7.2.12)
Uncle Al and Ministry bid fans adieu for the final time in Chicago at The Vic Theater. Our review comprises this week’s Metal Monday column!
The Blerd13 with…Mike Scaccia of Ministry/Rigor Mortis!
The Blerd13 is back, and we’re grilling Mike Scaccia on all things Ministry, Rigor Mortis, and Buck Satan!
Metal Monday Volume 56 (2.6.12)
There are some people who believe I should be mad that Ministry decided to come out of retirement after I made the trek to Chicago for some of their final U.S. shows in 2008. In all honesty, when the final notes of “End Of Days” rang out on 2007’s The Last Sucker, I was heartbroken knowing I would never hear another note of new Ministry music. That said, the announcement late last year that Al Jourgensen had reactivated Ministry for […]
Metal Monday Volume 51 (1.02.12)
Ok, I know this reasoning is totally gonna fuck me in 2030 but for now we’re going to go with it. As a preview of the new year, I give you Metal Monday’s Top 12 of 2012: 1. Ministry: Relapse (March 30th, 2012) Did I not tell you that I went to 2 of the 4 “farewell” shows Ministry did in Chicago in 2008? One part of me should be pissed that Uncle Al got Ministry back together but the […]
Metal Monday Volume 44 (11.14.11)
Chris Connelly’s “Artificial Madness” gets a spin in our latest Metal Monday column!
Eminem’s Saving the Music Industry, But is “Recovery” His Best Work?
I have a love/hate relationship with Marshall Mathers. As a hip-hop head, I have to give the man respect for his talent. At a time when most now-school rappers can’t even freestyle properly, Eminem is almost a throwback emcee. The dude has skills that name-your-favorite-current-rapper can’t touch with a ten-foot pole. That said, there are also plenty of things that trouble me about Eminem. Like most people who were bullied as kids, he himself takes pleasure in bullying others less […]
Blerd Premiere: Eminem's "Not Afraid"
I remember writing somewhere (might have been a Facebook status update) that Eminem is like an “A” student who continually turns in “C” papers. As an emcee, Em is flawless. The guy’s got a great vocabulary, a fantastic sense of rhythm (A.K.A. flow) and a unique voice. However, for the past five or six years, he’s been squandering his gifts and pandering to his pop fanbase by a) using that obnoxious Triumph the Insult Comic Dog accent, b) reveling in […]