An Announcement

As I had feared, the daily grind of my day job has consumed my every move, and this has led me to make a drastic and necessary decision. I made this decision about a week ago, but have only now decided to finally make it a public announcement:

I will no longer be involving myself in my writing activities with Outburn Magazine and ReGen Magazine.

I guess this is my retirement from writing. Kind of weird to call it that, but thats what it feels like. It was a nice run. I enjoyed every moment until the last several months when it seemed impossible to find the time and energy to focus on writing professional grade reviews. There are many other reasons why I am hanging it up, and I contemplated airing my grievances here in this blog entry, but I think its best that I remember the 99% good times and leave the 1% bad out of it. No need to tarnish a fun legacy.

I wrote over 2000 reviews, interviewed bands such as Type O Negative, Unearth, Zoar, Reflux, As I Lay Dying and several others, and wrote several show reviews. I met many great artists, industry personnel, as well as label owners, and gained access to shows and back stage areas based on these credentials. Best of all, I amassed a novels worth of experiences and better than that, I gained hundreds of meaningful and lifelong friendships.

I did 11 years as a rock photographer. Then I did 11 years as a journalist. I would like to say that I am now going to spend the next 11 years concentrating on the podcast, but I am already 5 years in to that venture. Does that mean that I have only 6 years left with Razor Blade Dance Floor? Maybe. Maybe not.

Only time will tell.

Here is the updated list of industrial rock/metal releases to look forward to this year.

• Mindless Faith – Just Defy (Out Now! Released January 1)
• Skold – Tonight (Out Now!)
• The Morlocks – The Outlaw of Fives (Out Now!)
• Scream Machine – The Chronicles of Sin (Out Now! Released January 13)
• Buck Satan & The 666 Shooters – Bikers Welcome! Ladies Drink For Free (Out Now! Released January 17)
• Tactical Module – Fragility Complex (Out Now! Released January 17)
• Stahlmann – Quecksilber (Out Now! Released January 20)
• Megaherz – Gotterdammerung (Out Now! Released January 20)
• Mindplotter – Event Horizon (Out Now! Released January 20)
• Julien-K – We’re Here With You (Out Now! Released January 23)
• Killing Joke – Down By The River (Live) (Out Now! January 31)
• Seismatik – Someone Like You (Out Now! Released February 1)
• VTG – Dance Floor Game Remixed (Out Now! Released February 9)
• Deconbrio – Voyeur (Out Now! Released February 12)
• Stiff Valentine – America In-Breeding (Out Now! Released February 14)
• The Beauty of Gemina – Iscariot Blues (Out Now! Released February 14)
• Eisbrecher – Die Hölle muss (Out Now! Released February 14)
• Morbid Angel – Illid Divinum Insanus: The Remixes (February 28)
• Inure – The Offering (February 28)
• Everything Goes Cold – The Tyrant Sun (February 28)
• Marilyn Manson – Born Villain (February 2012)
• Thira – Ascension Construct EP (February 2012)
• Ministry – Relapse (March 27)
• I, Parasite – Beneath the Floor (April 6)
• Lords of Acid – Deep Chills (April 10)
• 16volt – Wisdom (Reissue) (April 10)
• Unit:187 – Transfusion (April 13)
• Prong – Carved In To Stone (April 24)
• The Rabid Whole – Refuge (End of April)
• Man.Machine.Industry – Lean Back, Relax, and Watch the World Burn (Early 2012-Febraury or March?)
• Nanochrist – Erase The Sky (April/May)
• Jenx – Enuma Elish (May 11)
• 16volt – Skin (Reissue) (May 22)
• KMFDM – Amnesia (Single) (May 22)
• Killing Joke – 2012 (Early 2012)
• How To Destroy Angels (Untitled) (Early 2012)
• September Mourning – (Untitled) (Early 2012)
• 16volt – LetDownCrush (Reissue) (June 2012)
• 16volt – SuperCoolNothing (Reissue) (July 2012)
• Electronic Saviors Volume 2: Recurrence – (Spring 2012)
• 9th Evolution – Retro Americana (2012)
• Klank – Urban Warfare (2012)
• Deadstar Assembly – (Adorned In Thorns) (2012)
• dreDDUp – Nautilus (2012)
• Dead Animal Assembly Plant – All My Heroes Are Dead (2012)
• Fear Factory – The Industrialist (Late 2012)
• SMP – (Untitled) (2012)
• Artifact – (Untitled) (2012)
• Filter – (Untitled) (2012)
• I:Scintilla – (Untitled) (Summer 2012?)
• Pitchshifter – (Untitled) (2012)
• Twitch The Ripper – (Untitled) (2012)
• Virus Cycle – (Untitled) (2012)
• Nvein – (Untitled) (2012)
• Gravity Kills – (Speculative)
• Nine Inch Nails (Speculative)
• Prude (Speculative)
• Chemlab – Machine God Down (Speculative)
• Chemlab – Feast of Burnt RAM (Speculative)