Shawn Macomber
Video Premiere: Burning Tongue — “Cult-De-Sac”
June 2, 2021 Shawn Macomber
Burning Tongue offers up a blackened crust soundtrack to suburban madness on new track “Cult-De-Sac.”
Excavating “Mystical Extraction”: A Gonemage Track by Track
May 19, 2021 Shawn Macomber
Get ready for some 8-bit black metal dimension hopping courtesy Gonemage.
Track Premiere: Our Place Of Worship Is Silence — “Disavowed, and Left Hopeless”
May 12, 2021 Shawn Macomber
The latest soot-encased blast from Our Place of Worship is Silence is anything but tranquil or hushed.
(Still) No Longer At Ease: The Story of Highly Influential NYHC Legends Beyond Finally Told
May 5, 2021 Shawn Macomber
A revelatory new documentary on metal-tinged progressive hardcore outfit Beyond lives up to the band’s moniker.
Track Premiere: Honey — “Dancing With Death”
April 28, 2021 Shawn Macomber
Forget flies. You catch more killer old school thrash riffs with Honey than vinegar, too.
Video Premiere: Tooth and Claw — “Your Crucifixion”
April 14, 2021 Shawn Macomber
Are you ready to fight Tooth and Claw to avoid “Your Crucifixion”?
Nancy Barile’s Soundtrack for Punk Rock Rebellion
March 24, 2021 Shawn Macomber
Writer/award-winning educator/hardcore punk trailblazer Nancy Barile curates an eclectic, vivifying playlist to mark the release of her stellar new memoir “I’m Not Holding Your Coat.
Video Premiere: Yossi Sassi & Oriental Rock Orchestra (ft. Mats Levén) — “Hear and Dare”
March 17, 2021 Shawn Macomber
Orphaned Land mastermind Yossi Sassi invites you to hear some new sonic wildness…if you dare.
Exclusive Stream: Merauder — “94 Demo”
March 10, 2021 Shawn Macomber
Revisit the apprentice killer days of metallic hardcore innovators Merauder.
Track Premiere: Demons — “Play Acting Virtue”
March 3, 2021 Shawn Macomber
Norfolk, Virginia’s Demons have got your metal-tinged noise groove fix right here with a smoldering new track “Play Acting Virtue.”
EP Premiere: Venomous — “Tribus”
February 24, 2021 Shawn Macomber
Rising Brazilian melodic death metallers Venomous aren’t about to stay in their subgenre lane for this diverse, killer new EP.
Return of the (Hardcore) King: Parris Mayhew Summons “Chaos Magic”
February 17, 2021 Shawn Macomber
Thirty years after summoning modern hardcore into existence with the Cro-Mags’ debut, Parris Mayhew is back with some new face-blasting alchemy.
Full Stream: Bleach Everything — “Bound/Cured”
January 27, 2021 Shawn Macomber
Bleach Everything breaks on through to the other side on the avant punk hardcore masterpiece Bound/Cured.
Brutal Renaissance: Rich Thurston (ex-Terror/Blood Has Been Shed) Talks Raising Up the High End Hardcore of Lowest
January 20, 2021 Shawn Macomber
Ex-Terror/Culture lifer Rich Thurston talks Lowest, Treason, and lessons from fighting MMA and playing in Blood Has Been Shed.
Track Premiere: Belushi Speed Ball — “Captain Planet Can’t Stop Us”
January 13, 2021 Shawn Macomber
A green superhero sees red on Louisville crossover thrash sluggers Belushi Speed Ball‘s latest high-octane jam.
Threads of Darkness: Ex-Agalloch Bassist Jason Walton Resurrects Classic Disharmonic Orchestra & Confessor Shirt Designs
January 6, 2021 Shawn Macomber
Former Agalloch bassist Jason Walton is raising classic underground metal T-shirts and hoodies from the dead.
Tales From the Metalnomicon: Horror Author V Castro on Metal Invocations, “Latinx Screams,” and Her Season in the Abyss
December 30, 2020 Shawn Macomber
The Mexican American horror author V Castro brings heavy metal fire to the Latinx Screams anthology.
Radical Sonic Formulas: Swiss Metallic Hardcore Trailblazers Knut Reissue “Leftovers”
December 23, 2020 Shawn Macomber
Knut‘s noisy metallic hardcore “leftovers” are tastier than most extreme music main courses.
Video Premiere: Black Magnet — “Divination Equipment”
December 16, 2020 Shawn Macomber
Black Magnet resurrects classic industrial metal madness via the punishing clip for “Divination Equipment.”
Always Love, Never Fear: Harvey Milk’s Creston Spiers Talks Bringing it All Back Home
December 9, 2020 Shawn Macomber
Harvey Milk frontman Creston Spiers returns with a predictably unpredictable, heavy, fuzzy take on classic rock.
Video Premiere: Claustrofobia – “Riff Cult”
December 2, 2020 Shawn Macomber
Seasoned Brazilian death-tinged toad-thrashers Claustrofobia invite you to join their “Riff Cult.”
Track Premiere: Andrew Leman Reads H. P. Lovecraft’s “The Festival”
November 25, 2020 Shawn Macomber
If you think this Friday is gonna be black, wait until you hear the sinister delights Cadabra Records, H.P. Lovecraft, and Fabio Frizzi are cooking up for Christmas…
Full Album Stream: Coffin Apartment — “Full Torso Apparition”
November 18, 2020 Shawn Macomber
The noise metal carpet really ties the room together in this Coffin Apartment.
Full Album Stream: Eternal Returns — “Reprieved to Totality”
November 11, 2020 Shawn Macomber
Thane-based death thrashers Eternal Returns dive into their five dynamic, serpentine, ultra-catchy tracks to give you a window into how an Indian farmer may have felt 65 years ago.
Continue the Arise: Brazil’s Metal Scene Lives!
November 4, 2020 Shawn Macomber
Writer/photographer/tireless scene advocate Jessica Marinho takes us on a guided tour of the bustling, burgeoning, extremely extreme Brazilian metal scene.
Track Premiere: Northern Curse — “Ceremony of Loss”
October 28, 2020 Shawn Macomber
New Hampshire black metal tectonic plate shifters Northern Curse erupt once again after a three years deep underground.
An Evening with Loud Night: The Mixtape
October 14, 2020 Shawn Macomber
Current and former members of Ramming Speed, Battlemaster, Backstabbers Inc, and more unite to bring you an extremely Loud Night.
Full EP Premiere: Sun in Shadows & Soul Remnants — “Collection of Skulls: A Tribute to Sepultura”
October 7, 2020 Shawn Macomber
Take a stroll down death thrash memory lane with this sick Sepultura covers EP courtesy Sun in Shadows and Soul Remnants.
Iggor Cavalera On Petbrick Collaboration with LG Petrov; Proceeds to Benefit Iconic Frontman’s Cancer Treatment Fund
October 2, 2020 Shawn Macomber
Can the digital hell of the new Petbrick single courtesy two heavy metal legends help strike a blow against cancer? It’s up to you.
Exclusive Excerpt: Exhumed Mastermind Matt Harvey’s Gore-Drenched Cosmic Horror Novelette “The Vessel”
September 30, 2020 Shawn Macomber
Trading riffs for ‘graphs, Exhumed/Gruesome slayer Matt Harvey deftly summons alternate reality nightmares with “The Vessel.”