Rife with shenanigans and a willingness to enjoy themselves that most heavy metal completely eschews and mocks every chance it gets, Portland, Oregon’s Red Fang are a unique beast when it comes to all things loud. Their self-titled full-length, delivered in 2009 via Sargent House, got a huge response…

Scott “Wino” Weinrich, legendary guitarist, singer and principal figure behind such bands as The Obsessed, Saint Vitus (catch them on tour with Crowbar and Helmet in March), Spirit Caravan, The Hidden Hand, Shrinebuilder, his own Wino band and the new Premonition project, hits Mercury Lounge in Manhattan this Saturday, Feb.…

Normal Metal Skull protocol dictates at this point that I engage in some kind of preview coverage of metal albums to be released this year. But I think by now you know as well as I do that shit’s lamer than hell. All the stuff previewed is only up until…

Normally I don’t go ga-ga over some mere show dates and album tracklistings being announced, but this is Shrinebuilder, featuring Wino of Saint Vitus / The Obsessed et. al., Scott Kelly of Neurosis, Al Cisneros of Sleep / Om, and Dale Crover of the Melvins. So this is an important…