HEAVY metal, by its very nature, is a counter-culture. Whether it be genre-defining Black Sabbath, arena-busting Iron Maiden, thrash defining Metallica, or Speed metal kings Slayer, the occassional step into the mainstream consciousness never betrays the outsider status.
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THE late, great author Iain M Banks wrote in his sci-fi novel, The Algebraist, the following lines:
"Beginnings and endings are contingent things...devices. Where does any story really begin? There is always context, always an encompassing greater epic, always something before the described events..."
With any review it is a
"Beginnings and endings are contingent things...devices. Where does any story really begin? There is always context, always an encompassing greater epic, always something before the described events..."
With any review it is a
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I’m a huge Tesla fan and have been following guitarist Dave Rude’s solo project the Dave Rude Band for quite a few years too. In fact one of the first interviews that I posted on Rock Radio NI was with Dave back in January 2011. The Dave Rude Band released their new album “The Key” via Rat Pak Records at the start of June so it seemed like a good opportunity to do a follow up interview.
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JAZZ and metal are not words you ever expect to see in the same sentence, let alone in the same musicscape. But Norway's Shining are, if not pioneers, the only band that have set out this as a vision.
Following on from the album's Blackjazz and Live Blackjazz Shining have released One One One, a bleak post-industrial metal jazz
Following on from the album's Blackjazz and Live Blackjazz Shining have released One One One, a bleak post-industrial metal jazz
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