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Written by Scott Cameron
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Saturday, 30 May 2009 20:52 |
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MARYLAND DEATHFEST MAY 22-24, 2009
BALTIMORE, MD. @ THE SONAR: Day 1. After departing Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on the “red-eye”, we arrived to the Baltimore Airport around 8:20am on Thursday May 21st. We took the Super Shuttle to the hotel “Tremont Plaza Hotel” and we were lucky, because check in time was at 4:00pm. We tossed our luggage in our room and went out to explore a little bit of Baltimore. We had a challenging time finding the Edgar Allen Poe house and exhibit. We found the Westminster Cemetery where Poe has a tombstone and other relatives are buried. When we finally located the Poe house, it turned out to be fucking closed for some odd reason!! Back to the hotel after a stop for some liquor and beer. Then we headed to Little Italy to this awesome Italian restaurant and we had a literal feast of kick ass food. The Crab Cakes were killer. We made it back to our hotel room and had a drink and got ready to head down to the Sonar for the Pre Party with Ghoul!
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Written by Chris Slack
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Sunday, 24 May 2009 10:03 |
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My full review (with more photos) can be found here Day 2:
My ass was kicked by ass kicked by Bolt Thrower, Pig Destroyer, Immolation, Napalm Death, Athiest and Hail of Bullets. Other bands were good too! Photos on my site, link below. We went to the American Visionary Art Museum as well, good times. Day 2 photos Day 1: Talked to lots of cool people and drank a lot of vodka. Went up front during Mayhem and took a couple of shots with my crappy point and shoot. Good times. Asphyx was fantastic but no photos, Mayhem wore me out. Day 1 photos ______________________________ Day 0: Just pictures taken around the area. We walked for a total of 10 miles today and ate a TON of killer Italian food with zero sleep. We got to hang out with a jet lagged Bolt Thrower as well. Still great dudes (I didn't see Jo Bench) after all these years. Must sleep after 36 hours without, tomorrow is the aquarium and day one of the festival. PS: I don't have a photo pass and have a lot of liquor  Day 0 photos (non-music)
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Welcome to the new and improved BLIZZARDBEAST.COM |
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Written by Chris Slack
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Friday, 30 January 2009 23:18 |
AKA The Perils of Cheap Web Hosting
After over a year with relatively good service our hosting service (Bluehost.com) decided to completely obliterate our site with no notice or explanation. In doing so they took hundreds of reviews, thousands of photos and countless forum posts with it. A number of helpdesk tickets were placed asking for assistance in recovering the site, all of which were deleted with no reply.
On a more positive note this has gotten me off my lazy ass and forced me to redesign the site and integrate a ton of new features. Everything should load much more quickly and there’s a ton of interactivity for you, our faithful readers. We have all of our old reviews and other content and will be putting it back on as time permits.
In the meantime register for the site, post to our forums, submit some reviews and other articles and enjoy your stay.
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Heaven and Hell- The Devil You Know |
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Written by Scott Cameron
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Saturday, 16 May 2009 18:06 |
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BLACK SABBATH- DEVIL YOU KNOW- 2009 *RHINO* Finally! We get the new Sab…er, I mean Heaven and Hell album. I still have a hard time calling this incarnation Heaven and Hell, but oh well, Technical issues aside, When I first heard that Ronnie James Dio, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Vinny Appice were writing and recording new material I was thrill to say the least. Let’s go back 29 years to July 19th, 1980 for a minute. I was 18 years old and was able to go to the infamous Black and Blue tour when it hit Seattle at the Memorial Stadium. Black Sabbath/Blue Oyster Cult/Molly Hatchet/Riot. What a festival that was….they should have ran with it and called it Sabfest. I have always been a huge Sabbath fan. I love the ozzy albums, the dio albums and worship the “Born Again” album with Gillan on vocals. Yes, even the Tony Martin ones I enjoyed and still enjoy to this day. But somehow the material with Dio just stands out. Fucking heavy and very memorable. The band are magic when they are together!!
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Last Updated on Saturday, 16 May 2009 18:53 |
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Interview with Ryan Waste from Municipal Waste |
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Written by Chris Slack
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Friday, 10 April 2009 11:13 |
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Thrash seems to be getting pretty big these days and coverage of modern thrash is something we’ve been somewhat lacking in. When Earache’s publicist presented me with the opportunity to meet up with Municipal Waste, one of the longest running bands in the modern thrash scene, I had to seize the opportunity. Here’s a transcript of my conversation with Ryan Waste before the Seattle leg of their tour with Lamb of God, Suicidal Tendencies, Children of Bodom and God Forbid.
Chris Slack – So first off, what is the question you are absolutely sick of getting during interviews?
Ryan Waste – What’s your craziest tour story. We also get bombarded with shit about partying ‘cuz we did that party record so that’s kind of old. I still get drunk so I can definitely roll with it though.
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