Articles by Keith Carman

High On Fire

"Frost Hammer"

PUBLISHED Feb 18, 2010

TRACK OF THE DAY: Raging away for just over a decade, Oakland, CA-based metallions High On Fire have forged their own cryptic sub-category...

Is It Metal or Is It...?

PUBLISHED Feb 18, 2010

Metalheads, it's time to put your true knowledge of our beloved genre to the quick yet definitive test. For years, many have touted the coo...

Axl Rose Dispels Rumours, Attacks Media Through Massive Twitter Freak-Out

PUBLISHED Feb 17, 2010

While opinions on the current abilities of Guns N Roses front-man Axl Rose vary widely, there's one thing we can't deny: whenever he brings...

Viacom Aims to Pay Labels Less for Music Featured on <i>Rock Band</i>

PUBLISHED Feb 16, 2010

While still one of the most popular videogames of the past half-decade, not even Rock Band is impervious to declining sales stemming from m...

Exclaim!'s Top Punk/Metal Bands You Should Be Ashamed to Like

PUBLISHED Feb 12, 2010

Once again, we must preface this list: we're not saying these bands suck. It's just that after creating some unforgettable music and reshap...

Dr. Dre Sues Death Row over Unpaid Royalties

PUBLISHED Feb 12, 2010

Well, it seems as if Dr. Dre has a chip on his shoulder that only the courts will be able to knock off. On Thursday (February 11), the ra...

Obscura

Retribution

PUBLISHED Feb 12, 2010

After the moderate success of their 2009 sophomore effort, Cosmogenesis, German tech-metal brigade Obscura work with Relapse to re-release...

Harrington Saints

Dead Broke In The USA

PUBLISHED Feb 12, 2010

There are times when musical ingenuity is essential. There are also times when the converse is just as important, occasionally within the s...