Wyvern and Children First

VINYL FORMAT. 'The Bay Area's been known as a hotbed of genre bending underground music for decades. Recently it's been hard to ignore our contributions to underground hip-hop, but don't forget our gifts to Metal: Metallica, Megadeth, Testament, High on Fire, the list goes on. Music historians and musicologists widely consider San Francisco a birthplace of the genre itself: back in 1968, San Francisco's own Blue Cheer released a cover of "Summertime Blues" on Vincebus Eruptum, widely considered the first metal album ever made. Newer than that is Hot Fog, a metal band comprised of former members of Film School, Oranger and Overwhelming Colorfast . . . When Hot Fog was just starting out, they played obscure metal covers, and did so very very well. Nobody left a gig without sweating. Always a good time. But about six months ago I noticed originals: new metal. Their own . . . Their website speaks of dungeons & dragons, but what I discovered were three happy musicians with an intricate knowledge rock & roll's most technical (and fun) subgenre . . . Show me your horns, SF - Hot Fog can entertain themselves. You're part of the fun.' - Corey Denis / SFAppeal.com