Your favorite metal guru, Bröötalisk (me), interviewed one of the biggest names in “punk metal” back on March 27th: Black Tusk. More specifically, I had something similar to a threesome with their guitarist (Fidler) and bassist (Athon). Also, look at that beard. How can you NOT interview that? My obsession with wizard-like beards beside the…
Interview with Black Tusk’s Andrew Fidler and Jonathan Athon
By Trevor Mascarenhas | Published April 21st, 2012
College Radio Tournament FINAL FOUR
By Trevor Mascarenhas | Published March 29th, 2012Your favorite station in the world, KZSC, has been in the heat of battle with other college radio stations for the past three weeks. The Great 88 has pummeled it’s way from the top 64 up to the FINAL FOUR, an accomplishment we are very proud of. Today begins the struggle to represent college radio’s…
New Loud Rock Albums For the Pledge Drive!
By Trevor Mascarenhas | Published March 6th, 2012KZSC’s Pledge Drive is upon us, and this year our Loud Rock selection is full to the brim! Here are some awesome CDs (and my personal review of them) that we are offering this year. Mastodon - The Hunter Mastodon’s new album, The Hunter, is full of the crazy awesome riffs and breakdowns that the Georgia quartet…
Interview with Machine Head’s Robb Flynn
By Trevor Mascarenhas | Published March 5th, 2012This past Saturday, I had the great fortune of interviewing one of the biggest acts in recent metal history: Machine Head’s frontman, Robb Flynn. We had some great, albeit short, discussions, one of which deals with the controversy behind their 2001 album Supercharger and the affects that 9/11 had on it. It led to some…
The Metalliest Concert Season Of All
By Trevor Mascarenhas | Published February 15th, 2012The first week of February was a good week for us metalheads. There were no less than 5 concerts announced, 3 of which were on the same day. And I’m not talking about some random metal bands you’ve probably never heard of; these are all HUGE names in the metal scene (almost as big as…
Brootalisk’s Top 5 Most Anticipated Albums: 2012 Edition
By Trevor Mascarenhas | Published January 27th, 2012It’s only been a month since the year first started, but there’s already been huge news coming from the loud rock scene. At the Drive In reunited, The Mars Volta FINALLY announced details about their new album, and Alcest showed us that they hate Americans by making us wait till January 31st for their new…
Brootalisk’s Top 10 Loud Rock Albums of 2011 (#5-1)
By Trevor Mascarenhas | Published December 23rd, 2011Well. Here it is folks. The end of the end. Seeing as how the world is ending next year, this is the last top ten list ever. Of all time. So I hope you guys enjoy it while it lasts. I know, it’s a very solemn feeling, but I feel kind of free at the…
Brootalisk’s Top 10 Loud Rock Albums of 2011 (#10-6)
By Trevor Mascarenhas | Published December 22nd, 2011Well my fellow metal heads, it’s that time of year again. No, I’m not talking about Christmas or Hanukkah or any other “controversial” holiday. I’m talking about the top ten albums of the year. Specifically, those of the headbanging kind. I’ve listed my first 5 choices below. You’ll have to wait in eager anticipation for…
Interview with Cynic’s Paul Masvidal
By Trevor Mascarenhas | Published December 13th, 2011The metal interview train keeps on rolling (all night long?), this time with Cynic frontman Paul Masvidal. Paul’s one of those guys who you would want to meditate with in a nice cool rainforest with a light breeze and a cascading fog rolling through the trees. So why don’t you just sit back, grab a…
Interview with Obscura’s Christian Muenzner
By Trevor Mascarenhas | Published December 10th, 2011I, Bröötalisk, have once again delved into the fiery pits of Metal and have returned with yet another awesome interview. This time, with Obscura’s lead guitarist Christian Muenzner. From the 15 minutes or so I got to spend with him, he seemed like a really down to earth guy who really appreciates the art of…