Korn announces Big Sky Brewing date in Missoula

Nu-metal act Korn has announced a date at the Big Sky Brewing Company. Not my bag, but given that the band has sold 19 million albums, I know there must be some Korn-nuts around the area whose Monday just got a little brighter. Here are the show details….

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Blood in the Palace

If grand gestures are the hallmark of great heavy metal, then 3 Inches of Blood must surely be the greatest metal band on earth. At least, that’s what the band’s agent wants you to believe: According to a press release I received, the band is “the biggest defenders of traditional heavy metal….currently preparing for their massive headlining North American fall trek…their stunning new album, “Here Waits Thy Doom,” sets the new standard for new heavy metal.”

A new standard for new heavy metal – and the biggest defenders of traditional heavy metal? Sounds like they’ve got it all covered. Of course, given that their “massive” tour will stop at the non-massive Palace Lounge in Missoula, maybe they’re just masters of straight-faced overstatement. [Read More...]

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Queensryche and the queen of metal at the Wilma

Just got a press release announcing that Queensryche and metal queen Lita Ford will be blasting ear drums at the Wilma Theatre on Nov. 4. Apparently Queensryche will actually perform as Ford’s backing band for her entire set. Mindcrimes meets hair crimes! Read on for the press release…. [Read More...]

Clutch plays

Hirsute, ball-capped and heavily plaided, the members of Maryland-based hard-rock band Clutch look like they learned their fashion sense from a runway show of Charlie B’s regulars. And judging from the buzz that accompanies them when they come to town, it seems their music was pretty much tailor-made to the tastes of the local hard-rock cognoscenti. [Read More...]

The joys of doom

For those listening in from the outside, the modern heavy metal scene may seem like an angry and dark corner of our modern culture. So the first thing that may surprise you about local metal band Blessiddoom is the band’s stated motive: “Make music that makes you happy.”

Happy never sounded so disconsolate as on the band’s first full-length album, “Dystopium,” out this week on Demonlily Records.

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