Blood or Love

Casket Robbery to finally release a Full-Length!

Sarah Elgindy — Thu, 17 May 2012 09:12:35 +0000

Southern Wisconsin’s have entered the studio to begin writing and pre-production for its first full length album. All engineering and recording is set to be done by Casket Robbery guitarist Cory Scheider (former guitarist) with extra funding and support to ...

Hate Field: Split Views From The East

Sam Zamrik — Thu, 17 May 2012 08:53:57 +0000

Syria’s View By Sam , with their amazing release of “Scary Fairy Tale,” definitely kicked it off. The album is generally well-mixed and the concept is extremely appealing, the thought of mixing industrial metal and Middle Eastern folk tunes is ...

The Sound of Joyous Suffering: A Retrophiliac’s Review of Horisont’s “Second Assault”

Keith Spillett — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 19:27:05 +0000

Listening to the new record “Second Assault” is an adventure in time travel. You don’t simply listen to the record, you hurdle backwards towards it. I am in a darkened, smoke-filled bar. Twenty or so spectators in different states of ...

Welcome Home Forever Once Again

Benjamin Lazar Glass — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 22:14:10 +0000

is one of those remarkable little-known well-known people. He tours from Australia to Moldova, yet hardly anyone has heard of him. I take some pride in knowing that he comes from my part of the globe, the state of Washington. ...

Mourning Lenore – Loosely Bounded Infinities

Sam Zamrik — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 20:57:49 +0000

The Portuguese melodic-death/doom metal band, , released their first debut album in 2010 under the name “Loosely Bounded Infinities.” As much as the name of this release is obscure, it’s just as genuine and extremely atmospheric. The spirit of melancholy ...

Lantlôs – Agape

Kaleb Daleszak — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 19:38:46 +0000

For those of you familiar with , you may already know that Lantlos is the side project of ‘s band member, Neige. I’d say that the material on this album is a bit heavier than stuff you’ll find on albums, ...

Al-Hajjaj: Keeping Punk Alive

Sarah Elgindy — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 19:58:32 +0000

Al-Hajjaj, founder of and , is arguably one of the key figures that helped give birth to the Saudi Arabian rock scene. Reading his replies made me realize how brave he was to try what he did during that time. ...

Jeff Meyers Jr.: Loyalty To The Scene

Sarah Elgindy — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 18:07:14 +0000

After my somewhat impulsive purchase of ‘s latest release, “We Became a Major Corporation,” hunted me down specifically to thank me for it. Initially, I was planning on just reviewing his band’s music, but after talking to him for a ...

Greg Cristman, The Artist

Sarah Elgindy — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 21:20:34 +0000

This interview was a lot of fun for me. It was my first recorded interview that I did while sitting with the person at a public place. Specifically, at a Subways in Brooklyn. I first met Greg at the free ...

Isolation of the Storm

Sarah Elgindy — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 23:22:22 +0000

Loneliness is not warm. It is not cold. When all residual emotions have taken their course, it is what we name the emptiness that follows. That process is exactly what listening to “Captains” by is like. They’re a band from ...

God Made Me Like Câimbra’s New Album

Keith Spillett — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 17:20:12 +0000

If you listen to ’s 5 track EP “E Tudo Uma Mentira”, you are probably not going to be that into it. It’s not one of those records you throw on and immediately love or at least, I didn’t. The ...

They’re Back!!!!: 2366 Words With Mace Guitarist and Producer Dave Hillis

Keith Spillett — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:32:01 +0000

80’s crossover thrash legends have returned to reek untold havoc on the eardrums of the metal world. I got a chance to sit down with guitarist Dave Hillis in his first interview since the comeback began. Dave talked extensively about ...

Heavy Days In Doomtown

Sarah Elgindy — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 23:51:03 +0000

This year’s HHDT fest is going to have some awesome bands playing. For those not familiar with this fest, here is their mission statement from their : The aim of the festival is to create an event that will be ...

Nick Horrigan: A Practice In Spontaneity

Sarah Elgindy — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 06:40:31 +0000

During my random surfing on Facebook looking for new music, I cam across this pretty cool review site called . They mainly caught my eye because of the crazy amount of New Jersey bands they were covering and, after some ...

Interviewing Eulen

Sam Zamrik — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 02:29:06 +0000

Eulen is one of the most successful post-black/doom bands in the middle-east and Syria. I was honored that they agreed to elaborate on some of their views and journeys along the way in producing music and supporting their fellow metal-head ...

House show in Fayetteville AR; Well Well Well/Homewrecker 01-13-2011

Ian Williams — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 02:59:32 +0000

(a band local to the Fayetteville area), here I was at a friends at a friends house in Fayetteville Arkansas, primarily for the reason that was seeing a few friends and a band called whom I had seen once before ...

“Go forth of the ark…” (A review of N.O.A.H. by KadavriK)

JC — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 01:00:07 +0000

"Sharing this duality is yet another talented band from Germany; KadavriK is a five-piece Melodic Death/ Black Metal hybrid that likes to oscillate back and forth between harmony and dissonance, good and evil, hope and despair. Both in their instrumentation as well as in their words, this struggle presents itself..."

Crom – Of Love and Death

Black Moor — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 00:50:10 +0000

As I requested this album to review, I never knew it would have stuck my subconscious with such fervor and strength which had transported the album into my dreams for almost a week long. Walter “Crom” Grosse had hit such ...

Prurient – Rose Pillar (2009)

Kaleb Daleszak — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 13:37:02 +0000

Dominick Fernow’s is a project which explores various bleak landscapes in many different ways. Through different stages of his extensive career, his discography has had strongly fluctuating moods. Sometimes Prurient’s music is loud and harsh, melting peoples’ faces off with ...

The Last Hangmen, “Servants Of Justice” Review

JC — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 01:14:09 +0000

Not to be taken for granted, The Last Hangmen has taken this several steps further. In their debut album, “Servants Of Justice”, the band stands in as judge, jury, and executioner. In fact, the entire album seethes with a malicious intent which blasts through your speakers to grab you by the neck and mete out unholy punishment. Lying somewhere in the realm between thrash metal, power metal, and melodeath, these German metallers rely on sheer force; from the wall of guitars and furious blast-beats to the rasped, screaming vocals, it is clear that mercy is not on the agenda for today.

Love Sex Machine – Self-Titled

Kaleb Daleszak — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 15:14:36 +0000

Y’know, I almost didn’t bother to listen to this album based on the song titles and the band name itself. Sure, that’s probably pretty shallow, and don’t get me wrong – I’m not a prude that’s offended by everything, and ...

Cultura Tres: “Purified” video released!

Sarah Elgindy — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 02:10:59 +0000

So I woke up today with this little tid-bit of promotional news in my inbox via : “Purified,” the new video from the Venezuelan sludge band , can be watched through the link below. It is for the second single ...

Leviathan discovered, devours interviewer whole!

JC — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 00:21:42 +0000

Very rarely, a band comes along that doesn’t merely entertain me but rather inspires me so profoundly that my entire musical worldview is irreversibly altered. Without even a shred of exaggeration, I can say that Leviathan is one such band. ...

Beyond Creation – The Aura

Kaleb Daleszak — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 06:43:59 +0000

With technical death metal on a rapid decline, I figured now would be a good time to start sifting through recent tech death releases. It’s understandable that a subgenre which focuses on technical proficiency and blazing speeds would face an ...

Eulen – Mother Tree

Sam Zamrik — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 02:38:08 +0000

The Syrian post-doom/ambient black metal band has released its first full-length album in 2011, offering a great sense of depression and strength at the same time, where you could sense the emotions represented in the lyrics, harmonized with the whole ...