When metal-inspired ideas leave the guitar behind and embrace their ebony/ivory duality, you get Goatcraft.  In this interview, you get more Goatcraft.

Terence Hannum of Locrian talked to Decibel about his new novella Beneath The Remains.

You bought the record. You wear the shirt. But does that mean you deserve an explanation from Nails about why they are on hiatus? Neill Jameson doesn’t think so. 

2016 is the year progressive metal emerged from its long-standing shadow. The genre, long associated with haughtiness and a self-serving nature (music for musicians), is far more advanced now. So too are its audience and exposure points. This brings us to progressive metal stalwarts Redemption, a band that’s enthralled smart-minded music fans since its eponymous debut hit shelves (actual store shelves) in 2003.

The Curling Flame of Blasphemy
Beats the Hockey Flame of Blasphemy
dB rating: 8/10

Dread Crew of Oddwood, Necromancing the Stone and Warpvomit all come face to beak with Waldo this week. 

Bringing metal music, film and thought together.

On this week’s Demo:listen, we bring you an exclusive premiere of the demo by Vancouver Island’s Graveolence.

Carcass. Crowbar. Ghoul. Night Demon. A basement filled with rowdy Philadelphians. Who will survive and what will be left of them?

Knocked Loose is on a roll right now, touring with The Acacia Strain, waiting to hit the United States and Europe with Stick to Your Guns and Expire and putting out a full-length album, Laugh Tracks, on September 16. Go behind the scenes of the new album in this new video.