THE LOOKS THAT KILL (Posted Mar. 17th 2010 on Metalsucks.net)
I am going to assume that a decent portion of the followers of this site are themselves musicians with bands of their own. That is generally how it goes with metal. There are seamless lines blurred between the “fans” and the “bands” because, like myself, many metal patrons represent both categories. Without this large sector […]
THE SONG REMAINS THE SAME (Posted Dec. 16th 2009 on Metalsucks.net)
Last week, during one of my daily perusals of this very blog, I came across a rather scathing recounting of Killswitch Engage’s self-titled album, which came out earlier this year. This caught me a bit off guard, as I considered it to be one of my favorite albums of the year and a step in the […]
The Adequate Response to Criticism; An Artist’s Perspective (Posted Mar. 3rd 2009 on MetalSucks.net)
Criticism. Criticism is something all artists who release their work on a broad scale must encounter. Many of us who do so approach these reflections in our own ways. On Metalsucks, my blogger brother, Dallas, has had the monopoly on providing that perspective in regards to God Forbid, which I think is unfortunate because I […]
