About

Name: Metal Dad
Dateline: Downers Grove, IL
Weblog: hxchristian.typepad.com/metal_dad [RSS]
Articles: 16
First Published: Friday, March 10, 2006
Last Published: Friday, June 27, 2008
Writer Bio
Hardcore is a way of life. As long as you keep it real and do it from your heart, that's being hardcore. It's not a pair of baggy jeans and a band t-shirt that make you hardcore. It's a family. I count on you, you count on me. I'm husband to a remarkable wife, father to two sons and a daughter, and a network wizard in my spare time.
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  1. Music Review: Walls of Jericho - Redemption

    — Tunes with personal flavors

    REVIEW in Music on June 27, 2008

  2. Music Review: Ambitions - Stranger

    — This 13 track release is no exercise in hardcore nostalgia or trendy fashion-core.

    REVIEW in Music on October 24, 2007

  3. Concert Review: Holy Roman Empire w/The Coop at The House Cafe

    — This progressive rock band is even strong in concert than on CD.

    REVIEW in Music on July 16, 2007

  4. Music Review: Holy Roman Empire - The Longue Duree

    — Holy Roman Empire has staked out a unique position on the post-hardcore landscape.

    REVIEW in Music on July 14, 2007

  5. Immigration Bill Dies the Death

    — I was difficult to watch cinematic depictions of the battle at the Alamo and know which side to root for.

    OPINION in Politics on June 28, 2007

  6. Concert Review: Destroying All That You Love, Summer Tour 2007

    — Anger and revenge never sounded so good.

    REVIEW in Music on June 12, 2007

  7. DVD Review - Mott the Hoople: Under Review, An Independent Critical Analysis

    — This Is The Ballad of Mott The Hoople, the band who "changed their name, in search of fame, to find the Midas Touch."

    REVIEW in Music on June 10, 2007

  8. Mother's Day

    — The most incredible mother I know is my wife.

    OPINION in Culture on May 13, 2007

  9. Music Review: 7000 Dying Rats - Season in Hell

    — A Season in Hell with 7000 Dying Rats...

    REVIEW in Music on February 08, 2007

  10. Music Review: Various Artists - The Best of Taste of Chaos Two

    — A varied and enjoyable compilation from Taste of Chaos 2006.

    REVIEW in Music on January 30, 2007

  11. Music Review: Behemoth - Sventevith (Storming Near the Baltic) Remaster

    — Sventevith is a good introduction for someone unfamiliar with black metal.

    REVIEW in Music on January 09, 2007

  12. Concert Review: Cattle Decapitation, Goatwhore, Lair of the Minotaur, Daath - Burbank, Illinois

    — Death/black metal from four good bands.

    REVIEW in Music on December 04, 2006

  13. Concert Review: Sanctity of Brothers Tour, Congress Theater , Chicago - Sept. 9, 2006

    — It was good to see a crowd of metal kids and hardcore kids having a good time together and digging each other's music...

    REVIEW in Music on September 12, 2006

  14. Father's Day: Thoughts of My Father-in-Law

    — If her Mom and Dad had any misgivings about this Mexican-American high school dropout's interest in their daughter, they never expressed them to me personally.

    OPINION in Culture on June 15, 2006

  15. DVD Review: Metal: A Headbanger's Journey

    — I would recommend this to anyone, including parents, who wants to get a better idea of what metal music and culture are really like.

    REVIEW in Music on May 25, 2006

  16. Hardcore to Me

    — Times have changed and lines have blurred.

    OPINION in Music on March 10, 2006

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