Track Premiere: Evil Invaders are “Raising Hell”

September 21, 2016

Evil Invaders‘ “Raising Hell” is a speed-drenched, retro tune. 

Shittiest Video of the Week: Darke Complex – “Void”

September 21, 2016

I feel that reviewing this video is unfair. It’s like if a food critic walked into a restaurant and was only allowed to taste the ketchup. Darke Complex is such a multifaceted band when it comes to being terrible that this brief clip is a mere toe dip into the abyss of their artistic failings. But, you were promised a shitty video review, so let’s wheel this thing out.

Entombed Announce PledgeMusic Campaign for Release of Dual ‘Clandestine’ Concerts, Hint at New Material

September 21, 2016

Entombed’s dual 25th anniversary Clandestine concerts could be coming to a small screen near you. 

Track Premiere: Pray for Sound – “I Have Seen Hell And It’s White”

September 20, 2016

“I Have Seen Hell And It’s White” is an instrumental rollercoaster, capturing excited and calm, collected energy throughout the song. 

Lessons from the Master: An interview with Paul Speckmann

September 20, 2016

Since the mid 80s, Paul Speckmann has been snarling his sardonic vitriol over pummeling riffs, and over thirty years later he seems less likely to stop than ever. We caught up with the Chicago-born, ex-pat inveterate death-thrasher in an attempt to figure out how, to this day, he remains such a potent force in the international extreme metal scene.

Full Album Stream: French Death/Black Combo Aum

September 20, 2016

Very little is funny about Aum and their heady/dirty death offensive, Om Ah Hum Vajra Guru Padma Siddhi Hum, but get your ears on this if you like dense, ugly destruction that also finds time to paint with a little light.

Video Premiere: MONO – ‘Requiem for Hell’

September 20, 2016

MONO have spent the past almost-two decades crafting vibrant soundscapes and instrumental rock albums. The upcoming Requiem for Hell, MONO’s ninth studio album, treads similar territory.  In a video for the title track, the Japanese instrumentalists tell, visually and audibly, an exhilarating yet terrifying story. The entirely black and white video features a man running…

Video Premiere: Dust Bolt – “SickxBrain”

September 19, 2016

Dust Bolt have released a music video for “SickxBrain,” giving plenty of screen time to their moshing fans.

Full Album Stream: Trap Them’s “Crown Feral” Will Royally Blissfuck You Up

September 19, 2016

Experience pure sonic violence with Trap Them‘s Crown Feral, then recover from your beatdown with a macabre arts & (darker hand)crafts lesson from vocalist Ryan McKenney. 

Justify Your Shitty Taste: Ulver’s “Perdition City”

September 19, 2016

Ulver traded their wolves’ skin for electronica and trip-hop 16 years ago. Are you over it yet?