Trivium: Ascendancy

Band website: http://www.trivium.org/
I had to talk myself down from giving this release a super-high rank simply because they were the first new (good) metal in a long time (automatic 10). Two weeks after buying the album…

Sounds of the Underground: Part 2

The Chimaira website seems to be one of the only reliable (?) sources for tour date information. Even the tour’s homepage remains stale and tight-lipped.

Hank III + Assjack

Dude at work handed me an Assjack demo (Bootleg #3) to hear. It’s some pretty good heavychunky shit. Assjack features Hank Williams III, who I previously saw playing bass for Superjoint Ritual at Jaxx in Springfield, VA.
In a sort of deja-vu moment, Hank III (w/ Assjack) is playing at Jaxx on Saturday, April 9, 2005. [...]

Moby in CNN

http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Music/03/29/moby.feature.ap/index.html

I haven’t picked it up yet, but probably will at some point.

Hardcore Site Redesign

Looks like the front page is working out… I’ll be updating archive, category, comments templates etc. soon.
Update: I think I’ve covered all the bases for now. Design and layout stuff is (as far as I know) taken care of in the templates; the possible exception is date-based archives, which I don’t see actually factoring here [...]

Danko Jones Itch: Scratched

Danko Jones is a 3-piece band from Canadia. They’re kinda’ like dirty groovy rock with Wesley Willis style lyrics… but not as retarded.

Sounds of the Underground Tour

Hrm… will Lamb of God play this tour, as previously-rumored?
http://www.soundsoftheundergroundtour.com/
Clutch, Chimaira, Devildriver and Unearth (in one day) are reason enough to see the show… but if Lamb of God is gonna’ be there… sorry, baby… that weekend is no-girls-allowed… y’know… if the show is actually anywhere near here and on a weekend. It very well [...]

Killswitch “Bonus” Disc

The End of Heartache re-release happened, and it’s got a bonus disc. I hate when fuckers re-release a CD that I already bought with “bonus” content. That tack forces a music-buyer to make one of two horrible choices: 1) don’t buy the new kickass music until the re-release, or 2) suck some corporate cock and [...]