By Brent Michael, Rock At Night Tampa Senior Correspondent
Venue: Tampa Bay Museum of Metal Exhibition at Magnanimous Brewing of Seminole Heights, Tampa, Florida–January 25-26th, 2025
Band members etc: All Brutality Members, Lee Harrison (Monstrosity, former Malevolent Creation, Terrorizer), Jeramie Kling (Inhuman Condition, The Absence, Overkill, former Massacre, Venom Inc, and More), Jerry Mortellaro (former Resurrection, Diabolic, Unholy Ghost), David Austin (formerly Nasty Savage), Paul Mazurkiewicz (Cannibal Corpse, Heaven’s Gate, Umbilicus), Gene Palubicki (Perdition Temple, formerly of Malefic Thone, Hexorcist, & Demonized, & formerly Angelcorpse, Apocalypse Comand, Blasphemic Crulety, & Impiety), Mike Browning (Nocturnus AD, formerly Nocturnus, Morbid Angel, Incubus, Acheron, After Death), Steve Swanson (Massacre, Six Feet Under), Greg Gall (former Six Feet Under), Steve Asheim (Deicide, Order of Ennead), Paul Degolyer (Resurrection), James Murphy (Disincarnate, former Death, Obituary, Cancer, Testament), Tony Blakk (Druid Lord, former Diabolic, Acheron, Equinox) Sam Williams (Down By Law, Massacre, Denial Fiend), Ken Andrews (Obituary, Andrew WK, Pain Principle, Azrael).
Band performance: Ben Meyer (Co-founder of Nasty Savage and Lowbrow, also in Gardy Loo!, Ben Meyer Band, and Blood Divisions) performed with Guest Appearances from Andy Adcock (Hellwitch, Precipice, Gardy Loo!), David Silverstein (Hellwitch, Precipice, Gardy Loo!), Jerry Outlaw (Messiaxx, Blakkout, former Genitorturers, Jon Oliva’s Pain), Sam Williams (Down By Law, Massacre, Denial Fiend) and Doug Lee (Siren).
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As you might have guessed, this wasn’t my typical assignment. Although there was some performance, it was mostly mingling with the OGs of Tampa’s metal scene, especially those who helped earn Tampa Bay’s reputation as the Death Metal Capital of the World! It was fun and interesting talking with Ben Meyer, Doug Lee, Aaron and Barbara Robinson, Maggot, and a host of others from the scene, but I will tell you that the Museum is more of a moveable feast. They have future plans for exhibitions in Orlando and Miami, and would like to make it an annual event in Tampa. For updates, head on over to http://www.tampabaymuseumofmetal.com/ or find them on Facebook. And I’m sure the headbangers at Magnanimous Brewing of Seminole Heights wouldn’t mind you visiting anytime, even if the exhibit isn’t there!
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When not in custody, I've been involved with music, photography, and writing my entire life. Ever since I was a young boy and played those silver tunes, I've had the beat, but being a drummer didn't suit me so I became a lead singer, which lasted a few years. Settling down, sort of, I translated my knowledge of audio and glib tongue into mobile emcee work, and my training as a photographer and videographer into a living in the wedding, party, bar/bat mitzvah, and entertainment industry. During this time I also managed to bamboozle my way into a master's degree in writing, worked for a couple of magazines (yes, I took photos for a nudist magazine!), have photographed hotels, done commercial work (shot the cover of Tablet and Capsule magazine), published a few articles, hosted some public access shows (a couple times in drag, but that's another story), and generally made a nuisance of myself until I landed here.
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