You Are Not Dreaming: Publicist UK Cover Tori Amos for Flexi Series
January 21, 2016 Andrew Bonazelli
Your WTF Meter is probably redlining. Just press play.
Hall of Fame Countdown: Tiamat’s Wildhoney
January 21, 2016 Matt Solis
Twenty-two years later, Tiamat’s Wildhoney remains a marvel—a truly mighty bridge that countless bands have since crossed in an effort to meld the brutal with the otherworldly. We break down the 120th entry into our Hall of Fame over a big ol’ glass of Psilocybe tea.
For Those About to Squawk: Waldo’s Pecks of the Week
January 21, 2016 Andrew Bonazelli
Oh my, it’s been a little bit, hasn’t it? Well, it’s me, your boy Waldo, pecking up right where I left off, spouting all the stuff about new releases that are fit to line the bottom of my cage.
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”
STREAMING & INTERVIEW: Wildspeaker Talk Crust, Metal, and Magic.
January 20, 2016 James Lewis
Yes, that title does refer to the two styles of music and the trading card game.
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.
STREAMING: Exumer “Catatonic”
January 20, 2016 Chris Dick
We were tempted to post a mid-’80s photo of German thrashers Exumer. But, alas, this would be a misrepresentation of the reality of time. Actually, that’s not entirely true. For the better part of two decades Exumer has parlayed Euro-centric thrash into solid gold. That’s right, from 1985 to 2016, the Germans have transcended time and trends to make what is arguably the best thrash album to hit the public since Exodus’ Force of Habit.
Feastem and Teething Deliver Seven Inches of Grind
January 19, 2016 Kevin Stewart-Panko
“Spain’s superb hardcore punk misfits clash with Finland’s finest grindcore deviants on this unforgivingly brutal split 7” that’s going to pummel you into submission from the very first notes.”
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.