Metal Around The Web: May 2008

From time to time I let you know about some metal writing from other sites or magazines that caught my eye. Reviews, interviews, commentary, doesn't matter what it is, as long as it relates to metal and it's good I'll pass along the links to you. Here's the latest batch:

Remember Iann Robinson? He was the metal guy on MTV a few years back. He's written for several different places over the years, and is now doing his thing for None Louder. I really enjoy reading him because he knows his stuff and is brutally honest. He's not afraid to rip a band to shreds. Here are a couple of his recent reviews, one positive and one negative:
Burzum - Anthology
Burning Skies - Greed, Filth, Abuse, Corruption

Another site not afraid to pull any punches is MetalSucks. Their combination of metal knowledge, humor and fearlessness always makes a good read. Here are a couple recent interesting posts from them:
God Forbid's Dallas Coyle On Artistic Expression
On Metal Production

Ray Van Horn's The Metal Minute has timely reviews, news and interviews. I really enjoyed his post The Zen Of The Monster Ballad.

Chronicles Of Chaos has a good interview with Deicide's Steve Asheim as they release their latest CD.

Decibel is a great metal magazine, and they post a lot of their stuff online. J. Bennett wrote an interesting piece on Children Of Bodom that was the latest issue's cover story.

And if you like podcasts, make sure to check out Talking Metal. You've probably seen their show on Fuse, but it all started as a podcast. John Ostronomy and Mark Strigl talk with a lot of different artists on the podcasts, and them talking about metal amongst themselves is also interesting.