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HEY THERE’S A NEW DYING FETUS VIDEO
In this case, it’s really more about the surgical precision of the tune but the video does look like there were a couple of late nights spen working on. Though I personally didn’t find time to review Reign Supreme, it … Read the rest of this entry →
SIRENS EP
Here’s the thing about bare bones rhythm based djent, difficult as it may be, it’s about as fun as pinochle with gramma’s friends. On a larger scale, it garners the same kind of respect you give to that bro at the … Read the rest of this entry →
HOLY GRAIL SONG, LYRICS VIDEO, ALBUM IMMINENT, SOMEONE HOLD ME
Can they top Crisis in Utopia? The tracks we’ve heard thus far give somewhat mixed signals. Thankfully, this latest single and accompanying lyrics video are an undeniable show of force. The shreddage! The hookage! The riffage! It sounds like Ride The … Read the rest of this entry →
BLACK FRIDAY: IMPERIAL TRIUMPHANT
If you’re reading this then, like me, you probably recognize that black myrtle is still pretty cool and has spawned plenty of awesome ideas in the past year. Moreover, who says USBM has no good ideas? It’s not that these … Read the rest of this entry →
DIRTY DEATH DIRT CHEAP: CHICAGO’S TERMINATE, CANADA’S XUL
Let’s keep things rolling with a couple of gruff death metal band’s that have popped up on the radar. We’ve got Xul from Canada and Terminate from the ever maniacal Chicago area. The former delivers some clever, intricate riffs and … Read the rest of this entry →
LISTEN TO ANIMIST NOW AND DOWNLOAD THIS FREE DEBUT EP
Animist is from Nyack, NY. As far as I know, the east coast is not known for neopaganism but, hey, we got the awesome Windfaerer from Jersey and Leif Ericson never made it farther South than Newfoundland. Their eccentric mix of various extreme … Read the rest of this entry →
GLORIOUS NEW VIDEOS FROM THE SWORD AND FINSTERFORST
The Sword‘s new video for “Veil of Isis” is a fantastical trip through the galaxy, full of bold colors and strange characters. The heroine of the semi-coherent storyline flies through some green screen nebulae and asteroid belts, still finding time … Read the rest of this entry →
TUESDAY TIME MACHINE: DEMOLITION HAMMER – EPIDEMIC OF VIOLENCE (1992)
Ok, this had to be done. It’s just such a no-brainer, that I almost felt like I would be cheating by featuring New York’s favorite brain-bashing crew. Despite Steve Reynolds uncanny vocal resemblance to Kreator‘s Mille Petrozza, Demolition Hammer‘s second effort … Read the rest of this entry →
STREAM, DOWNLOAD, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY PREORDER THE NEW RINGS OF SATURN
It appears that, despite the band’s best efforts, the upcoming Rings of Saturn release has leaked. In the only logical response available to them, they are suing all of you and have contacted the Yakuza to put out a hit on the … Read the rest of this entry →
ONE MAN METAL PART THREE
The third and final installment of this hour long documentary attempts to delve into the personal lives of of Scott Conner, Russel Menzies and Jef Whitehead. Though the sight of a grown man wearing robes and screeching into a cave … Read the rest of this entry →
EARLY GRAVES: RED HORSE
Early Graves are a crust/hardpunk/loud band out of San Francisco. Their new album Red Horse is out this week on No Sleep Records. It is the first from the band since the death of lead singer Makh Daniels, in 2010 … Read the rest of this entry →
BREAKING: MESHUGGAH HAS WEIRD CAMERAS AND ABNORMALITY IS TAY BRUTES
Ok so, this may not be new exactly but I was pretty blown away by how good Abnormality is when I started spinning Contaminating the Hive Mind and was pretty surprised to find the vocalist to be a woman. Not only … Read the rest of this entry →
FISTULA: NORTHERN AGGRESSION
Closing your eyes, you can see it. Weaving your way through the grimey sidestreets of the American midwest, steam rising from the sewers, you hear the bludgeoning noise from a nearby DIY venue, the sounds stretching its uninsulated walls. You follow the caustic echos to a … Read the rest of this entry →
DAYLIGHT DIES VIDEO IS AWESUM
This video by melodic doomers Daylight Dies makes me prety happy for how sad it is. Strange how for a band that doesn’t seem to have an original riff or phrase anywhere, they seem to do this doom thing better … Read the rest of this entry →
GYPSYHAWK: REVELRY & RESILIENCE
Long after their initial rites are over, many members of today’s extreme metal order find themselves reaching far back into the archives of rock n’ roll, wandering dusty record store aisles inevitably searching for that radical, uncompromising psyche that set … Read the rest of this entry →
BRUH FROM SONIC YOUTH JOINS TWILIGHT
Now that we’ve had our lulz about the preeminent black metal supergroup of the Western hemisphere being named after a tweeny semi-pedo vampire novel, let’s talk about Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth joining ranks. Though I may have jumped the … Read the rest of this entry →
EPIC VIDZ FROM EX DEO, TESTAMENT
Both of these were released over the weekend. The first video from Ex Deo provides for a surpisingly epic experience with pretty solid production value. I found the thought of Kataklysm members tackling ancient Roman themes to be intriguing but … Read the rest of this entry →
Malignancy Posts New Song, Brings Crush As Forecasted
I know the brutal death thing isn’t really in style these days unless its full-on slam metal but when it’s done right, it’s a ton of fun. It’s also a ton more gutsy than the uninspired wank of every other … Read the rest of this entry →
Cara Neir / Ramlord Split
Experimental Black Metal’s stock has been slowly rising around these parts ever since last year when Todtgelichter begun its heavy rotation in my cave dwelling. A successful cross-breeding with punk however, that is much more rare. Even Kvelertak‘s recent surge … Read the rest of this entry →
Gormathon and Municipal Waste Videos: Two Very Different Kinds of Epic
The only thing you really need to know about Gormathon is they breing the riff, the gun metal plated drum heads, a lead singer that looks like Saruman and a little thing we like to call the epic. I love how … Read the rest of this entry →