Growing up on a US military base in Japan, Kevin Kmetz overcame his gaijin status to become a master of Tsugaru-shamisen -- but his band's metal-infused genre-bending has drawn the ire of more than a few purists.
While metal has finally reached the mainstream, Oakland's Saviours do their best to drive it back underground. Recorded entirely on tape, its second record Into Abbadon recalls a time when metal was genuinely feared.