GROIN

New album, like Cadaver, Timeghoul and Morpheus Descends. http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-10472-Houston-Metal-Music-Examiner~y2010m3d4-Cosmic-Atrophy–Montis-Ex-Dementia http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-10472-Houston-Metal-Music-Examiner~y2010m3d4-Cosmic-Atrophy-interview

Texas death/speed legends Rotting Corpse, art-metal band Prong, and Soulfly (playing old Sepultura tunes) tour North America. http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-10472-Houston-Metal-Music-Examiner~y2010m2d28-Rotting-Corpse-Prong-and-Soulfly–March-3

Burzum lite. http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-10472-Houston-Metal-Music-Examiner~y2010m2d19-Burzum–Belus

No direction, so instead it’s a drone metal album with Swedish melodic death metal touches. http://www.anus.com/metal/about/blog/pivot/entry.php?id=143

Black metal got punkish, and now punk bands are absorbing black metal. Will it survive as a genre? http://www.examiner.com/x-10472-Houston-Metal-Music-Examiner~y2010m2d17-Is-punk-taking-over-black-metal-in-Texas

Thrash was a half-punk/half-metal genre from the 1980s that skateboarders liked. It’s back. http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-10472-Houston-Metal-Music-Examiner~y2010m2d16-Why-the-thrash-revival-is-happening-now

The nine burned churches in Texas may be the work of black metal fans. http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-10472-Houston-Metal-Music-Examiner~y2010m2d14-Texas-church-fires-may-be-inspired-by-black-metal

Insightful book that looks at solutions to environmental problems and avoids hand-wringing. http://www.amerika.org/2010/products/can-life-prevail-by-pentti-linkola/

After years of festering, metalcore and bedroom-window metal are in their death throes, as old school death metal and black metal rise! http://www.anus.com/metal/about/blog/pivot/entry.php?id=132

Order From Chaos, Averse Sefira and Toxodeth in Houston April 3 http://www.examiner.com/x-10472-Houston-Metal-Music-Examiner~y2010m1d17-Destroying-Texas-Fest–April-3