And you are?

What a preamble! No, OK, that’s a good question. I am Brian Krasman, writer/editor/griller/drinker/lover of all metal. I’ve been writing for as long as I can remember, and I’ve been doing it professionally since 1997. People pay me real money for this! Not THIS, but you get what I mean. I’ve loved metal in all of its forms since I was about 11 or 12. Before that, I was afraid of it because I went to Catholic school and they taught us we’d wind up in hell right next to Bruce Dickinson, Glenn Danzig and the Eagles (true story!) if we got caught up in this filth. The Eagles! Eventually I realized how ridiculous that was, and it’s been downhill on a straight road to hell ever since. I wonder if Don Henley will be surprised when he meets Satan.

A year or so ago, I thought one of my main outlets for writing about metal was going away. I reached out to a friend at one of the labels with which I deal, and this person helped me land gigs at Metal Maniacs, Metal Army America, Outburn, and Metaleater. I’ve since added Metalreviews.com to the resume. But along the way, I had more than one person ask why I don’t start my own blog. Uh, not sure? Probably because I felt that no one had any idea who I was, so why would they care about my opinion? Perhaps that’s still the case. And if it is, that’s fine. I don’t pretend to take myself all the seriously, even though I do put a lot of time and effort into my work and love writing about metal.

For the most part, my reviews tend to be more positive. Here’s why: With the limited amount of space I have from these sites, I want to focus more on bands that I find to be worthy of the space. I’m certainly not against trashing a band if need be (hello, Engell), but I figured, why waste time shining a light on something bad, when I can do good? I am fully aware of how lame that sentence sounds, but you get what I mean. I expect that will change here. It’s my space, my time, so I can cover more ground.

In addition to the metal, I’ll be talking about my grilling expeditions, what kinds of brews I am enjoying at the moment, what desserts I find fun. Hopefully if people start reading this, they’ll share some of their stories too. Also, because I do like more music other than metal, I’ll pick a day to highlight some of that. I’m thinking Friday. We’ll see.

Hopefully, this site will look better soon. This post is just to get a feel for how to post, and if anyone happens to actually read it, all the better. Working on a banner and other ways to spruce this up. Ideas and suggestions are most welcome.

So that’s it. Meat, Mead, Metal. What else does a man (or lady) need? I’m off to give the new Liturgy another listen and to watch Pitt potentially blow this game against UConn. Take care…

Brian