Carnivora – 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...
View ArticleMartyr Defiled – Young Gods
It could be argued that Deathcore as a genre has become stagnant with bands happy to stay the course whilst offering nothing more than small changes in sound, almost unable or not willing to push...
View ArticleThe Sword – Greetings From…
'Greetings From…' (Universal) is the latest live offering from The Sword. Greetings From… tries to capture the swank and swagger from The Sword’s live show and condense it into album form. It’s a...
View ArticleBlackout – The Horse
Brooklyn’s Blackout is the type of band that likes to lay it on real thick. And that’s not to be mistaken with exaggeration; if Blackout excel at one thing on 'The Horse' (Riding Easy) its putting down...
View ArticleProphets of Rage – Prophets Of Rage
Once in a while, the art that society needs to help it pull through collective dark times comes along right at the precise time. In another life, that album would have been a new album from a reunited...
View ArticleNomasta – House of the Tiger King
House of the Tiger King (Self-Released) is a record that very much wears its influences on its sleeve. Born out of Leeds’ underground DIY scene, the members of Nomasta have put in the legwork over the...
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