Editor’s note: Despite being a straight-edger, I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to head down with the rest of the R/R crew for the day-long-beer-snob-metal-head’s wet dream. Three Floyds‘ annual Dark Lord Day. (Supposedly) Great beer, awesome salsa, and killer tunes (courtesy of Sweet Cobra) made for an overall enjoyable time. So sit back [...]

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 [...]