After more than a decade in hibernation, one of Richmond’s most revered underground metal gatherings is clawing its way back to life. Heart Of Winter, the black metal and doom-heavy festival that helped define an era of the city’s DIY extreme metal scene, is...
Most metal-savvy people in Richmond are at least somewhat aware of Cannabis Corpse, and are therefore aware of Josh Hall, or Hallhammer, through his drum work with Cannabis Corpse and Six Feet Under. On the other side of the recording booth, Hallhammer has also made a name for himself through work with Municipal Waste, Bat, and Iron Regan and if...
With the release of their sophomore EP, Worst New Artist, RVA’s Clever Girl taps into a classic punk drive with a pop feel. Momentum does not waver through the five-song EP however, a dynamic rhythm section and thought out guitar thwarts any dullness. Clever Girl is made up of Ryan Cacophony (bass/vocals), Chris Durgin (drums), Derek Shelton...
“If you hold my beer, I think I can make it,” I said to Ben. Handing him my beer, bracing myself with his free hand, I stretched as far as my legs would go to make it from the pillow on the floor up to the tiny recliner where he was perched, feet carefully up in the seat. When I made it without falling or touching the floor, the room erupted in...
“If you hold my beer, I think I can make it,” I said to Ben. Handing him my beer, bracing myself with his free hand, I stretched as far as my legs would go to make it from the pillow on the floor up to the tiny recliner where he was perched, feet carefully up in the seat. When I made it without falling or touching the floor, the room erupted in...
With the release of their sophomore EP, Worst New Artist, RVA’s Clever Girl taps into a classic punk drive with a pop feel. Momentum does not waver through the five-song EP however, a dynamic rhythm section and thought out guitar thwarts any dullness. Clever Girl is made up of Ryan Cacophony (bass/vocals), Chris Durgin (drums), Derek Shelton...
Break out your left handed scissors and your green sweaters, Okilly Dokilly, the nation's only Ned Flanders tribute band (or heavy Nedal) is coming to the Broadberry this Thursday, 3/30. The Phoenix-based band's members include Head Ned, Red Ned, Thread Ned, Stead Ned and Bled Ned, and in an interview with RVAMag, Head Ned broke down how the...
RVA's Iron Reagan are back with a messy new video shot and produced here in Central VA, and if you look close enough you might see you or your friends face getting smashed. Shot, directed and edited by local filmmaker Dennis Williford, "A Dying World" includes shots from the president head graveyard as well as footage from recent shows at The...
RVA's Iron Reagan just released a video for their song "Fuck the Neighbors" off their latest album and it is spectacular and everything that is metal, well as metal as clay people can be. The claymation video shows a clay Iron Reagan attempting to throw a house party while dealing with a dorky, annoyed neighbor. Spoiler: Iron Reagan doesn't give...
Shortly after the release of 2014’s False Light, people’s ears finally started perking up to Unsacred’s sound. Perhaps it was an article in another popular publication that awoke some, maybe a savage live performance for others. The point is, one of the many gems of Richmond’s contemporary music scene emerged anew two years ago, a lean, taut...
