Music Formed: 1981 in Huntington Park, Calif.Members: Tom Araya, Kerry King, Jeff Hanneman, Dave LombardoLatest release: World Painted Blood, released in late 2009, finds Rick Rubin back as executive producer, Dave Lombardo on the drum throne and songs that balance hardcore and melodic song structures.Why you care: Face it: Metallica let us down, Dave Mustaine is a cry...   More

Music Stories Formed: 1981 in Huntington Park, Calif.Members: Tom Araya, Kerry King, Jeff Hanneman, Dave LombardoLatest release: World Painted Blood, released in late 2009, finds Rick Rubin back as executive produc ...   More

Music [PUNK] From 1989 to 1992, Calamity Jane was the premier all-female punk band in Portland—led all the while by guitarist Gilly Ann Hanner and her iconic, drawling voice. Joining in were sister Megan Hanner on bass and the jazzy Lisa Koenig on drums. It was this lineup that supported and (in this writer’s opinion) blew away Fugazi on its 1990 Repeater tour. Four fantastic singles ...   More

Music Stories [PUNK] From 1989 to 1992, Calamity Jane was the premier all-female punk band in Portland—led all the while by guitarist Gilly Ann Hanner and her iconic, drawling voice. Joining in were sister Me ...   More

Movie Reviews & Stories Anthropologist and heavy-metal documentarian Sam Dunn is sincere, awkward and Canadian. The same can be said of his latest subject, the hugely popular and misunderstood rock band Rush. In the course o ...   More

Music Formed: 1997 in BostonSounds like: The perfect distillation of earth-crumbling hardcore (Neurosis) blended with ’90s Chicago post-rock (the entire Thrill Jockey roster).For fans of: Neurosis, Pelican, Mono, Mogwai, any acts on bassist Aaron Turner’s Hydra Head label, and thousands of young post-rock and metal bands that worship…Isis.Why you care: In t...   More

Music Stories Formed: 1997 in BostonSounds like: The perfect distillation of earth-crumbling hardcore (Neurosis) blended with ’90s Chicago post-rock (the entire Thrill Jockey roster).For fans of: Neurosis, Pe ...   More

Music FORMED: 1971 in Arlington, Va.—but the band is generally known as the grandfather of the Baltimore doom scene.SOUNDS LIKE: A cross between Black Sabbath and the Doors. This is the real deal: Dark, post-Woodstock rock that is warm as melted butter and bone-chilling as a haunted house.FOR FANS OF: Black Sabbath, Jimi Hendrix, Blue Cheer, the Stooges, the Animals, Blue &Oum...   More

Music Stories FORMED: 1971 in Arlington, Va.—but the band is generally known as the grandfather of the Baltimore doom scene.SOUNDS LIKE: A cross between Black Sabbath and the Doors. This is the real deal: Dar ...   More

Headout IMAGE: Tom MartinezLast fall, Jessie Rogers had a dream. In her dream, good, metal-loving people bowled among friends while Mercyful Fate and High on Fire tunes kept the party heavy. The dream became ...   More