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Heavy Metal Hensch
Mark Hensch offers the brutal truth on all things heavy metal. Stories include album and concert reviews, band interviews, bios and more.
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Photo: Holy Grail/Nuclear Blast Records
Holy Grail's wild 'Ride'
Holy Grail's 'Ride the Void' time travels back to metal's glory days. Published 6:47 p.m. May 5, 2013 - Comments
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Concert review: Death, Exhumed and Anciients
Death reunites and delivers a fair homage to creator Chuck Schuldiner. Published 8:55 p.m. April 29, 2013 - Comments
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Review: Anthrax, Exodus, Municipal Waste, Shadows Fall and Holy Grail
The Metal Alliance Tour proves thrash is alive and well in 2013. Published 12:59 p.m. April 19, 2013 - Comments
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Music review: Converge-'All We Love We Leave Behind'
Converge lays it all on the line with a fiercely emotional new record. Published 5:11 p.m. March 6, 2013 - Comments
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The top 10 heavy metal albums of 2012
D.C.'s Pig Destroyer takes first place over nine other excellent bands. Published 12:00 p.m. January 3, 2013 - Comments
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Concert review: Vektor, Battlemaster, Midnight Eye and Worn Out
Vektor and company debut heavy metal 2.0 in memorable fashion. Published 12:00 p.m. September 27, 2012 - Comments
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Pig Destroyer gets back to the grindstone
Grind metal greats Pig Destroyer ready their first record in half a decade. Published 12:00 p.m. September 12, 2012 - Comments
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Kunvuk reflects upon the Rapture
Sydney's Kunvuk stokes the creative fire with modern society's shortcomings. Published 12:00 p.m. August 29, 2012 - Comments
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Hour of Penance's clash with Catholicism
Rome's Hour of Penance shares their views on the Vatican, death metal and more. Published 7:17 p.m. June 19, 2012 - Comments
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Music review: Skeletonwitch's 'Forever Abomination'
Skeletonwitch keeps their wicked new album short but sweet. Published 8:27 a.m. June 12, 2012 - Comments
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Mark Hensch is a heavy metal fanatic who has been scribing about the genre since 2003. A Grand Rapids, Mich. metalhead, Mark also writes for www.thrashpit.com while serving as its editor. He maintains a recurring column there called ...
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Mark Hensch is a heavy metal fanatic who has been scribing about the genre since 2003. A Grand Rapids, Mich. metalhead, Mark also writes for www.thrashpit.com while serving as its editor. He maintains a recurring column there called "Hensch's Hometown Heroes" which spotlights unsigned heavy metal bands. He apologizes for any subsequent ear bleeds readers incur while checking out his music blog. He also writes about restaurants and mixed martial arts for the "Washington Times" in addition to extreme music.
