With Bell Witch being forced to cancel at the last minute due to a medical emergency, Black Urn got bumped into the main support slot. The Something Wicked
Yob
Underground Arts, Philadelphia, June 29
July 8th, 2018 | by Brian O'Neill | published in Something Wicked | Leave A Comment »
With Bell Witch being forced to cancel at the last minute due to a medical emergency, Black Urn got bumped into the main support slot. The
Witch Mountain
Witch Mountain
May 29th, 2018 | by Brian O'Neill | published in Something Wicked | Leave A Comment »
It was a shock when Uta Plotkin left Portland doomsayers Witch Mountain in September of 2014. The vocalist had become nearly synonymous with the
Veiled
Black Celestial Orbs
April 16th, 2018 | by Brian O'Neill | published in Something Wicked | Leave A Comment »
Before there was “atmospheric black metal,” black metal was atmospheric. As the genre emerged from the Norwegian fjords in the
Gygax
2nd Edition
April 5th, 2018 | by Brian O'Neill | published in Something Wicked | Leave A Comment »
Although it was invented in the ‘70s, Dungeons & Dragons emerged as a national phenomenon in the early to mid-80s. This is when I helped form the
Ilsa
Corpse Fortress
February 20th, 2018 | by Brian O'Neill | published in Something Wicked | Leave A Comment »
There are probably several hundred sludge metal bands right now churning out charcoal-soot-encrusted streams on Bandcamp and playing tiny basement bars
Tribulation
Down Below
February 1st, 2018 | by Brian O'Neill | published in Something Wicked | Leave A Comment »
When Tribulation burst upon the scene in 2009 with The Horror, the group seemed like it would be another in a long line of solid Swedish death metal
A Perfect Circle
BB&T Pavilion, Philadelphia, November 7
November 17th, 2017 | by Brian O'Neill | published in Something Wicked | Leave A Comment »
Maynard Keenan is a recluse. He traipses off to his vineyard for years at a time, leaving fans of Tool and A Perfect Circle Goth and Metal: More in Common Than a Love for Leather
November 14th, 2017 | by Brian O'Neill | published in Something Wicked | Leave A Comment »
Gang of Four’s Andy Gill famously slagged off In the Flat Field in the NME by calling Bauhaus “a hip Black Sabbath,” but like many snarky British tabloid From Dancefloors to Mosh Pits
November 6th, 2017 | by Brian O'Neill | published in Something Wicked | Leave A Comment »
It shouldn't be shocking that metal has incorporated goth and industrial elements. Whether it was Prong covering Chrome (and later employing Raven from Killing Joke), or groups
Botanist
Collective: The Shape of He to Come
October 25th, 2017 | by Brian O'Neill | published in Something Wicked | Leave A Comment »
On first glance, Botanist is a peculiar project, but look deeper and it makes perfect sense. It started as a solo project for a guy calling