Kaala JPA Brutal, Vicious Cycle: Agreeing with David Hall’s “Metal is the Fucking Worst”David Hall’s article, Metal is the Fucking Worst, and its arguments about transference, corporate commercialization, and the overwhelmingly…Jun 8, 2017Jun 8, 2017
Kaala JPJust 1 in a Long Line Getting Longer: Loudness Cancels US Tour After Being Denied Entry at LAXWe just noticed this on The Chicago Tribune: Japanese metal legends Loudness have had to cancel their entire US tour after being denied…Apr 20, 2017Apr 20, 2017
Kaala JPA Fireside Chat with Napalm Death’s Barney GreenwayWhen word came through the Kaala Slack that Barney, the vocalist of the legendary Napalm Death, was in Japan and willing to do an…Mar 23, 2017Mar 23, 2017
Kaala JPChasing Ghosts: An Interview With BegräbnisToday’s guest-writer is Courtney Brittan, friend of Kaala and someone we’re very excited to have contributing. If readers want to…Mar 5, 2017Mar 5, 2017
Kaala JP“I Still Have a Knife to Kill”: Tom Blood Spills His Guts About Catasexual Urge MotivationI first discovered Catasexual Urge Motivation (CUM — how great is that acronym?) when I was constantly lurking about the old Razorback…Jan 24, 2017Jan 24, 2017
Kaala JPBest of the Year of the Monkey: Chris EditionWell, 2016 turned out…interesting, shall we say? I wasn’t a big fan to say the least, but the Japanese underground music scene delivered…Jan 13, 2017Jan 13, 2017
Kaala JPBest of the Year of the Monkey: Jharrod EditionThe guys in Kaala often refer to me as “the Grind guy” or “that scumbag who never washes his scrubby beard”. Though both of these are…Jan 11, 2017Jan 11, 2017
Kaala JPBest of Year of the Monkey: Matt Edition2016 was, despite many claims, a pretty good year, at least as far as Japan’s underground was concerned. There were a whole lot of…Jan 8, 2017Jan 8, 2017
Kaala JP5 Reasons Japanese Mainstream Music Has No Teeth (And Probably Never Will)Japanese mainstream music has no teeth. It is nearly impossible to find a group, artist, album, or song that can truly be called both…Dec 30, 2016Dec 30, 2016
Kaala JP3 Reasons BABYMETAL Should Make Everyone Uncomfortable…and it has next to nothing to do with their music.Dec 27, 20161Dec 27, 20161
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