Give Albums a Chance

I recently had a very interesting discussion with a fellow metal head that I feel like it applies all too well and happens a lot more than we may realize. It happens everywhere. It happened in the 80s. It happened last year. What happened you ask? People who hear an up-and-coming band’s debut album or whatever albums they have out, and then have the balls to say that “they should only make this kind of music from now on”, that’s what. It may not seem as big of a problem as you may realize, you may have even done this … Continue reading Give Albums a Chance

Why Hellyeah Isn’t Horrible

What makes a band bad? Nothing. That’s it. Nothing makes a band bad. They could be badass, but just plain bad? Nope. Doesn’t exist. Now before you people start rattling off a list of bands you don’t like because they’re “shit”, “pussies”, “not true metal/[insert sub-genre here]”, “they’re a wannabe [insert more famous band here]”, and/or “they caused the breakup of [insert more favored band that’s on hiatus’s name here]” let me just say that that list of yours is completely stupid and arbitrary if that list name has anything negative in there. There is absolutely no way that a … Continue reading Why Hellyeah Isn’t Horrible

Thoughts on Mudvayne

For those who don’t know, Mudvayne hasn’t really been a thing since 2009, sadly. Ever since their singer, Chad Gray, and guitarist, Greg Tribbett, have formed the supergroup of Hellyeah, the most recent work of Mudvayne was their self-titled album that marked their 5th studio album release. It’s been 5 long years for long time Mudvayne fans like myself, Hellyeah is scheduled to release another album later this year, and all we’ve heard about the return of Mudvayne is on Wikipedia saying “Mudvayne will be on hiatus until at least 2014.” “At least?” Man, I know Hellyeah has been doing … Continue reading Thoughts on Mudvayne