Jason Roche

See also: Intronaut's Tour Diary II: Buying Weed in the Middle of Nowhere Intronaut's thunderous blend of sludge-doom and post-rock (most recently on display in their 2010 album Valley Of Smoke) has earned critical praise as well as tours with metal luminaries such as Mastodon, Isis, and Animals As Leaders......

In the world of heavy metal, the most critical component for long-term success is a killer live show. Even back in the era before the record industry imploded, the bands that got the most devoted fan bases were the ones that could fucking bring it live. All of the shows......

Everyone has that one friend with whom intelligent conversation is a strain. You'll never share your deepest feelings with them. Most of your time spent together will comprise of burning things, getting in fights, and lifting weights. But damn if they aren't fun to hang out with anyway. This friend......

See also: *The Top Ten Los Angeles Albums Of 2011 *Top Ten Los Angeles Metal Albums of 2011 *Top Five Los Angeles Jazz Albums of 2011 There was a lot that was great on the metal scene in 2011, from The Big Four's show in April to Prosthetic Records picking......

It may be sad when your favorite band breaks up, but in metal anyway, some of the genre's most seminal groups haven't been staying that way very long. And, in some cases, they've come back stronger than ever. But what exactly constitutes a comeback? Any group can spend two weeks......

See also our post on Kyuss Lives: Five Reasons To Embrace The Group Without Josh Homme See also: Our Kyuss Lives Photo Slideshow Kyuss Lives The Wiltern 11/18/11 Better than...16 years of waiting to see members of Kyuss perform these songs live. John Garcia, Nick Oliveri, and Brant Bjork have......

Boris plays the El Rey Theatre tomorrow night, Saturday, November 12. The Japanese experimental rock group has carved out a dedicated fan base by constantly switching things up. Stoner rock, lurching doom metal, psychedelic pop, and noise-drone are just a few genres they've explored since forming in the mid-'90s. As......

Judging by the feedback we received from our post on instrumental metal bands, many of you out there in blogland are Animals As Leaders fans. In fact, a few of you took umbrage when we ranked the group's guitarist Tosin Abasi at number two in our top metal guitarists under......

Trademarks such as death-growl vocals and vicious blast beat drumming have caused the term "heavy metal" to be associated in 2011 with the most guttural sounds that can be produced by mankind. It's very easy to forget that prior to the mid-1980s emergence of subgenres like death metal, black metal,......

Between 1988 and 1995, desert-rockers Kyuss made a valiant effort to save rock 'n' roll. The band's mixture of Black Sabbath-style riffs and a laid-back desert attitude helped them establish the genre of stoner rock. Though not a commercial success at the time, their shadow looms large over rock and......