Blue Brain

Heavy Metal isn’t usually my go-to genre of music when I turn on my iPod — you have to be in a certain mood for metal. When I do feel the urge for the heavy stuff The Charred Walls of The Damned is at the top of my playlist. The band consists of Steve DiGiorgio, Tim “Ripper” Owens, Jason Suecof and Richard Christy (yes, the same Richard Christy of from The Howard Stern Show). Christy explained on The Howard Stern Show that the band’s name derived from a series of radio prank calls he and Sal Governale made to a Tradio show on a Christian radio station. In mentioning the pranks they had been receiving, the host describes how he prays for the pranksters and will “save their soul” and to be “saved by God’s grace and not in the devil’s hell where you’d be put in your nails in the charred walls of the damned”.

The band’s self-titled debut album, was released on February 2, 2010. Richard Christy does some great drumming on this album. Some of the stand-out tracks include “Ghost Town”, “Blood on Wood” and “Voices Within the Walls”

For more information visit their MySpace, Metal Blade Records or Richard Christy’s official website.