This is a features piece I wrote about ((Thorlock)) for the January issue of Eleven Magazine. The best bands have a mystique about them. Some shroud themselves in mystery and intrigue while Cape Girardeau’s ((Thorlock)) shroud themselves literally in black robes. The self-labeled extraterrestrials have been gently probing the St. Louis area metal scene for [...]

“The South will rise again.” A phrase I heard kicked around by borderline racists, good ol’ southern boys and those who just didn’t know any better all throughout my childhood in southern Virginia (and while we can argue about whether Virginia is really the South, but it really makes no difference to the person who [...]

It’s been a while since I’ve been to a metal show. Maybe even longer since I’ve been to one as good as Haarp, Nachtmystium and Eyehategod a few Monday’s back at Fubar. Part of that is my own fault. I didn’t go see Fuck the Facts last month (which I really regret. I really like [...]