Metal is a genre of many intricate flavors.

When it comes to Sound Kapital, the newest release from Montreal synth-punk duo Handsome Furs, the husband and wife team can’t seem to escape the term “’80s.”

This is the story of Tom Gattis, a 47-year-old structural engineer at Los Alamos National Laboratory--or, more accurately, this is the story of Gattis’ thrash-metal band, Tension.

As the number of worthwhile music venues in Santa Fe continues to dwindle and the city’s concert-going public braces itself for yet another stale night of Americana and/or blues, one local gallery has stepped up to provide some much-needed change.

Face facts, rock ’n’ roll: The double-neck bass/guitar almost always comes across as being pretty goofy. Nine times out of 10, the combination instrument is a ridiculous novelty, a jack-off set piece that clown-ass bands employ to look cool.

If you’ve happened by the Plaza in the past few weeks, you may have noticed our town square alive with locals and tourists enjoying a multitude of musical acts on the bandstand.

By now, you’ve heard that local nightclub/music venue Corazón has closed its doors due to tax problems. However, this may not be the end for the club.

For more than a decade, New Mexico funk act Felonious Groove Foundation has won fans and awards all across the state. Throughout, co-founder and bassist Todd Eric Lovato has been at the center of the hot, funky action. Now, Lovato is calling it quits to focus his energy on a new project, Todd & the Fox.

Ben Wright and Paul Feathericci, the boys from everybody’s favorite local electronic/rock/experimental trio D Numbers, are back in town. They recently returned from ViceVerse, a five-week, ten-country tour through Europe. I checked in to see how it all went.

For those who don’t know, E3 is this huge conference that focuses on video games and the stuff people need to play them. I bet you’re thinking that it sounds stupid, and you have no clue why you’re reading this in a music column. Actually, video games have a rich musical history, as evidenced by these musically memorable moments in video game history.