King Diamond Aris Hunter Wales The first time King Diamond performed on American soil was in 1984 while fronting Mercyful Fate; their first stop was in Portland, Oregon. Whether you know that fascinating trivia tidbit or not, if you’re a part of Portland’s metal community, you were either at King Diamond on Tuesday night, or […]
Aris Hunter Wales
Aris Hunter Wales is the Mercury's resident, denim-clad rocker and Blazers beat writer. If he's not clenching a fist while lauding the loud and heavy, he can be found sitting on press row at a Trail Blazers' game wearing a crisp suit with neatly combed hair.
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Blazers Recap: The 76ers Do the Hustle In the Final Seconds, Blazers Lose, 129-128
Photo By Bruce Ely / trailblazers.com To celebrate their 50th season as a franchise, the Trail Blazers are doing decade themed games throughout this monumental season. Last night was dedicated to the ’70s, and the Blazers and everyone in the organization pulled out all the stops. TV broadcaster Lamar Hurd donned a proper pimp outfit […]
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Blazers Recap: Preseason Opener! The Trail Blazers Turn 50, Lose To Nuggets 105-94.
Bill Schonley rang in the first “Rip City, Baby!’ to start the Trail Blazers 50th season! Photo By Bruce Ely/Justin Tucker – trailblazers.com And just like that, it’s Trail Blazers season again. All that stress and heartbreak from the previous season is completely forgotten, and a fresh season fills every Blazer fan with nothing but […]
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Portland Metal Band Soul Grinder Violates Visually and Sonically
Soul Grinder’s three years of woodshedding and shocking crowds has brought them to the cusp of self-releasing their debut album, The Prophecy of Blight.
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Live Review: Judas Priest at Moda Center, Sat June 22, 2019
If you’re interested in watching a metalhead lose their shit, pose this question to them and stand back: If you could only listen to Iron Maiden or Judas Priest for the rest of your life, which one would you choose? Their eyes will bug out of their head, they’ll need some time to dissect each […]
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Blazers Recap: 1-2-3-4 Overtimes?!!! Blazers Win, 140-137, Lead The Series 2-1!
How many?!! Photo By Bruce Ely / trailblazers.com There’s no arguing that the first round of this year’s playoffs was a contentious contest for the Trail Blazers, but boy howdy, this semi-finals bout against the Denver Nuggets is proving to be just as heated. The Blazers’ game two win on Wednesday in Denver was literally […]
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Blazers Playoff Recap: Game One—The Blazers Quiet The Thunder, 104-99!!
Photo By Bruce Ely / trailblazers.com Sports Illustrated published an article this week ranking the opening round match-ups of this year’s playoffs from most to least watchable. And wouldn’t you know it, the Trail Blazers versus the Oklahoma City Thunder was ranked number one. All rabid fandom and loyalty aside, there is no arguing with […]
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Blazers Recap: The Pistons Misfire In the Final Two Minutes, Blazers Win 117-112!!
Winning… Photo By Bruce Ely / trailblazers.com Not to jinx it, but the Trail Blazers have been pretty healthy this season. The only injuries they’ve dealt with have been anything but catastrophic. Maurice Harkless has been in and out with shoulder issues, Evan Turner has had a bum knee, and of course CJ McCollum had […]
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Blazers Recap: The Blazers Shroud the Suns, 127-120!!
Photo By Bruce Ely / trailblazers.com On Thursday, during the halftime portion of the Trail Blazers verses Thunder broadcast on TNT, Kenny Smith and Charles Barkley claimed they saw the Blazers in the finals this season. Not the Western Conference Finals, the Finals. While much of the content of said halftime broadcast is just a […]
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Blazers Recap: The Blazers Pluck The Pelicans, 128-112!! And HOLY MOLY, Jake Layman!!!
Photo By Bruce Ely / trailblazers.com It’s official. Jusuf Nurkic is a legit big man. All you nay sayers out there…it’s time to zip it. If his bundle of double-doubles wasn’t enough, the Bosnian Beast finally logged his first triple-double against the Cavaliers on Wednesday – a perfect ten points, ten assists, ten rebounds, with […]
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Blazers Recap: The Blazers Rock The Rockets, 110-101!
Photo By Bruce Ely / trailblazers.com The Trail Blazers hosted the Houston Rockets last night for game two of a burly double header. Friday night the Oklahoma City Thunder were in town, and the Blazers lost a tight one, 111-109. Paul George and Russell Westbrook proved tough to contain and put up 68 points combined. […]
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Blazers Recap: The Blazers Ring the 76ers’ Bell, 129-95!!
Photo By Bruce Ely / trailblazers.com Well, the last game of 2018 is in the books. Thankfully it saw the Trail Blazers completely manhandling the Philadelphia 76ers, 129-95. Yes, the Blazers ended 2018 on an epic high note, but the end of the year is always a time for introspection. A time to look back […]