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Heavy Metal Around the Globe
15 Words About: Monuments Live
No one really talks about the feeling metal emanates.
These guys do. No words needed.
MI Metal Update: 4.4.16
Your weekly update on upcoming shows, new releases, videos and cool metal stuff you should know about. Iron Maiden is coming to Detroit and we let you know who has new releases. BUT WAIT! THERE’S MORE… you can see what MPN product is in the spotlight this week too!
MI Metal Update 3.28.16
Upcoming MI Shows 3.29 Norma Jean, He Is Legend, & more @ Tangent Gallery [DET] 3.30 Metal Church @ The Token Lounge [WLND] 3.31 Cthulhu Entertainment 3 Yr Anniversar Show @ The Ritz Detroit [Warren] 3.31 Silverstein, Being As An Ocean, & more @ The...
MI Metal Shows Update: 3.21.16
You NEW weekly update on upcoming shows, new releases, videos and cool metal stuff you should know. Puscifer is coming to Devos Place in GR and we have the new Anthrax video here too. NEW MPN Tshirts are the cherry on top.
Infinite Design “Phases” Album Review
This band evolves! Not comfortable staying in the box of death metal, “Phases” shows how they have each grown and expanded as musicians. It flows really well from song to song. It’s heavy, while still being groovy.
15 Words About: Power Trip – Album: Manifest Decimation
Scratchy speed thrash.
Bastard child of Lemmy and Mike Muir on Vocals.
Reminiscent Hardcore Thrash.
Lamb of God Returns to the Orbit Room
Whether you have been around since the first time “Black Label” split a room for a wall of death or if it is your first time, there is a notable anticipation for the Lamb of God show Sunday at The Orbit Room. If you have been under the mind control of some other music for the last two decades, lets recap…
15 Words About: American Zombie Inquisition Live
One guitar. One voice. One man.
Infinite darkness.
Uncomfortable like the warm blanket of death.
15 Words About: Beast in the Field Live
Two-piece, marrow-rattling, soul-powered DOOM METAL.
Speakers.
They make the death blanket, epically.
15 Words About: Infinite Design Live
Triple screaming, quadruple bass with keyboards.
Progressive-American-Metal awesomeness you could say.
Upcoming album.
15 Words About: The Contortionist, Revocation, Fallujah + Live
Technical tightness blistering minds, bodies and souls.
Hungry, metal-horny crowd.
You must witness all.
15 Words About: 6 Prong Paw, Mapping the Void CD
Riffy, interesting American metal, intelligently screaming about stupid ways of the world. George Carlin included.
Machine Head Crofoot Ballroom February 9, 2015
Blah Blah Blah… its not Detroit but that’s a good thing, right? -Robb Flynn … Machine Head Set List from The Crofoot Ballroom in Pontiac Feb 2015The metro Detroit area has a few different suburbs carved out for you, purposefully made to feel as if you aren’t in Detroit… oh, but you are.
Heavyweights Battle of the Bands Round 3: Overview with Video
In the final prelim round of The Heavyweights 2015 at The Stache, we again had a veteran HW band up against some newcomers. Of All We Cherish, HW veterans, showed they had what it takes to head to the finals again, along with Anchors Calling from Grand Rapids.
Heavyweight Battle of the Bands Round 2: Overview with Video
Round 2 of The Heavyweights at The Stache (inside The Intersection) 1.30.15 The moral of this post, "there is great local metal right under your noses", begs the question... Why aren’t you sniffing it out? I know for a fucking fact that some of you are sniffing other...
Heavyweight Battle of the Bands Round 1: A Review with Video
A West Michigan Heavy Metal Tradition, the Heavyweights is in its 14th year at The Intersection. This year is the first in The Stache (the front lounge). Bringing out the bands’ fans and local metalheads young and old to bang their heads with some of the best in MI...
A Heavy Metal Bucket List
How do you want to metal before you die? I asked a bunch of metalheads that question and got awesome answers. The process also made me realize there is a difference between a bucket list and a pipe dream. A bucket list is things you can actually do. Things that are...
Other Metal Shows You Might Be Interested In…
Social media can be a pain in the ass, always trying to tell you what new things you should check out. After being hounded online with ads for “other products I may be interested in,” I realized that none of them were for metal shows. I wished they were. So, I wrote...
11 Reasons Heavy Metal IS Art
As ArtPrize takes over Grand Rapids and scads of wandering people stare at paintings of Jesus and sculptures of pigs, my mind goes to heavy metal music. I think of it as art that’s worthy of ogling. However, a lot of people don’t understand that. So, I consulted with...
More Local Bands You Should Hear
Do ya dig local metal? Here is some required listening. For information on these, and other bands, check out MoshPitNation.com Blackgate: Power thrash-tastic-ness from Grand Rapids, Blackgate is anchored on bass by Zach Flora (Flood the Desert) and drums by Ryan...
Summer Mandatory Metal
With the summer festival season upon us, concert-goers get fewer tours through Michigan, but here are some of the upcoming highlights. Find the entire list atwww.MoshPitNation.com. July 12 Tru-Burn, 6 Prong Paw and more @Louie’s Rocket Lounge (Grand Rapids) Tru-Burn...
The Internet Killed Metal and Other Sob Stories: Pt 2
Last month I began looking at how the internet changed metal – not killed it – in a comparison of metal before and after the internet. Here are some thoughts about the Internet’s role in modern metal, along with input from fellow metalheads. A New Level With all of...
The Internet Killed Metal and Other Sob Stories
“The Internet has killed metal, it’s just not the same anymore,” and other such whining has spewed out the mouths of some my fellow metal heads lately. It made me think about all the reasons I believe they were wrong. Lucky for me I have this column, and a ton of...
Ultimate Shredder Contest 2014
7 of the best guitar shredders in West Michigan compete for prizes at The Ultimate Shredder contest at The Intersection Heavyweights Finals.
