Matthew W. Sullivan, Author at Portland Mercury

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Torment Is Flesh Is Becoming a Destination Metal Festival

Matthew W. SullivanJanuary 31, 2019 4:00 amJuly 12, 2022 3:39 pm

Torment Is Flesh is becoming a destination metal festival.

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DIY Metal Festival Torment Is Flesh Returns for Its Second Year

Matthew W. SullivanJanuary 30, 2019 1:29 pmJuly 12, 2022 3:39 pm

Devil Master SHANG WHALEY Cold, gray, and rainy days don’t exactly scream “festival season,” but they’re the perfect backdrop for Torment Is Flesh. The local fest’s second installment keeps its gaze fixed on the ugly, grimy side of the extreme metal and noise underground, but this year organizers have expanded its reach. “I guess the […]

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Postmortem Procedures

Exhumed Recovers the Past

Matthew W. SullivanFebruary 18, 2015 4:20 pmJuly 12, 2022 7:59 pm

Exhumed recovers the past.

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Unconscious Competence

Revocation Heighten the Tension

Matthew W. SullivanOctober 1, 2014 4:00 pmJuly 12, 2022 7:57 pm

Through technical means, Revocation heightens the tension.

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Tonight! Revocation’s Unconscious Competence

Matthew W. SullivanOctober 1, 2014 2:29 pmJuly 12, 2022 7:57 pm

REVOCATION w/Crowbar, Fit for an Autopsy, Armed for Apocalypse, Witchburn, World Of Lies; Dante’s, 350 W Burnside, Wed Oct 1, 8 pm, $18-20, tickets While studying at Berklee College of Music, David Davidson’s teachers kept telling him to find his own voice on guitar. So he studied and borrowed from as many players as possible, […]