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Category Archives: Sons of Northwestern Darkness
Sandrider’s Eponymous Debut
If you’re a diehard disciple of stoner rock and metal you’ve probably heard this band. As we speak, you’re also probably packing a whole galaxy of uppers, downers, screamers, laughers, a quart of Tequila and probably have not the slightest … Read the rest of this entry →
Samothrace Added To Seattle Stop of Decibel Magazine Tour
The Decibel Tour is going to be some other kind of epic. Behemoth‘s triumphant return to the West Coast after Nergal’s battle with Leukemia is of course by this point the central storyline. It’s also just great to see a … Read the rest of this entry →
Black Breath: Sentenced To Life
So, we were told to expect less of the death n’ roll and more unadulterated punishment on Black Breath‘s sophomore effort Sentenced To Life. If these Seattleites weren’t one of my most frequently spun bands, I may have actually avoided … Read the rest of this entry →
Sons of Northwestern Darkness: Scourge Schematic
I like that my town seems to have a surging crust/grind/death scene. Theories and Bloodhunger come to mind. This is something that I didn’t really experience growing up, nor would i, being a snot nosed melodeath kid, have been musically … Read the rest of this entry →
Sons of Northwestern Darkness: Curse Of The North
Seattle’s Curse of the North are a straightforward romp through classics like Black Sabbath, Metallica and Iced Earth while possessing some influence from the last decade’s popular wave of stoner doom. You’ll find the name scattered throughout calendars of local … Read the rest of this entry →
Sons of Northwestern Darkness: Theories
Our catch of the day is always fresh and always local. Meet the organic and farm raised Theories. We’re unable (or unwilling) to find much information about Theories but their style of deathgrind is pretty engaging. You can’t even purchase … Read the rest of this entry →
Sons of Northwestern Darkness: Black Breath
Some of these posts on local bands may seem like “duh” moments for local readers (like I said, included A-Dogg and my mom that makes 2). However, it seems our blabs have been hitting well in places like Australia. So, … Read the rest of this entry →
Sons of Northwestern Darkness: NYLITHIA.
NEW FAVORITE BAND ALERT. Vancouver, Canada’s Nylithia is one of the most badass, talented bands I’ve come across in a long time. Boom. Stick that in your pipe and take a rip. Self-described as “hyperthrash”, these guys are obviously influenced … Read the rest of this entry →
Black Friday: Oregon’s Thy Infernal (RIP)
I’ve wanted to feature this album for a loooong time. Doing so provides me the great pleasure of throwing our Black Friday and Sons of Northwestern Darkness categories together and reveling in some of my favorite Thy Infernal tunes. Unfortunately, … Read the rest of this entry →
Sons of Northwestern Darkness: Portland’s Axxicorn
We’ve been pretty fortunate in the quality of artists that contact us. Without being hyperbolic, probably about 90% are awesome up-and-coming bands. In this case, there is an obvious St. Vitus or Black Sabbath (a la Sabbath Bloody Sabbath) comparison … Read the rest of this entry →
Funeral Age: Thy Martyrdom Come
There are some pretty decedent death metal or death inclusive bands coming out of Seattle, including a few that have merited record deals and wider distribution. For my hard earned cash, however, there are few that play stuff irreverently evil … Read the rest of this entry →
Sons of Northwestern Darkness: Bloodhunger
I was handed this demo as I stumbled, disoriented, out of Studio 7 one night. Stuck it in my car for a couple of weeks and finally decided to pop it in.Tacoma, Washington’s own Bloodhunger have been playing kick ass … Read the rest of this entry →
Sons Of Northwestern Darkness: Smooth Sailing
This is a bit of a change of pace for SONWD. Smooth Sailing is a Seattle band that blends a few distinct elements but ties it all together with crushing heaviness. The band self-identifies simply as “heavy” and blends mostly … Read the rest of this entry →
Sons Of Northwestern Darkness: Witchburn
Daughters of Northwestern Darkness? Now everyone should know I’m hella Title IX with my metal. I think more women should be making rock and metal music, from blues rock to extreme metal. As much as I can’t stand women’s basketball … Read the rest of this entry →
Sons of Northwestern Darkness: Gromkult
These guys fuckin’ slay. Nasty, raw black metal that sounds like it is fueled by the hoppy, bitter microbrews of Oregon, and many of them at that. Dark, bloody, and thematically irreverent without being predictable, these dudes warrant no flowery … Read the rest of this entry →
Sons of Northwestern Darkness: Spellcaster Release Full Length Album “Under The Spell”
Portand, Oregon’s own Speed Metal up-and-comers Spellcaster will officially be releasing their full length album Under The Spell on Heavy Artillery Records tomorrow, having signed with the New York-based label about a year ago. I rather enjoyed their slightly raw … Read the rest of this entry →
Sons of Northwestern Darkness: Metal Mondays At The 2 Bit Saloon
Though SONWD is usually reserved for artists, methinks it be appropriate to give a very cool local, out-of-the-way venue some limelight. Dive Bars are a hell of an institution, it’s our favorite thing both in destination and in abstract concept. … Read the rest of this entry →
Sons of Northwestern Darkness: Christian Mistress
Oh, man. So this band is straight out of Olympia, Washington. If you love old school attitude and ragged denim appearel this is your band. This female-fronted band (I know this isn’t everyone’s thing but PLEASE stick with me, here) … Read the rest of this entry →
Sons of Northwestern Darkness: Sword of Judgement
Sword of Judgement is a Thrash Metal band based here in the Emerald City. They’ve opened for the like of Accept and Dokken as well as played small local events like Metal Mondays at the 2 Bit Saloon in Ballard. … Read the rest of this entry →
Sons of Northwestern Darkness: Spare Me Poseidon
NW metalcore band Spare Me Poseidon has only been on the scene for a short seven months but have reaped a fan base larger than most local bands that have been on the scene for years. On stage the room … Read the rest of this entry →