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.”
Album Premiere: Hatesong – ‘Chapel Rats’
June 2, 2021 Sean Frasier
Indianapolis blasphemers Hatesong release their LP of blackened pestilence, Chapel Rats. Rest in power, DV Karloff.
Album Review: Go Ahead and Die – ‘Go Ahead and Die’
June 1, 2021 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Max Cavalera and son Igor spend some quality father-son time together, along with Khemmis/Black Curse drummer Zach Coleman.
Mandatory Reissue: Necrony – Pathological Performances
June 1, 2021 Dutch Pearce
Stream the reissue of the debut and only full-length from Swedish death-grinders Necrony (whose members went on to form Nasum) and get some old-school death-grind context from Necrony’s former guitarist/vocalist Anders Jakobson.
Blast Worship: Bleachdrinker
June 1, 2021 Gene Meyer
A hearty bottoms up to Bleachdrinker‘s voracious whirlwind of blast beats and D-beats.
Full Album Premiere: Starlight Ritual “Sealed in Starlight”
May 31, 2021 Chris Dick
Quebec-based heavy metal outfit Starlight Ritual stream fantasy-inspired debut Sealed in Starlight on Temple of Mystery Records.
Full Album Stream: Boss Keloid – “Family the Smiling Thrush”
May 31, 2021 Emily Bellino
British prog-sludge weirdos Boss Keloid reveal their most eclectic release yet, Family the Smiling Thrush.
Enforced’s Top 5 East Coast Music Venues
May 31, 2021 Chris Dick
Richmond, Virginia-based crossover thrashers Enforced list their Top 5 music venues on the East Coast.
No Corporate Beer Reviews: Puff Puff Fish (Venom Series)
May 28, 2021 Nick Green
Tripping Animals Brewing Co‘s Puff Puff Fish is light, airy and refreshing—a mid-range ABV sour that drinks like a session beer.
For Those About Squawk: Waldo Pecks on Go Ahead and Die, Red Fang and Septus
May 28, 2021 Blake Harrison
Our cooped up correspondent finds his feathers surprisingly unruffled by a Max Cavalera side project, a big rock band and yet another Phyrron-related deathstorm.