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The Obelisk Radio Add of the Week: Against the Grain, Surrounded by Snakes
Bouncing Motörhead via Zeke influence off thicker heavy rock tonality and periodic bouts of metallic shuffle, Against the Grain storm out of the proverbial gate with Surrounded by Snakes. The 12-track...
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Church of Misery Announce North American Tour Dates; New DVD Coming
Supporting their earlier 2013 release, Thy Kingdom Scum (review here), Japan’s resident serial-killer-obsessed lords of Sabbathian stonerized doom madness Church of Misery will return to US shores...
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Against the Grain Announce Winter Tour Dates and Motor City Speed Rock 10″ Vinyl
If I’ve learned one thing in this still-pretty-new New Year, it’s that there’s going to be a ton of shit going on all the time, and on that level, kudos to Detroit four-piece Against the Grain for...
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Against the Grain Announce US Tour Dates
Just a couple weeks out from losing gear in the same Detroit-area floods that took out the Small Stone Records offices, heavy rock troublemakers Against the Grain have announced they’ll hit the road...
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Lo-Pan and Against the Grain Announce Northeast Tour Dates
Before they split out for Europe in April and, presumably once reaching its shores decide never to return, Ohio fuzz rockers Lo-Pan will hit the road like they do with Detroit speedfreaks Against the...
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The Atomic Bitchwax Announce Full US Tour with Mos Generator and Against the...
Some shows are a no-brainer, and if NJ riff-winders The Atomic Bitchwax are coming through your town with Mos Generator and/or Against the Grain on the bill, that’s pretty much a night you can mark...
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Underdogma Announces Lineup for Go Down Fighting Tribute to Nazareth
It’s been a minute, but there was a time when Underdogma Records proliferated a brand of heavy rock that stood right in line with their contemporaries in the likes of Small Stone and Tee Pee. Between...
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Quarterly Review: Steve Von Till, Devil Worhsipper, Dr. Crazy, Linie, The...
Truth be told, I’ve been looking forward to this Quarterly Review since the last one ended. Not necessarily since it clears the deck on reviews to be done — it doesn’t — but just because I feel like...
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Bongzilla Announce US Tour with Black Cobra, Lo-Pan, Kings Destroy and...
Reunited Wisconsin sludgers Bongzilla will look to bring their reunion to another level in 2016. After already hitting the road hard this year, the trio are set to go coast-to-coast beginning at the...
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Heavy Metal Parking Lot 3: Two-Day SXSW Event Lineup Announced
The formidable likes of Pentagram, Weedeater, Bongzilla, Black Cobra, Kings Destroy, Lo-Pan, Mondo Drag, Venomous Maximus, Today is the Day and many more will take part in Heavy Metal Parking Lot 3...
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Speedealer, Mothership and Against the Grain Announce Southern US Tour
Dallas octane rockers Speedealer played a few gigs in November that they highlighted as a ‘return’ for the band, but they seem to have been doing shows for a while before that as well. Their last...
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Tomorrow’s Dream: 200+ of 2017’s Most Anticipated Releases
Looks like it’s going to be another busy 12 months ahead. It’s been a busy better-part-of-a-month already, so that stands to reason, but you should know that of the several years now that I’ve done...
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Against the Grain Post “Here to Stay” Video; Tour with Speedealer and...
Tomorrow night, Detroit bruisers Against the Grain head out on a tour alongside Mothership and the resurgent Speedealer. The heavy rockers continue to live up to the ethic set forth with 2015’s Road...
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Against the Grain Announce US Tour Dates
Just a couple weeks out from losing gear in the same Detroit-area floods that took out the Small Stone Records offices, heavy rock troublemakers Against the Grain have announced they’ll hit the road...
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Lo-Pan and Against the Grain Announce Northeast Tour Dates
Before they split out for Europe in April and, presumably once reaching its shores decide never to return, Ohio fuzz rockers Lo-Pan will hit the road like they do with Detroit speedfreaks Against the...
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The Atomic Bitchwax Announce Full US Tour with Mos Generator and Against the...
Some shows are a no-brainer, and if NJ riff-winders The Atomic Bitchwax are coming through your town with Mos Generator and/or Against the Grain on the bill, that’s pretty much a night you can mark...
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Underdogma Announces Lineup for Go Down Fighting Tribute to Nazareth
It’s been a minute, but there was a time when Underdogma Records proliferated a brand of heavy rock that stood right in line with their contemporaries in the likes of Small Stone and Tee Pee. Between...
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Quarterly Review: Steve Von Till, Devil Worhsipper, Dr. Crazy, Linie, The...
Truth be told, I’ve been looking forward to this Quarterly Review since the last one ended. Not necessarily since it clears the deck on reviews to be done — it doesn’t — but just because I feel like...
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Bongzilla Announce US Tour with Black Cobra, Lo-Pan, Kings Destroy and...
Reunited Wisconsin sludgers Bongzilla will look to bring their reunion to another level in 2016. After already hitting the road hard this year, the trio are set to go coast-to-coast beginning at the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Heavy Metal Parking Lot 3: Two-Day SXSW Event Lineup Announced
The formidable likes of Pentagram, Weedeater, Bongzilla, Black Cobra, Kings Destroy, Lo-Pan, Mondo Drag, Venomous Maximus, Today is the Day and many more will take part in Heavy Metal Parking Lot 3...
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