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Danzig ‘Black Laden Crown’ Review: Danzig returns with his first album of original material since 2010’s ‘Deth Red Sabaoth.’ [rating=3] Its been awhile since we’ve heard new music from Danzig: while his covers album Skeletons came out in 2015, he hasn’t released any original music since 2010’s Deth Red Sabaoath. But that’s about to change with […]
20 Years Ago Danzig Made A Techno Album For Disney’s Record Label: remembering Blackacidevil, Glenn Danzig’s lost industrial techno album. When Glenn Danzig parted ways with his “classic lineup” in 1995 (guitarist John Christ, bassist Eerie Von and drummer Chuck Biscuits), it wasn’t on the best of terms. He would also jump ship from Rick Rubin’s American […]
Original Misfits Lineup to Reunite For Riotfest 2017: Festival Confirms Reunion via Official Press Release They said it would never happen. They’ve hated each other for years. They even had a Hot Topic lawsuit. But today Riotfest confirmed that the original Misfits lineup, featuring frontman Glenn Danzig, bassist Jerry Only and guitarist Doyle Wolfgang Von […]
Danzig ‘Blackest of The Black’ Austin, TX Concert Review: Devilish Metal was alive and well at Stubbs’ Waller Creek Amphitheater. [rating=4] Even in a city as hipster-centric as Austin, a week bookended by two ACL Festival installments is pushing it. So thank God (I mean Satan) for Danzig’s Blackest of the Black Festival, which added a […]
Happy Birthday Glenn Danzig: Celebrating 60 Evil Years: a look at 60 devilish years in the life of the metal/punk icon. Rocker Glenn Danzig turns 60 on June 23rd, 2015. And he shows no signs of mellowing with age, with a summer tour and three new albums in the works. Click here for my 2014 Glenn Danzig interview […]
Housecore Fest Concert Review: Danzig/Samhain at Emo’s: moody metal frontman closes Housecore Horror Fest in style: The 2014 Housecore Horror Fest came to a close at Emo’s on Sunday in suitable fashion: after the old-school thrash of Dallas’s Warbeast and the sloppy sludge of Eyehategod, it was time for Danzig. Click here for my exclusive 2014 […]
Glenn Danzig Interview: Housecore, Samhain and a Busy 2015. The veteran rocker discusses his upcoming HHF set and busy musical plans for next year. Glenn Danzig has a reputation for being a difficult interview, but he was friendly and approachable when I spoke with him about his upcoming Danzig/Samhain performance at Austin’s 2014 Housecore Horror Film Festival. […]
Concert Review: Danzig redeems himself after the Fun Fun Fun Fest Fiasco with a blistering set of his punk and metal classics. [rating=5] Last time Danzig played the TX capital it was a bad scene. His shortened, delayed set at Austin’s FunFunFunFest has now become legendary, where according to promoters he went into diva mode. So […]
Danzig Celebrates Band’s 25th Anniversary with Concert Tour… UPDATE: Read my review of Danzig’s Austin Show. Exciting news for Danzig fans: 2013 marks the 25th anniversary of the band Glenn Danzig formed in 1987. And to celebrate they’re hitting the road. The first leg will be U.S. dates, followed by a European tour. Adding […]
The Top 40 Most Underrated Singers in Rock Part 3 Okay, here we are for the last installment of the 40 vocalists that deserve far more credit then they’ve been given by the music industry at large. If you missed part 1 & 2 , catch up here and here. I’ll have YouTube links to […]
