J. Andrew
Killswitch Engage Releases Surprise EP to Benefit COVID-19 Response Fund
May 1, 2020 J. Andrew
To help fund those tackling the COVID-19 crisis, and gift us with some new tunes, KSE has unleashed several B-sides from last year’s Atonement.
Five for Friday: May 1, 2020
May 1, 2020 J. Andrew
This week’s new releases include the latest from death metal masters Vader, neo-thrash titans Havok and a host other bands from across the metal landscape.
Five For Friday: April 24, 2020
April 24, 2020 J. Andrew
This week’s new releases include albums from Katatonia, Ulcerate and other luminaries of trad-metal, death metal, and raw black metal.
Five For Friday: April 17, 2020
April 17, 2020 J. Andrew
This week’s round of new releases comes stacked with crushing death metal, symphonic black metal, and super-duper weirdo black metal.
Five For Friday: April 10, 2020
April 10, 2020 J. Andrew
This week’s installment of new heavy music comes full of death metal, death metal, death metal and, well, more death metal!
Five For Friday: April 3, 2020
April 3, 2020 J. Andrew
This week’s edition comes loaded with lots of black metal, a thrash titan, and some deathy grind to push you into the weekend.
Five For Friday: March 27, 2020
March 27, 2020 J. Andrew
Welcome to our first installment of Five for Friday! In these posts, you’ll find five new releases help to navigate each week’s output of extreme music.
Rejoice! A New Naglfar Album Is on the Way!
March 20, 2020 J. Andrew
Naglfar remains consistent in the best possible way: they just keep on making great blackened death metal packed with riff after riff.
Nomad Fundraiser: The Road Crew Needs Your Help!
March 19, 2020 J. Andrew
Touring veteran Frank Fanelli has stepped up and started a fundraiser to help out the staff of all those tours affected by the coronavirus.
Video Premiere: Voices of Ruin- “Carved Out”
March 19, 2020 J. Andrew
For fans of modern, muscular melodic death metal, the new video from California’s Voices of Ruin is a must-see bloody experience.
Track Premiere: Natur- “Afternoon Nightmare”
March 13, 2020 J. Andrew
Natur‘s “Afternoon Nightmare is a a rip-roaring good time for fans of glorious no-nonsense heavy metal: riffs, solos, the whole 666 yards.
Fluisteraars: “Our Search for Musical Freedom”
March 6, 2020 J. Andrew
“Bloem” is a gorgeous bouquet of riffs, howls and experimental treats, and yet still fits comfortably within the framework of black metal.
SKAM Smashes All Solids to Liquids
February 28, 2020 J. Andrew
If Anaal Nathrakh was more into D-beat and less into using electronic noises in their material, and you’d be pretty close to what SKAM has to offer.
Mayhem Guitarist Teloch: “Touring the USA Is Always the Icing on the Cake”
February 21, 2020 J. Andrew
According to the Mayhem guitarist, “Even though it’s a hassle and insanely costly, this is the tour we always look forward to!”
Mare Cognitum: “The Paradox of Harmony and Strife”
February 14, 2020 J. Andrew
“That harsh, cold, and uncaring nature of the cosmos contrasts well with its immense beauty, grandeur, and mystery atop a musical canvas like black metal.”
Obsidian Tongue: “A Way to Expel the Sadness, Anger and Fear”
February 7, 2020 J. Andrew
“My only ambition is that the music has the capability to help other people release some of the negativity dominating them.”
Hot Graves: “We Thrive on Having Those Anthemic, Fist-Pumping Vibes”
January 31, 2020 J. Andrew
Jump back into the steaming coffin of black, death, thrash and crust-fueled glory on “Haunted Graves,” from the upcoming EP from Hot Graves.
Track Premiere: Kvaen – “Septem Peccata Mortalia”
January 27, 2020 J. Andrew
For those of you devoted to the power of the unholy riff, Sweden’s Kvaen strikes just the right balance of melody, glory and aggression.
Full Album Stream: Death. Void. Terror.- “To The Great Monolith II”
January 24, 2020 J. Andrew
Gaze into the terrifying indifference of the universe with the latest emanation of Switzerland’s Helvetic Underground Committee.
Track Premiere: Azure Emote- “Loss”
January 23, 2020 J. Andrew
On the new song, “Loss,” Azure Emote is quite simply experimental tech-death at its best: the ol’ razzle dazzle with a brain-scrambling twist!
Video Premiere: Banisher- “Devil in ISO 5”
January 17, 2020 J. Andrew
Check out the new video from Poland’s Banisher, who use riffs to summon the demons birthed from isolation, insanity and violence.
Comfort With Disorder: Finn Mckenty of The Punk Rock MBA
January 10, 2020 J. Andrew
Finn Mckenty breaks down what The Punk Rock MBA is all about, and dishes on death metal, “selling out” and why the DIY ethic is a path to success.
My Dying Bride Returns on “Your Broken Shore”
January 3, 2020 J. Andrew
The high priests of beautiful gloom and sorrow have returned to offer their latest sermon. Check out My Dying Bride‘s “Your Broken Shore” here.
Drown in Aseptic’s “Cascading Fluids”
January 3, 2020 J. Andrew
For fans of classic, 80s-style “cassette death metal” in the vein of old Death and Autopsy, San Jose’s Aseptic is your new capital ship.
Ordeals: “We Will Seize Everything We Can”
December 27, 2019 J. Andrew
New York’s Ordeals specializes in a certain kind of darkness. The band’s sound is an entrancing and at times terrifying blend of black metal and death metal.
10 Great Albums for Winter
December 20, 2019 J. Andrew
The cold, grim, dark months are upon us. Prepare for your hibernation with 10 excellent albums filled with riffs, sythns and screams.
Genfærd Builds the Stairway to a Bloody “Hævnen”
December 13, 2019 J. Andrew
Genfærd‘s new song is a melodic and melancholy work of danish black metal mastery from their upcoming new album due out in 2020.
Unreqvited Guides You as Night Falls
December 6, 2019 J. Andrew
Unreqvited are uniquely talented at keeping their influences intact while still merging them into a cohesive force of blackened melancholy.
Let Winter Light Take You “From Sea to Starless Skies”
November 29, 2019 J. Andrew
Winter Light, a new force in melodic death metal, unleashes their new EP, From Sea to Starless Skies, packed with riffs and growls for days.
“The Black Candle Volume III: Sympathy for the Devil”: The Interview
November 22, 2019 J. Andrew
What does the author of the new Black Candle book have to bring to the world? Silence. Lies. Lust. Blood. Worship. Ritual. Intoxication.