I want to personally thank someone from my past today. It was the fall of 1987 in Union City when I was first introduced to the greatest metal vocalist of all time. On the playground that day I was introduced to "Holy Diver" by Eric Crawford. Eric was one of the baddest kids I knew. He smoked in 5th grade, he wore a Guns N' Roses Jacket and he carried switchblades and Chinese stars to school. He was a bad ass and he always had kick ass music. He gave me this cassette and said something like …

Decadence: A term that describes a lifestyle of excess and a complete disregard for social order. I like this term! I don't live this term, but I really want to. This week I was exposed to a new thing called "last FM". James turned me on to this and I soon discovered that I had a link to this on my xbox. Not only can I listen to all of my favorite bands, but I can also view pictures of them and read in-depth bio's about them. Last-FM also has quite the collection of extremely obscure bands …

I've often wondered what Satan looks like. Like most, I assumed he resembled the creature that appears on Dio's Holy Diver album. The big horns and the goat like face. Big muscles and eyes that could pierce through steel. Well last week I stood nose to nose with the devil and I can tell you that he is much scarier than anything we as humans could imagine. He has infinite height, strength, and power. He is every evil thought, bad deed, and unkept promise we break everyday. He is a thousand swords stabbing …

This is my first blog in awhile and I must say it has been a crazy few months. So, lets get right to it shall we! OK, I have writers block really bad! This sucks just about as much as having your fingernails pulled out while listening to John Mayer's first record. I have all these great riffs and lyrical structures in my head, but I can't fit them together. Over the last several months I have compiled around thirty incomplete song ideas and I have worked diligently to arrange them the best way I see …

 It's time I set the record straight on a few things that have been pissing me off lately. As most of you know I am usually very quiet and unassuming when it comes to matters of total injustice, but I can no longer remain silent. I'm sure that most of you are aware Nikelback played this weekend here in Indy and of course it was a three ring circus in and around Noblesville.. 25,000 idiots lined up to see a bigger idiot and his caravan of fools play a medley of three chord pop songs that are almost …