Sour Grapes
Sometimes, you reach a point when you realize you’re just….done. And now, I’m just plain done listening to musicians complain. Amateurs complain about how people don’t support the “scene”, or woefully contemplate why they aren’t breaking through when the truth is that they aren’t contributing anything special or innovative. I am done hearing mid-level bands […]
Doc’s Top 10 Records of 2014
For some reason or another, no metal website asked me for my top albums list this year, so I figured I would release the list on my own. I should probably include a few disclaimers beforehand: First, I listed my favorite albums that I have listened to in the last year, not necessarily the albums that […]
Rebel Noise Group Plan November East Coast Dates
The East Coast chapter of Rebel Noise Group has booked a few Tri-State area gigs for November 2014. If you aren’t familiar with RNG, it is an All Star collective of professional Metal and Rock musicians lead by Doc Coyle whose current and former members include Tommy Vext (Divine Heresy, Snot), Kenneth Schalk (Candiria, Fuel), […]
Unlocking the truth about Unlocking the Truth
Unless you’ve been living under a rock or are just oblivious to who has been making noise in heavy music for last year, than you probably have some familiarity with teenage, upstart metal band from Brooklyn, NY, Unlocking the Truth. Starting as an instrumental two-piece rocking out in Times Square as street performers, the duo’s […]
This Is The End
“This is the end!” This is the emphatic, anthemic line in the God Forbid opening track from the album IV: Constitution of Treason, which was released during the peak of our powers in 2005. In fact, it wasn’t the end. The end came much later. At the time, it felt like we were invincible, destined […]
Vagus Nerve Announces First Ever Live Performance
After a couple years of trading files, false starts, long drives to jam, hiccups, looking for band members, my rock project turned actual band, Vagus Nerve, has decided to make it’s first live appearance ever at Saint Vitus Bar in Brooklyn, NY this Saturday night, March 22nd. This show is all due to the […]
Guest Guitar Solo for Rey Fonseca (Karma Never Forgives)
This is a solo I did for one of my oldest good friends, Rey Fonseca, who is a guitarist, songwriter, and artist. He is known for playing with such bands as Agents of Man, Maximum Penalty, and too many more to name. He helped design my new Robocop themed custom guitar pick, and in turn, […]
Guest Guitar Solo for Vext
Over the next few weeks, I will be releasing a handful of guest guitar solo’s I’ve done for a few friends. It’s all stuff I’ve done in the past year or so, and will give you a good idea of how my lead playing has been developing. It’s always a challenge writing solo’s for me. […]
The Cookie Crumbles
As a write this, I am doing my best to arise from a creative malaise. It’s no revelation to most of us “artists” that creativity is a muscle that weakens without consistent use. The blank canvas, empty page, or barren Pro Tools session can seem like a tall mountain climb when you haven’t produced in […]
I am Playing Bass with Unearth on their Fall Tour
I will be filling in on bass guitar for Unearth bassist, John “Slo” Maggard, on their upcoming US tour as direct support to the legendary Sepultura on the “Tsunami of Metal Tour” also featuring Kataklysm, Dark Sermon with Scar The Martyr and Anciients featured on select dates. I have to say it is a […]
