How long does literature really last? — Finnegan’s Wake: toss it. The Color Purple: toss it. The Old Man and the Sea: fuck it, toss it. One Hundred Years of Solitude: nope. As I Lay Dying: toss it. Some shitty best-selling self-help book from last year: ding, ding, ding, we have a winner. Keep it. Shelve it…

A brief promotional guide for (metal) musicians. I get it. You’re a musician and don’t want to think about promotional bullshit. You would rather write riffs than emails. But I’ve seen too many cool bands put out badass records and then do everything wrong when it comes to getting people…

Bashing mailboxes, huffing duster, and the rush of vandalism — The following is an excerpt from Heavy: A Memoir of Wyoming, BMX, Drugs, and Heavy Fucking Music. I first experienced the rush of vandalism during the summer of 1997, right after I finished elementary school. At the end of sixth grade, teachers told us that, in junior high, we’d have…

Eric Vernier On May 24, 2010, a nineteen-year-old metal head named Daniel Nosek suffered a fatal head injury at a Lamb of God show in Prague. Daniel started vomiting immediately after the show, complaining of an intense headache. His friends rushed him to a hospital, where he underwent emergency brain…