METAL CATS By Alexandra Crockett

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photography by ALEXANDRA CROCKETT

Brooklyn, NY

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p. 9 Johnny X (photo by Carli Davidson)p. 10-11 Brooks Blackhawk & Fred;

of Atriarch, DJ Blackhawkp. 13 Ollie Aldama & Garth,

King of the Universe; of Prey Darkness, bartender

p. 14 Stephen Ray Tyson & The Daunce; painter, writer

p. 15 Sean Farmerp. 17 Josh Edwards & Theo;

rock climber, caverp. 18 Black Metal Comedian & Alair;

comedianp. 19 Benj Cameron & Ellsworth;

of Sisuitl and Caligula Cartel, carpenter, filmmaker

p. 20 Takafumi (Hanae) Matsubara; of Gridlink, Hayaino Daisuki, and Mortalized

p. 21 Jeremiah Ratledge; of Scourge Schematic and Theories

p. 22 Henry Joseph Swanson Vance & Vash and Case; cook, father

p. 23 James & Klaus and Lilith; writer, filmographer, promoter at Death Rock Dive Bar

p. 24 (left) Kelly Davidp. 24 (right) Rob “Rawbo” Hume & Nine;

of Poison Ideap. 25 (left) Adam Vick & Rubella;

of Occult SS, graphic designer, illustrator

p. 25 (right) Samu Salovaarep. 26 Giovanni Gambetta & Sheira

and Runt; of Nyx, visual artist

p. 27 Jeff A.D.; of Birth A.D., Marduk stage manager

p. 28-29 from left to right: Evan Hardy of Dead Again; Shane Bergman & Klaus, of Hazzard’s Cure, Walken, and Winterteeth; Andrew Packer of Gypsyhawk; John Hatfield of Cliff Em All and The Cauterized; Chris Owens, audio engineer; Erik Moggridge of Aerial Ruin; Darren Amaya of Bible of the Devil; Jeff Gleason, tattoo artist (photo by Amy Thompson); Sage & Monti; Jeremy Moss & Severian, sous chef; Donald Tardy of Obituary and Metal Meowlisha; Rick Righteous of Theories; Paul Rete & Sugar, trucker; Ewenn Padovan of Totem Cat Records; Chris Manny & Liza Batz, sculptor, painter; Geoffrey Page; Rhett Davis of Gravehill

p. 30-31 Dino Sommese & Short Bus; of Ghoul, Dystopia, Carcinogen, Splatterthrash, Insidious, and Noothgrush

p. 32 John Hoppins & Gremlin and Francesca; bicyclist

p. 33 Joe Axler & Turtle; of Skarp, Theories, Samothrace, and Book of Black Earth

p. 34 Abelardo Mayoral & Ninja; The Invisible Orange Promoter

p. 35 Andrew Beattie & Dakini; of No Comment, Man is the Bastard, Low Threat Profile, and Dead Language

p. 37 Jason Roberts & Oliver; of Night Nurse, Burning Leather, Splatterhouse, and Fall of the Bastards

p. 38 Ross Sewage & Bon Scott and Angus Young; of Ghoul, Impaled, and Ludicra, doktorsewage.com

p. 39 Joe Mack & Gravyp. 41 Tony Starkp. 42 Travis Ryan & Nico “The Neeks”;

of Cattle Decapitation and Murder Construct

p. 43 Steven Tarbaby Chadwick & Rambo Vomblast

p. 44 Aub Driver & Freya; of Jahai and Darkhorse Comics

p. 46 Jeremiah Brown; photographer

p. 48-49 David DiSanto; of Vektor

p. 50 Larry Herweg & Turkey and Penelope; of Pelican, Aegus, San Angelus, Lair of the Minotaur, and Tusk

p. 51 Matt Harper & Fruitbat and The Kitty; of Nero Order

p. 52 Vince Pricep. 53 Vernon DeFoep. 54-55 from left to right: Kevin Liebling

& Ducky; Jim Mack & Zerniff and Zaya, of Black Goat, Abcess, and Slough Feg; Brad Kobylczak, sound technician; Patrick Fiorentino & Church, of Scourge Schematic and Salo; Ryan Waste and Dave Witte of Municipal Waste and Discordance Axis; Seth Baker & Beezelbubs, of Destroy Judas and Asunder; Jordan Vandetti of Galgamex; Daniel Hague & Wu Ming and Mr. Herman, of Connoisseur, KillThatCat.com; Jake Weller of NW Rock and Metal Blog;

Dane Burke & Big Chicken and Mini Chicken, mountaineer, caver; Ryan Patterson & Bill n’ Ted, of Addaura; Leon Del Muere & Mr. Fatso, Friday, and Simon, of Exhumed, Murder Construct, Nausea, Impaled, and Phobia; Clark After Dark, model; Tyler Gilbert, Jason Wyss, and Chris Masaki Satsu & Sadie and Timber, of 100 Pieces, Masaki Masao, Eye of Nyx, and Mongrel Gods; Eric Duffy & Sir Loin, illustrator, visual artist; Stu Pedassle

p. 56 Bobby Vega & Dora; of Stab City

p. 57 Al Benkinp. 58 Nat Damm & Nelson;

of Akimbo and Sandrider, designerp. 60 Taylor (photo by Kevin Johnson)p. 61 Thor Laizans & Reno;

carpenter, metalsmith, snake handlerp. 63 Ian Rinn, Lane Storli, Tyler Splurgis &

Morpho and Odin; of Phalgeron

p. 64 Jon Weisnewski & Max; of Akimbo and Sandrider

p. 65 Ben Barber-Carol (photo by Robert Hanna)

p. 66 Jon Mullett & Todd and Penelope; of Crawlin, Broxa, and Ayahuasca Travellers

p. 68 Joseph King & Wendelp. 69 Jeff Bennett;

of Heavy Tuesday at Footsie’s, writer

p. 70-71 Joshua Greene; of Elitist

p. 72 Alex Ruhe & Serafina; of Death Posture, Danse Perdue, and Caligula Cartel

p. 73 Pete Jay & Fang and Louie; of BlackQueen, Wing Chun Do Gung Fu teacher, screenprinter, sorcerer

p. 74 Greg Danowskip. 75 Baline Sveinep. 76 (top) Dav Tafoya & Ghidora;

of Countdown to Armageddon, Strap Straps, and Black Crown Car

p. 76 (bottom) Kenneth Boonep. 77 (top) Brady Hall;

photographerp. 77 (bottom) Jameson Palmer;

of Visigothp. 79 Drew Copland;

of Villainizer and Death Toll Risingp. 80-81 from left to right: Jess Kling;

Kusha Karimi of Theories; Cory

INDEX

Sklar of Winter Teeth and Illogical Contraption Radio; Robert Williams; Nick Necro Wilson & Roscoe, Chim Chim, and Pee Wee, of Gutsaw and Sacrificial Slaughter; Scott Bidwell of Heresiarch; Pete Majors & Abbath, Mayhem, Kian, and Rune, of Harassor, Dargar, and Born of Ritual; Jason Ducat & Sam and PJ, of War Trash, Stormcrow, and Lidtoker; Justin Kelly of Weaponizer; Matthew Vige and Eli Santana & Cringer, of Holy Grail; John Sherman Cook, Michael Plaster, and Spenser Hodge & Poppy, of Shaded Enmity and Omicron; Grzesiek Czapla and Josh Gaylor & Vader and Skitters, of Elk’s Blood; Juha Lipsanen, Neil Devlin, and Kevin Johnson, of VBSPCA; Jeff Storms and Michael Krutsinger, of In Memorium; Spraynard and Tony Lombardi & Chamo, of Book of Black Earth, Wizards of Wor, and Greatest Kids on Earth; Michael Covili

p. 82 Brandon Fosse & Rbo; of Night Shark, biker

p. 83 Jean-Paul Garnier & Bowie; of Loopool, Gitane Demone, Stabbings, Eratoxin, Starvations, and Holy Ghost Revival

p. 84 Nym Penga & Boxy; of Mongrel Gods and In the Age of Terminal Static, sound engineer

p. 85 Nathan Blakely & Matilda and Balthazar; guitarist, bookstore manager

p. 86 Pedro Ayala & Fatty; of Biothreat

p. 87 Steve Nelson & Persephone; of Winterthrall, Destroy Judas, Semtex Vest, Evildead, Noctuary, Murder Construct, Deathevokation, and Faeost

p. 88 Raiden Ikedap. 89 Alexander Lee & Paws;

of Holy Grailp. 90 Alberto “Peyote” Gutierrez;

of Morbosidadp. 91 Justin Straw & Jing Jing;

of Same Sex Dictator, Old Skin, Hellgrammite, and Eye of Nix

p. 92 Zane Stitt & Sofa; Anhedonist

p. 93 Jonathan Castro & Lyra and Braveheart; of Manic Metal at KNAC

p. 94 Eddie Pedereson & Squirrel; of Thou Shall Kill

p. 95 Kyle Heggp. 96-97 Ben Kennedy, Dorando Hodous,

Daniel Rochelle, and Aaron McGinnis & Terry and Dean; of Fungal Abyss, Lesbian, and Gorgothian Sunrise

p. 98 Dan Martinp. 99 Martin Lucier & Fatneck;

street musician, handymanp. 100 (top) Jason Young & Prickly Pear

and Velcro; of Red Squirrels, instrument maker

p. 100 (bottom) A. Turner & Pizzap. 101 (top) Jo Gonzalez;

of Oakp. 101 (bottom) George & Steve;

of Microscopic Suffering and Goly Grim, operator of animal adoption center

p. 102 Rob Nass & Princess; of Wizards of Wor

p. 103 Jason Williams & Scuks and Dick Jack; of Delphian and Kauze, guitar teacher

p. 105 Menno Verbaten & Mr. Whiskers; of LSOD, Cliff Em All, and The Cauterized, bass teacher at Musician’s Institute

p. 106-107 from left to right: Alex Von Deadlight of Deadlight Records; Alexander Nathan Ward; Ayal Naor of 27; Dave Tedder, screenprinter; Edward Appleson & Morgana LeFay, of Conjuror; Josh Getzhardt & Skoshie, of Aldeberan and Okha; Jeff Caxide & Tom, of Isis, Crone, and Palms; Bobby Bicycle Militia & Banjo and Mongoose, of Bicycle Militia; Brayden Lee of Unleash the Archers; Dave Witte of Municipal Waste and Discordance Axis; James Bulloch of Human Furnace; Tannoth Lanzilotta and Nick Planert & Van, of Forest of Grey and Exogorth; Matt Olivo of Repulsion; Chad Allen & Jade, of Hellgammite and Forest Friends; Cole Jacobsen of Lago; Jody Bashioum & Don of the Dead, of Nunslaughter; Pete Sandoval of Morbid Angel and Terrorizer; Garry Brents; Jeff Wolfsbane of Wolfsbane Records; Christopher Alexander; Joe Who & Steve Awesome and Smeagol McLovin, of Christdriver, co-owner of Pierced Hearts Tattoo Shop; Shane Embury of Napalm Death; Vince Verkay of Evoken

p. 108 Alexis Benitez & Satan; of LxDxT

p. 109 Michael Freiburger & Ham; of Throne of Bone and Brainscraper

p. 110 Jorge San Romanp. 111 Obscure Doorsp. 113 Brett Hanson & Abigail;

of Evil Slimep. 114 Brett O’Rileyp. 115 Col Robinson & Gozer Keekeebutt;

of Sabu and Bloodsplatter, DJ, vegan chef

p. 116 Graph Wotah (photo by Hannah Lund); of Abigail Williams

p. 117 Greg Harrison & Edie Van Halen; of PDP, guitar teacher at Musician’s Institute

p. 118-119 Travis Conquest & Jack Bunny; of Super Happy Story Time Land, activist

p. 120 Jeffrey Poso & Spazz; of Throne of Bone, The Helm, Cynarae, Big Trughk, and Magnvm Wvlf

p. 121 Justin Holmsley & Lola and Doomcat; father, butcher

p. 122 Scott Connor & Raven; of Xasthur and Nocturnal Poisoning

p. 123 Joe Preston & Marty; of Thrones, Melvins, and High on Fire

p. 124 Zack Danko & Agnes; of Nux Vomica, bartender

p. 125 Will Cheadle & Matika; of Nagual Sun and John Carpenter

p. 126 Sandor Khappan & Mancow and Skidaddle; of Harassor and Lord Time

p. 127 Roman Kovalik & Lucy; of God Tronk Inrubas and The God

p. 128 Chris Beug; of Megaton Leviathan and Cascadian Winter

p. 129 John Humphrey & Lilly; of Sanguinarious Carnifex, Audrey Home, and Chainsodomy, audio/sound engineer

p. 130 Jose Luis Rodriguez & Matilda and Bathizar; of Sol Negro

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Photographs 2014 Alexandra CrockettThe following photos are copyright their respective owners and used with permission:p.10 Carli Davidson; p.30 Amy Thompson; p.49 Jeremiah Brown; p.62 Kevin Johnson; p.67 Robert Hanna; p.79 Brady Hall; p.117 Hannah Lund; Author photo 2014 Kathleen Campbell

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METAL CATS By Alexandra Crockett

Published by

To be released: May 2014

This PDF of Metal Cats is only a preview and an uncorrected proof.

Lifting images from mechanical files is strictly prohibited.

To see the complete version, please contact Nina Ventura, Publicist: nina@powerHouseBooks.com