Demo:listen: Kūka’ilimoku
This week’s Demo:listen bows before the primitive strength of Hawaii’s Kūka’ilimoku.
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Q&A: Swallow The Sun’s Juha Raivio Is Blinded By The Light
Finnish doom-death metallers Swallow The Sun stare death in the face on new album, “When a Shadow Is Forced into the Light.” A Q&A with Juha Raivio.
Fallow Heart: Heavy Meta Part 1
Longtime metal journalists Jeff Wagner and Ula Gehret go deep on the mechanics of the heavy metal record review.
Track Premiere: Valaraukar “Visions of Truth Amidst Black Fume”
Edinburgh-based black metal duo Valaraukar stream new track “Visions of Truth Amidst Black Fume” off their Iron Bonehead debut “Demonian Abyssal Visions.”
Track Premiere: Falls of Rauros – ‘New Inertia’
Falls of Rauros break their silence and reveal the first song from new album Patterns in Mythology.
Interview: Old-School Dutch Death Metallers Thanatos at 35 Years, with New Compilation, New Label, and New Album in 2020
Thanatos celebrate 35 YEARS with a big anniversary show, new label, new album in the works, and the Thanatology: Terror from the Vault 2 CD demo/rarities compilation.
Tales From the Metalnomicon: “Lords of the Deep”/”Where Stars Won’t Shine” Author Patrick Lacey Talks Leviathan Metal
It’s time for a crash course in Songs About Sea Monsters with top-shelf metal-head horror novelist Patrick Lacey!
Album Review: VLTIMAS – “Something Wicked Marches In”
David Vincent returns to death metal in the form of VLTIMAS.
Happy 50th Birthday, Jeff Walker (Carcass)!
Friends from Napalm Death, Paradise Lost and more share some of their favorite Jeff Walker memories as we all wish the Carcass frontman a happy Big 5-0!
Album Review: East of the Wall – “NP-Complete”
East of the Wall try something new on NP-Complete.
Wacken Metal Battle: the Biggest Battle of the Bands. Ever.
In true Wacken style, the Wacken Metal Battle really is the biggest Battle of Bands ever.
Demo:listen: Astriferous
This week’s Demo:listen features Costa Rican death metal stargazers Astriferous.
Full Split Stream: Primitive Man / Hell
Primitive Man and Hell unleash the heaviest, darkest split of the year.
Full Album Stream: Endless Disease – ‘The End of All Life’
Stream the new album from misanthropic blackened crust/D-beat duo Endless Disease.
Roastburn: Old Man Gloom’s Santos Montano Previews Roadburn Based Only on Band Photos
Old Man Gloom drummer Santos Montano delivers the Roadburn preview to end all festival previews.
Full Album Stream: Noctambulist – “Atmospheres of Desolation”
Denver death metal mind-melters Noctambulist spawn nightmares on their Atmospheres of Desolation debut.
Demo:listen: Tohu
This week on Demo:listen we welcome the violent and spellbinding black metal of England’s Tohu.
The Workhorse Chronicles: Matron Thorn
The prolific Matron Thorn of Ævangelist released six records in 2018 after a nearly-fatal medical emergency, and shows no signs of stopping.
For Those About to Squawk: Goat Edition
Our resident birdbrains is focused on the goat this week.
Track Premiere: Ayyur – ‘He Who Dwells in the Trenches’
Hear a new song from Tunisian black metal entity Ayyur.
Q&A With Evoken’s Vince Verkay: New Album Pressures, Touring Plans
“That pressure is always there when writing a new album. It’s pressure that’s self-imposed… I would be VERY alarmed if that concern melted away.”
Full Album Stream: The Wizards – “Rise of the Serpent”
The Wizards conjure the soundtrack of magical warfare on their new Rise of the Serpent LP.
Q&A: Dissentience Combine Classic and New Influences on “Mask of Pretense”
Young thrashers Dissentience stream new EP Mask of Pretense.
Decibel Meter: Leading up to All Hallows’ Eve, with Behemoth
A seasonally appropriate list of titles to summon moonspell rites and rekindle the pagan spirit!
Demo:listen: Funeral Leech
This week’s Demo:listenfeatures New York death doom crushers Funeral Leech.
Bandcamp Donating 100% of Their Share to Voting Rights Project Today
Bandcamp are donating their share to the Voting Rights Project today. Buy some music and make a difference.
Smart Metal, Smarter Lyrics: Horrendous
Matthew Knox of Horrendous unpacks the social commentary in ‘Idol’
Demo:listen: Iron Cemetery
This week’s Demo:listen features the vicious death thrash of Montana’s Iron Cemetery.
Primitive Origins: AKA’s “Do What You Like”
Revisiting AKA‘s strange, strange 1970 debut to find proto-metal amongst the Indonesian pop.
An Interview with Jeff Wagner and Hunter Ginn of the Radical Research Podcast
The minds behind Radical Research give us a behind-the-scenes look at their podcast.