Heavy metal has always paired well with horror. The album covers, the lyrical content, the feeding of celebrities to your god on stage (thanks, GWAR!) — it all lends itself to an image of fear and darkness. Well, Phil Anselmo of Down and Pantera is taking things to their logical conclusion.
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Black Sabbath reenters studio with Ozzy, 35 years later
13. This number, above most others, has a superstitious history — buildings built without 13th floors, Friday the 13th, and historic associations with bad luck. But in 2013, heavy-metal forefather Black Sabbath is taking that number back with the release of its new album, 13, to be released in June.
Experience “Vertigo” with 3D PVT vid
PVT: Homosapien (Felte, 2/12/13)
Released yesterday, PVT’s Homosapien is a “retro” record with “distorted vocals and musical minimalism” delivering “a melancholy experience.”
Resurrecting a MHz Legacy: RJD2 and Tage Future chase inspiration in “Out of Room”
MHz Legacy: MHz Legacy (Man Bites Dog, 10/30/12)
MHz was a Columbus, Ohio, hip-hop collective made up of RJD2, Jakki da Motamouth, the late Camu Tao, Tage Future (née Proto), and Copywrite. After the release of Table Scraps in 2001, another record was long rumored but never seemed to come. The 2008 death of Tao seemed to put an end to the idea.
However, last year the group reunited and rebranded as MHz Legacy to release an eponymous debut album to much acclaim. Featuring all the other original members, and guest spots from Slug, Danny Brown, Ill Bill, and more, it proved that the group had more to say.