Metal
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No further comment. (Buy it here.)
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Mechanisms of Omniscience by Abnormality My review of the new second LP by Marlborough death-metal quintet Abnormality is in today's Globe. No surprise that I'd dig a record so efficiently brutal; still, it was fun to play Mechanisms of Omniscience enough times repeatedly one day, interspersed with dips into the band's back catalog (a demo,
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Right now on the Boston Globe site, you can read a couple of pretty great team-sourced lists of the best recordings released by local artists in 2015. There's one for pop music and one for classical music; naturally I took advantage of my editorial access and contributed to both lists. Here are my five small
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Today – Friday, December 11 – the Boston Globe posted lists of the best albums of 2015 as selected by six critics: staffers James Reed, Sarah Rodman, and Jeremy Eichler, plus regular contributors Julian Benbow, Jon Garelick, and Siddhartha Mitter. Those lists will all be in this Sunday's print edition, too. Last year, I was
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Uncle Acid & the deadbeats, by Ben Stas/Noise Floor Photography When I posted my Boston Globe review of a concert by Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats here last week, I suggested that interested readers watch out for a subsequent post by photographer Ben Stas on Invisible Oranges. Turns out I was half-right: Ben's posted more
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Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats, by Ben Stas/Boston Globe "Uncle Acid dispenses mystery, melody at Royale"Boston GlobeSeptember 16, 2015 A fun show with a solid bill, top to bottom. Keep an eye out for a report with copious photos from Globe shooter Ben Stas at metal e-zine Invisible Oranges; meanwhile, read what Ben wrote about
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Album review: Iron Maiden, The Book of SoulsBoston GlobeSeptember 4, 2015 Another one from last Friday…this actually shared a page with my Scorpions feature story, which made for a rather interesting impression on folks who mostly knew me for my work in The New York Times, which was about 99.99999995 percent about classical/concert music. @nightafternight
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Scorpions, by Oliver Rath "Scorpions celebrate a half-century, on record and onstage"Boston GlobeSept. 4, 2015 Did you know that the venerable German metal band Scorpions turns 50 this month? Neither did I… and according to this interview (and others I've read), neither did founding guitarist Rudolf Schenker until he went looking for an old tape
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Mick Thomson and Sid Wilson of Slipknot, by Matthew Shelter for Rolling Stone Slipknot + Lamb of GodXfinity Center, Mansfield, MA, Aug. 4, 2015RollingStone.comAugust 5, 2015 Much to my surprise and delight, my debut writing about music for Rolling Stone, to which I'd previously contributed a sizable Doctor Who feature last fall. I'm grateful
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Slayer, by Benjamin Stas/Boston Globe Slayer at the Sinclair, April 29, 2015Boston GlobeMay 2, 2015
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Abyssal Gods by Imperial Triumphant Album review: Imperial Triumphant, Abyssal GodsBoston GlobeMarch 10, 2015 Easily the best new metal album I've heard this year. Anyone with a taste for adventurous extreme music is urged to investigate; for anyone already into bands like Deathspell Omega and Gorguts, this is a welcome necessity. Also worth your time:
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