Eli. Extremely. Lactose. Intolerant.

It's over. Slayer had an incredible run, from self-financing their first
record on Metal Blade to metal megastar status. Gary Holt can be
thanked for his services to Slayer and continue to make mediocre music
with his lousy vocalist in Exodus and Slayer can proudly retire, knowing
they did it their way, all the way.

Goon. Goon, Goon, Goon, Goon, Goon.

"A lot of bands retooled themselves to cash in on the hair metal boom.  I expect a lot of them seriously regretted it a few years later.'

They never did get to share the stage with Bathory… how unfortunate.

Romeo Blue. I heard he dated Lisa Bonet.

"The end of the world in our usual bed on a night full of rain"

"…so what else was I gonna do on a Saturday night?" Hmm… was USA "Night Flight" still on at the time? "Night Flight" when they showed all sorts of twisted, bizarre, iunderground film and video that a small town kid like me could find nowhere else… That show was a revelation in the early days of cable TV.

My Cheerios don't taste the same.

Agreed, The UMD. I, too, was crushed when we lost Sepultura after "Beneath The Remains" (some might argue "Arise"). "Schizophrenia" remains an underground masterpiece, then and now. It is perhaps Sepultura's finest hour, and certainly my favorite of their albums. And some killer album cover artwork. "Escape — to the…

Halford + Reznor - Priest = Two

Shambling Mound.

I saw them at the masonic Temple in Brooklyn and it was an extraordinary, noisy affair in all of its earsplitting splendor.

I miss Enigma Records.

Daniel. One word… Pikachu.

I saw Ned's (as well as Catherine Wheel, Elastica, Belly, General Public, Bush, Duran Duran v2.0, et. al.) at the BFD2 festival, sponsored by San Francisco radio station Live 105, at the Shoreline Ampitheater in Mountain View back in June 1995. I recall that the singer for Ned's wore a loud,long-sleeved orange shirt.

"…Spartacus hits that part of my heart that remains from  my dufus teenage metalhead years." Agreed. I feel the need to blast Dark Angel or early Testament during every battle sequence.

Dorsia.

Dorsia.

This album and Swans "The Seer." Best albums of 2012.