S.L. Neechski, Author at HARDTIMES

April 16, 2024

Strapping Young Lad might be the weirdest metal band from Canada that ever caught any mainstream attention. Originally founded by…

December 19, 2023

Municipal Waste are the premier crossover thrash band from Richmond, Virginia, and for most of their existence has been composed…

December 12, 2023

Like politicians, serial killers tend to have an unjustifiable amount of self-esteem. They see what they’re doing as art or…

November 24, 2023

Lamb of God is a groove metal band from Richmond, Virginia. The classic line-up—vocalist Randy Blythe, guitarists Mark Morton and…

November 19, 2023

It happened again. You had an argument with your child. But this time, something was different. Instead of the usual…

October 30, 2023

Subcultures tend to take themselves way too goddamn seriously. That’s why Type O Negative’s sarcastic take on gothic metal was…

October 23, 2023

Megadeth is a thrash metal band founded in 1983 and is considered one of the genre’s Big Four. The band’s…

September 23, 2023

Ever wished that Slayer’s pathological need to play at cokehead speed was combined with the earworm serpentine riffing of Metallica?…

September 4, 2023

It’s a waste of time trying to explain the appeal of grindcore to you—or anyone, for that matter. You get…