In the spirit of Xmas, I give you . . . Electric Wizard!

Read my Metalunderground review of this killer new sludge-doom opus from these Brits . . . Merry Metal Christmas to one and all . . .

Firefighters Snap Up Movie Jobs; Bring on the Death Metal!

Ever wanted to hand out band-aids to Tom Cruise and Mel Gibson on movie sets for $50-an-hour? Get in line, cause you'll have to join the stage hands union and compete against moonlighting firefighters and EMTs. Read my report in today's Boston Herald.

Also did a spread on the Worcester Metal Fest, which rolls into The Palladium Friday and Saturday. Best quote: "It’ll be totally fun and totally metal as fuck!” - Admiral Nobeard, also known as Pat Henry, bassist for New Jersey "pirate metal" band Swashbuckle.

Read it here . . .

Pretty boy to play world's most notorious killer guitarist

Cute little vampire boy Jackson Rathbone from the teenie bopper flick "Twilight" has been tapped to play killer Burzum frontman Varg Vikernes aka Count Grishnackh in "Lords of Chaos," a new flick based on a book about the blood-drenched, scandal-plagued Norweigian black metal scene of the 1990s.

Vikernes (that's him smiling in a Norway court as he was sentenced to 21 years) was released from jail this week after serving 16 years for brutally stabbing to death Mayhem guitarist Euronymous (above, in corpsepaint during better times) in 1993. Oh yeah, and Vikernes also burned down a bunch of churches.

Tough task for this kid . . .