Quickies: News from Windhand, a 30th Anniversary Tour for Sepultura, and a Cool Release from Metallica for Record Store Day

Two more days until I’m off to Detroit. I’ve said it once and I’ll say it again…. I’m probably one of a very select excited about that concept. Because hockey!

Worth it. Some good stuff on there.

“Ein Bier… bitte.”

– Corey

Live. Love. Plow. Horns Up. 

Album Review: Keeper / Sea Bastard Split

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Clocking in at 34 minutes for two songs, this transatlantic split record from California’s Keeper and the U.K.’s Sea Bastard will please fans of plodding, evil doom metal. It sounds like the two bands are competing to see who can stretch out their song more, as one side of the split is slow and the other is…slower. Both sides of the album meditate on the same riff for eight to ten minutes at a time, turning it over, inspecting it, wringing out every bit of feeling they can from it. It takes patience to listen to this split, but it’s worth it. Continue reading