Editor’s note: The days of tape-trading are long gone, but that doesn’t mean the bands of yesteryear should be doomed to garage sales and memory boxes. Where I come from, the early 90s were rife with area metal, and though I may have been too young and “grunge” to appreciate them then, I figure [...]

Editor’s note: The days of tape-trading are long gone, but that doesn’t mean the bands of yesteryear should be doomed to garage sales and memory boxes. Where I come from, the early 90s were rife with area metal, and though I may have been too young and “grunge” to appreciate them then, I figure [...]

Our heartfelt condolences go out the the friends, family and bandmates of Mat Arluck, guitar player for Chicago heavyweights Sweet Cobra, and bassist for Stabbed By Words, who passed away recently after a long battle with cancer.
Though, I didn’t know Mat on a personal level, the few times I chatted with him at shows, he [...]