Yesterday’s Saints – Generation of Vipers
So many bands have referenced the devil in their songs over the years that it’s probably easier to list the artists that haven’t flirted with Old Nick than the ones who have. Still, that doesn’t mean...
View ArticleThe Atomic Bitchwax – Gravitron
Pulling together talent from bands such as Monster Magnet, Godspeed, and Core, psychedelic rockers The Atomic Bitchwax kick off the second quarter of 2015 with their sixth full length release,...
View ArticleWicked Inquisition – Wicked Inquisition
In some people’s minds the history of the 1970s goes a little bit like this: a grey decade of bad fashion and even worse food. Three day weeks and striking miners; thank goodness for punk and Year...
View ArticleMy Favorite Concert Memory: Don Slater of Battlecross
We get lucky once in a while on tour. I mean *really* lucky. My most favorite memory comes from playing Nova Rock in Austria. This was one of the shows we played on our festival run in 2014 where our...
View ArticleHigh on Fire – Luminiferous
I don't know about you, but, I turn into a kid on Christmas morning whenever a band I love announces a new album so I'm sure you can imagine the sheer joy that consumed my being when I finally got my...
View ArticleCarnivora – The Vision EP
I tend to feel spoiled living in Massachusetts. Why spoiled? Because it’s very easy for me to sit back, enjoy a Miller High Life, and put my elitist hat on when it comes to extreme music. Just look at...
View ArticleCut Up – Forensic Nightmares
“Not another Swedish death metal band!” I hear you cry. Surely a scene stuffed to the gills with those who worship at the putrid altars of Dismember and Entombed doesn’t need another body to distract...
View ArticleRamon Ortiz – Portal
Being stuck between three cultures is interesting, although also difficult at times. The metal and rock worlds always draw me back in but so do my Boricua roots so it really shouldn't have been any...
View ArticleIndian Handcrafts – Creeps
Following 2012's Civil Disobedience for Losers (Sargent House), stoner duo Indian Handcrafts release Creeps (Sargent House) to kick off the last quarter of 2015. I was first introduced to this band...
View ArticleBehold! the Monolith – Architects of the Void
For all the talk of sophisticated song structures, syncopated rhythms and harmonised vocalising that can often dominate reviews of records nowadays, sometimes it’s just nice to sit back, relax and be...
View ArticleExclusive Stream: AllFather –‘Blood Red Sunset’
A chimaera of Sludge, Metal, Doom and Hardcore, the Medway (UK) has disgorged a barrel of riffs and grooves from the febrile minds of AllFather, riff-mongers almighty. As a teaser of what shall be, and...
View ArticleDesertfest Belgium- Part 1: Live at Trix Antwerp
Desertfest Belgium is one of those names that in the European stoner/doom scene has developed a reputation for a good party, a place to see your favorite bands and meet friends from around the world....
View ArticleDesertfest Belgium- Part 2: Live at Trix Antwerp
Saturday we kick things off with Beelzebong, who give us the swamp soaked heavy slur of stoner doom riffs we’ve been so craving. These guys know how to his the sweet spot of heavy and oppressive, yet...
View ArticleChron Goblin – Backwater
Canada’s Chron Goblin may be a new name on you (well, they were a new name on me, anyway) but they have plied their trade for a few years now and 'Backwater' (Ripple), their third full length release,...
View ArticleCoffins/Ilsa – Split EP
You can file Coffins and Ilsa’s Split EP (Relapse Records) under heaviest thing you’ll jam out to for a while. No time to waste here with pretentious orchestral arrangements or cliché samples; Coffins...
View ArticleNirvana’s Nevermind Album Turns 25
Do you remember where you were on September 24th, 1991? That is, if you were even alive, since it was a quarter century ago. I was in class at community college in my home town. As usual I was hanging...
View ArticleMetallica’s Kirk Hammett Opens Up About Music, Himself And More For Ernie Ball
Ernie Ball‘s String Theory series features in-depth interviews with musicians from all genres of music. The latest episode focuses on Metallica‘s Kirk Hammett, and the legendary guitarist opens up like...
View ArticleKirk Windstein Of Crowbar On The Serpent Only Lies, Fans And Much More!
The almighty Crowbar will be releasing The Serpent Only Lies on October 28th via Entertainment One (eOne). As you’ve heard from the ‘Falling While Rising’ and ‘Plasmic and Pure’ singles, the NOLA...
View ArticlePaschalis Theotokis Shares Hardwired… To Self-Destruct In Two Minutes Video
The new Metallica album is out, and YouTuber Paschalis Theotokis has decided to take on Hardwired… to Self-Destruct in his own brilliant way. We’ve seen him perform 99 Metallica songs in 10 minutes, 70...
View ArticleMachine Head’s The More Things Change… Album Turns 20
On March 25th Machine Head's impeccable second album The More Things Change... (Roadrunner) turned 20 years old. Released at a time when thrash was struggling, and hardcore metal bands were mostly in a...
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