Rock Journalism

The mental journalist is different to your ordinary music journalist, the ordinary music journalist would review the latest jazz album to hit stores over coffee while the mental journalist who you will find alongside another 50 thousand metal heads screaming Maiden Maiden at a life or Death, Promo Tour.

Here are the 10 Commandments of Rock Journalism

Know your music - this is the easiest way to avoid criticism all the time.

Know your metal-Just knowing the theory behind Sabbath will not make you a metal journalist.

Be open to all forms of metal-You may already know this, but metal is the single genre within which one can find the most number of sub-genres.

Listen/watch/read before you write-This is an essential part of metal. Maybe it is due the complexity of the genre. Whatever the reason is please know what you are going to review about.

It’s not just the riff-Metal has a lot of elements within it. The most amateur metal band may produce a demo which can more complex than all the Christina Aguilera albums put together. So, when reviewing metal, draw focus onto every single aspect of it.

Have your say-You are a metal journalist, you are supposed to be loud. And Heck!Why not?Be harsh if you want to, but please be insightful too.

Be you-As obvious as it may sound, being unique is crucial.

Prepared be hammered and hammer back-This is a part of metal. The occassional hammering from whom I would like to call “the third party” may occur at any moment.

Go against the rules-That’s what metal is all about. Do not stick to the traditional “by the couch” reviews.

Finally, Just be Metal-Yes, just be metal, stay true the sound, the vibe, the lyrics, the culture.