I saw Cross Stitched Eyes last year and they were just awesome, in the truest sense of the word.  It's British-sounding because three of them are British!  One guy was even in the UK Subs at one point.

Whitechapel, who have gone the Soulfly route ten years too late.

My recent obsession is Conan's Monnos, one of the heaviest doom albums I've heard in years.  It's got the burly guitar of High on Fire, the meaty wollop of Yob, the weird chanting cadences of Om, and tons of other classic influences without sounding derivative or retro at all.    That and the new Sigh have been in…

And a terrible, terrible name.

Yeah, I was stoked to see this too.  Heller's been killing it with this Retro Loud business.

I really need to check out that Occultation record.  I love Negative Plane and I also love me some Goblin.

Maybe Metallica…

No it didn't.

Okay, but it probably won't be atl-country.

Probably because Poison Idea would have stabbed them and taken their money if they hadn't moved.  Slapshot cultivated a tough guy image but Poison Idea were actual hardened criminals.

OF MURDER

That's the same card they're playing in Animal Man too.

This is the Bendis school of writing - no character acts consistently between any two books, even if he writes them both.

I support this endeavor.

I love when people use Manowar as an example of "real" something.  Do you believe in Santa, too?

Strong words from a B.O.C. fan.  I'm not gonna disagree, but there's a couple of Thin Lizzy records that might wanna have a few words with you.

No Hendrix, Deep Purple, Motorhead, Thin Lizzy…the mind reels.

I think you just ruined my day.

Exactly nothing.

Despite being born-again and a Republican, Alice is pretty hard to dislike.  He still comes across as humble, funny and smart in interviews and seems genuinely grateful to have lived through the seventies at all.  I've never seen him evangelize or pass judgement or try to push his beliefs in public (though it may have…