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Sci-Fi or Die Indeed with Droids Attack’s “Mashenomak”
February 4, 2016 Andrew Bonazelli
Madison stoner trio Droids Attack have been power-riffin’ since 2001, and fourth album Sci-Fi or Die is their most effective strand of heaviosity yet.
Wake Up and Rock Out to a Seven Sisters of Sleep Full Album Stream
February 3, 2016 Andrew Bonazelli
L.A. sludge quintet Seven Sisters of Sleep are poised to drop their third opus, Ezekiel’s Hags, February 5 on Relapse.
Video Premiere: Paradise Lost Achieves “Terminal” Velocity
February 3, 2016 Andrew Bonazelli
The plague keeps spreading.
Shots Fired: Gehennah “Too Loud to Live, Too Drunk to Die” Full Album Stream
February 3, 2016 Andrew Bonazelli
Swedish blackened thrashers Gehennah have given a fuck about one thing and one thing only since 1992: not posing.
Bloodiest On Their Not Very Bloody Influences
February 3, 2016 Shane Mehling
Sometimes you read one of these playlists by a band and, while their choices may be good, you wonder how in the world people with such varied tastes could make such one-dimensional music. This is clearly not true for Bloodiest (ex and current members of Russian Circles, Yakuza and Corrections House), who are so expansive and unorthodox it only makes sense they would be spinning music this eclectic.
Exclusive Premiere: Zhrine’s “Spewing Gloom”
February 2, 2016 Matt Solis
Zhrine is an Icelandic black/death metal band that melds the disgusting atonality of Deathspell Omega with the oppressively frigid atmosphere of Svartidauði (guitarist Nökkvi Gylfason is a member), complete with a fetid dusting of sludge as a sickening after-dinner mint. Check out the exclusive premiere of their song “Spewing Gloom,” off their upcoming LP, Unortheta.
North’s Triumphant “Earthmind” Will Light the Way
February 1, 2016 Andrew Bonazelli
Keep your lighters in your pockets; get those candles out!
Yellow Is Not Mellow on Piss Vortex’s “Den Moderne Mands Laenke”
February 1, 2016 Andrew Bonazelli
Getting caught in a mosh is one thing…
Tombward Is Heavenward for Thrashers Anger as Art
January 29, 2016 Andrew Bonazelli
Fearsome Pasadena foursome Anger as Art have been churning out thrash ragers at a steady one-every-three-years clip since 2006.
Natural Disasterpiece: Check the Epic Draconian “Stellar Tombs” Video
January 28, 2016 Andrew Bonazelli
The world goes to hell, Draconian fiddles like Nero
“Tyrant” Reigns on Coffins’ Side of Killer Split EP With Ilsa
January 27, 2016 Andrew Bonazelli
Japanese death/doom dealers Coffins make their eight zillionth release count on this split with crusty D.C. counterparts Ilsa.
Urgehal and Carpathian Forest Frontman Team Up On “Endetid”
January 27, 2016 Andrew Bonazelli
In honor of bandleader Trondr Nefas (who passed away in 2012), the new Urgehal album, Aeons in Sodom, features guest vocals from an all-star squad of black metal luminaries.
Wolves at the Revelry: Deströyer 666’s Chant a “Hymn to Dionysus”
January 26, 2016 Dutch Pearce
Stream a new track from Deströyer 666’s forthcoming album Wildfire.
Get Hung Up on Begrime Exemious’ “Noose for a Monarch”
January 25, 2016 Andrew Bonazelli
War-fueled OSDM courtesy of Canadian crushers.
Who’s Who in Decibel’s Class of 1991?
January 25, 2016 Andrew Bonazelli
Waldo is not in here. You can find him in a Van Halen video seven years earlier. But everyone else is pretty cool!
Hey, “Lazy Asses,” Press Play, Get Ground Up by Rotten Sound
January 21, 2016 Andrew Bonazelli
Finnish grind veterans Rotten Sound have been doing the damn thing for over 20 years, and do it well on new album Abuse to Suffer.
A NSFW Vision of Exalted Lucifer: New Cirith Gorgor Video
January 20, 2016 Andrew Bonazelli
Prepare for maximum discomfort, courtesy of Dutch BM crew’s “Wille Zur Macht”
EXCLUSIVE: Hollow Earth Cruise Past Hardcore and “Beyond Celestial Limits”
January 20, 2016 Shane Mehling
Hollow Earth have always sounded like they wanted to be more than a hardcore band. Sure, the midwesterners never lacked the ability to break necks with and start pits, but there was something around the edges that showed a real thirst for something different, with flashes of doom and melody.
Cirith Gorgor Want Your “Salvator,” Whoa-oh-oh
January 19, 2016 Andrew Bonazelli
Veteran Dutch devil worshippers Cirith Gorgor are back to wreak blackened havoc.
Go to Infinity and Beyond With Ravensire’s “Cromlech Revelations”
January 14, 2016 Andrew Bonazelli
Get into this bunch of (young) battle axes.
Post-Metal Firebrands InAeona Aim for the Kill in “Soldier” Video
January 14, 2016 Andrew Bonazelli
Bend your back for the climax of this crushing epic.
Black Wizard’s “Harsh Time” Is No Harsh Toke
January 13, 2016 Andrew Bonazelli
Vancouver does heavy metal right. Drink up.
Habitual Rituals: Rotting Christ Deliver “In Nomine Dei Nostri”
January 11, 2016 Andrew Bonazelli
Black metal perennials Rotting Christ are set to drop their latest slab of malevolence.
Spinebreaker Does What the Name Advertises on “Ice Grave”
January 7, 2016 Andrew Bonazelli
Disgustingly old-school death metal, you say? Count us in!
Dye Another Day With the Casualties’ “Chaos Sound”
January 7, 2016 Andrew Bonazelli
Nobody in their right mind would line up to tell these dudes that punk’s dead
Admit It: Church of Misery’s “Confessions of an Embittered Soul” Kills!
January 7, 2016 Andrew Bonazelli
Japanese doom vets Church of Misery have been holed up in their safehouse for the last three years, but they’re ready to resume their (serial) criminal career with a super cool new accomplice.
Inverloch’s “Distance Collapsed (in Rubble)” Aims to Disembowel
January 6, 2016 Andrew Bonazelli
The renowned disEMBOWELMENT offshoot continues to make a name of their own.
Lights Out: Mortiis Flip the Switch on “The Shining Lamp of God”
January 6, 2016 Andrew Bonazelli
The Norwegian legend returns in style.
Album Premiere: Come On Pretty Venomous Concept, Kick Me Silly
January 5, 2016 Andrew Bonazelli
Grind, D-beat, hardcore and more converge on supergroup’s must-hear latest.
Classhole Kick 2015 to the Curb With “Time’s Up”
December 31, 2015 Andrew Bonazelli
3… 2… get obliterated in more ways than 1 this New Year’s Eve!