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A Castle In The Vast Blacklands
Photo by Eric Haines Though female fronted, doomy retro metal is being done already –notably that of the garage NWOBHM variety in Olympia, Washington’s own Christian Mistress– a female-lead doomish power trio could be intriguing. Intriguing enough to take siesta … Read the rest of this entry →
Dismemberment: Denied Salvation EP
I know what you’re thinking. That Trump Tower is a real eyesore. Or is that a spaceship landing? Is the EP called Denied Salvation because Tom Cruise’s scientology ship has finally arrived and we’ve all been served up humble pie? … Read the rest of this entry →
Get Your Cajun Voodoo On With The New Goatwhore Vid
This is probs NSFW as their are two scantily clad gals doing some stuff they definitely didn’t learn in Sunday school. Then again not sure you’d expect anything over on Bloody Disguisting to be to kosher with the head carpenter. … Read the rest of this entry →
New Skeletonwitch Video. Get Some!
Skeletonwitch have slowly started to become the Hypocrisy of blackened thrash: ncredibly consistent and always delivering the little cornerstones that make the subgenre so great. Though there may be a couple of bands I prefer over them in terms of … Read the rest of this entry →
New Stonehaven Album In April. Praises Be To Odin!
We have written several times about Kansas black metal act Stonehaven and their solid grasp on the Drudkh/Walknut/Burzum school of black metal. It’s crisp, clear, occasionally folk-driven and full-of the kind of arcane historical treatment that gets my book-nerd engine … Read the rest of this entry →
Lord Mantis: Pervertor
Ah yes, Lord Mantis, self-proclaimed pervertors, I mean purveyors of the filthiest, most vile sludge metal ever created. Now, most PR polished album synopses are generally full of unadulterated hubris, and often damn eloquently worded stuff at that. Obviously you … Read the rest of this entry →
Huntress: Spell Eater
California’s Huntress, one of the featured acts on our guide to the New Wave of Traditional Heavy Metal, have signed with Napalm Records. Thankfully, unlike that certain other female fronted traditional heavy metal band, they haven’t big leagued the recording … Read the rest of this entry →
Yes, Another Melodeath Grab Bag It Is: Ablazer, The Absence, Orpheus, Descending
Sometimes it’s hard to beat the crowd pleasing digestibility of solid melodic death metal. Here a re a few bands of note. In fact, I think this may be the strongest melodeath grab bag to date. Finland, Australia, Greece and … Read the rest of this entry →
Cancer Bats Have A New Music Video And Kvelertak Play Crossing Gaurd During A Singaporean Gig
Recent efforts from Cancer Bats and Kvelertak, along with Black Breath, have provided some great examples of bands that mesh a number styles with the aim of playing something aggressive and energetic. Don’t get me wrong I like the 100% … Read the rest of this entry →
Abazagorath’s Self Titled EP
Though it’s kind of an underdog, straightforward USBM can really hit the spot. I have a soft spot for bands like Blood Storm, Thornspawn, and even Abyssmal Nocturne, so I am always willing to give the stripped down US sound … Read the rest of this entry →
Vultress! Prog Metal! Fo FREE! But Seriously You Should Pay Though
Take Mars Volta, 3, The Tea Party, Rush and throw some sweep-happy voluminous lead guitar over the top and you’ve got one quirky, non-djenty prog rock band with some serious metallic edge. There are aggressive, fret-crawling riffs galore and a … Read the rest of this entry →
A Hodge-Podge Of New Techy Proggy Death Metal: Gorod, Gruesome Glory, Carthage
Hear ye, hear ye. The last few days have seen the release of new tracks from unsigned Icelanders Gruesome Glory, frenchy tech powerhouse Gorod and Tre Watson‘s Carthage. I’ve compiled them below for you lazy mouse click minimalists. ShareTweetFacebookLinkedInTumblrStumbleDiggDelicious
Tuesday Time Machine: Acid Bath Circa 1994
Acid Bath is surprisingly often mistaken by the uninitiated for a 90s Floridian death metal band, mostly due to the name. The reality of this avant garde sludge band is that they wallowed in relative obscurity besides releasing two brilliant … Read the rest of this entry →
Oblivion: Punchy Technical Death Metal From The Bay Area
Aside from the prog metal and psychedelia we’ve been receiving (from all you medical marijuana “patients”, I’m sure), we’ve also been getting a fair share of tech death and brutal death. Oblivion seem to weld these two styles pretty seamlessly … Read the rest of this entry →
Weekend War Cry: Dirty Penny – Scream and Shout
Who gives any fucks about Motley Crue‘s residence in Las Vegas? Yes, it’s Sin City. Yes, you can drink, smoke, gamble and pick up prostitutes all at the same time and all at any given point within city limits. But … Read the rest of this entry →
Goatwhore Loves Giving Plasma, The Br00tal Way
Goatwhore is a band who has been around seemingly forever and I believe everyone has probably seen them live at least once in their time, whether on purpose or by chance. Along with that, they seem to progress in their … Read the rest of this entry →
Sanguis Imperem: The Death Metal of Centurians
Imagine if Bolt Thrower or early Deicide sang about the military excursions of the Roman Empire and you’d have a good idea of what Sanguis Imperem is about. The is very brutish American death metal more concerned with streamrolling the … Read the rest of this entry →
Nekrofilth Know How To Rot n’ Roll.
It’s almost like fate. After some of my lofty, analytical reviews I seem to just stumble upon the most crude, low-brow grime and find myself enjoying it thoroughly. Cleveland’s Nekrofilth is the death metal punk bastard child of Nunslaughter mastermind … Read the rest of this entry →
Testimony: Transcending Reality
Testimony spend much of the time in the same barren wastelands that are inhabited by Destruction‘s Release From Agony and Metallica‘s Ride the Lightening. This badass combination that instantly brings down the guard of your humble reviewer. Now that we’ve … Read the rest of this entry →
Will Christian Mistress Survive The Fallout Of The H Bomb?
Yes, yes, MetalSucks has branded Olympia Washington’s own Christian Mistress a beardo band. We all know this is uncalled for, even if partially true. Same could be said for Ghost but I think everyone is missing the real issue, here. … Read the rest of this entry →