It’s hard to believe that Rage Against The Machine’s vitriolic and groundbreaking self-titled debut full-length is over a quarter of a century old – but it is. Rage Against The Machine took Public Enemy’s political venom and infused it with metal guitars from Tom Morello, into one of the best debuts in history – not…
I don’t mince words when I say Lionize is one of my favorite musical discoveries of the last few years. I didn’t know much about them other than that they’ve with Clutch multiple times – even going so far as to be on their record label. I also won’t pull any punches when I tell…
Notes From The Past is a TNF feature dedicated to exploring past trends, genres, and bands of the past. 90’s Month rolls on with Pantera. Forget what you know about their glam metal days – they’re unimportant. What’s important about Pantera is that they popularized “groove metal”, essentially a slower-tempo version of thrash metal. Releasing…
As you probably have heard, it was quite clear during the Red Hot Chili Peppers/Bruno Mars Super Bowl halftime show, none of the instruments (save vocals) were played live. It sparked a huge debate whether they did or not, and Flea issued a statement that they indeed did not – because they were told not…
