What’s going on, Butcher Crew?! It’s your Master Butcher, The Saw, and today we will be looking at an album that’s on my 2022 AOTY list — Burying Brightness by Boundaries. We all know by now that Boundaries is one of my favorite bands. The two things that draw me to their music are 1) … Continue reading Scrawl from The Saw’s Butcher Shop: Boundaries — Burying Brightness (2022) ALBUM OF THE WEEK
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Scrawl from The Saw’s Butcher Shop: I Am — Eternal Steel (2022) ALBUM REVIEW
Welcome to The Saw’s Butcher Shop! Your Master Butcher, The Saw, has to back-up about a month for a New Album Review. On September 9, 2022, one of ya girl’s favorite bands dropped their third studio album; the Texas Metal heroes, I Am. Eternal Steel (MNRK Records) is a New School Death Metal album, with … Continue reading Scrawl from The Saw’s Butcher Shop: I Am — Eternal Steel (2022) ALBUM REVIEW
Scrawl from The Saw’s Butcher Shop: The House of Horrors — HEAVY BREAKDOWN
Photo by Courtney Breen // @chewing.glass on Instagram Welcome to The Saw’s Butcher Shop. I am often asked about the different segments of my show, the categories and titles, and how I keep my torture devices ordered so as to issue beatings and stack bodies. Today we’ll take a look inside The House of Horrors. … Continue reading Scrawl from The Saw’s Butcher Shop: The House of Horrors — HEAVY BREAKDOWN
Band of the Week: Knocked Loose
Knocked Loose is easily one of my favorite bands because of their energy both on record and live. They have a distinct sound that anyone can recognize (mainly Bryan Garris’ voice), but also their heavy hitting riffs. Immediately when you listen to them, it’s like they are in your face and barking at you. They … Continue reading Band of the Week: Knocked Loose
A Beginners Guide to Metal
Recently, I have had multiple friends tell me that they want to start listening to metal. They have asked me what bands they should start off with, and that was a hard question to answer. There is SO much to unpack when talking about metal because you have SO MUCH music from different eras. Everyone … Continue reading A Beginners Guide to Metal
Songs to Listen to While Walking to Class
When walking around campus, I wonder what people are listening to on their walks to/from class. Do people know that I am blasting metal through my ear drums? Are they blasting metal? The world may never know. I like to try and see if I can guess people’s musical tastes by trying to guess … Continue reading Songs to Listen to While Walking to Class
Show Review: Vatican @ Ardmore Barbershop
You read that right, y'all I went to a show that was in the back room of a barber shop in Winston-Salem. Now, the barber shop was cool as hell. They had leather couches, mirrors as walls; they also had some band shirts, and Harley Davidson shirts! The room that the bands were playing in … Continue reading Show Review: Vatican @ Ardmore Barbershop
Metal Mount Rushmore
What’s good Butcher Crew? We all known Mount Rushmore, the massive National Memorial of some of the most important presidents of the United States. What are the bands, albums, and people that are the most important to you? In these lists below, I give my top 4 bands, albums, songs, and people, etc. that have … Continue reading Metal Mount Rushmore
Thoughts that Metalheads have Throughout the Day
What’s up Butcher Crew?! I hope all is well! Today I was walking to class and I saw a girl wearing a chain and lock around her neck and I thought, “that’s pretty damn metal.” And then it dawned on me, us metalheads view the world differently and honestly, it’s pretty funny. I keep myself … Continue reading Thoughts that Metalheads have Throughout the Day
Metal Songs for Valentine’s Day
It’s that time of the year again where all the couples go out and do cringy but cute things for each other for Valentine’s Day. But if you are like me and see this year’s February 14th as a regular Thursday, then this day isn’t exciting or eventful; and honestly, I couldn’t care less. I … Continue reading Metal Songs for Valentine’s Day