Lucubration

I am sure most if not all of you know that Lemmy has passed on and made his way into the eternal rock n' roll kingdom, wherever that is...

There are rock and metal songs that are catchy. Their simple and repetitive chords and relatively simplistic lyrics make them memorable and...

I'm back! Well, sort of. Some of you may know I've been kept rather occupied by my PhD-nightmare, which is now finally  submitted. ...

I haven't posted any gig reviews for a while now and you may think that I'm over them....NOT! The past few months leading up to the...

I’m sure most of you have heard that the living legend, riff virtuoso Tony Iommi has received his long overdue official recognition. He fi...

You have every right to call me lazy or any other decorative adjective. I haven't posted anything in months. Not that your life is sign...

This is a belated report on the recent Rolling Stones gig I attended. Recent being July! I know, I've been really bad in keeping up wit...

A review of the happenings at Download Festival 2013, Saturday 15th, Donington Park, UK This year I almost didn't go. Yeah, I know...

How often do you see a research paper starting off with the lyrics of a heavy metal song? Never, I can tell you that! It's not the case...

This is a new series of articles bringing you all the science bits you need to know about our favourite music genre: heavy metal [or rock n...

Unavoidably and to our amusement, arts get mingled at times. Hence, actors may sometimes come to be underutilized musical talents (e.g. J...

If no "blacks" are actually black, no "whites" are literally white, no "yellows" are really yellow, and no ...

by guest author while(TRUE){life();} This piece is dedicated to all the engineers, tech-savvies, and geeks out there. A timeline of pr...