Electric Wizard: Worship At ‘Black Masses’ JJ Koczan December 15, 2010 Columns 1 The seventh album from Dorset cult kings (and queen), Electric Wizard’s Black Masses (Rise Above) cements the band as one of the most important and accomplished acts in doom. The burgeoning genre of occult doom...
Deleted Scenes: The Last Show JJ Koczan December 15, 2010 Columns This past Friday, my now-former band played our last show at the Cake Shop in Manhattan. The weekend ensuing was full of me trying to shift from thinking about things related to the six years we were together i...
Interview with Parker Chandler of Cough: Invoke The Ritual JJ Koczan December 8, 2010 Interviews 1 Virginian doom four-piece Cough stand in line with a breed of metal dedicated to occult practices and aural misery. Taking their cues from landmark acts like Saint Vitus, EyeHateGod and Electric Wizard, the...
Deleted Scenes: Social Networking In The Age Of Who Gives A Rat’s Ass JJ Koczan September 1, 2010 Columns 1 Just this past week I signed up for a Facebook account. I’m perennially and purposefully behind on these things, mostly out of stubbornness. The account isn’t for me, but for a website I run that up until about...
