Insularity is a funny thing. With globalization on everyone's mind--one way or another--it is ironic that parochialism affects the fine arts in any important way. It is not as if Pablo Picasso or ...

Today’s Crystal Viper Award for Album Covers So Metal That They Shall Someday Oxidize goes to Claudio Bergamin’s work for the new, self-titled release from Battle Beast, a band I’d like to think chose ...