There is a wealth of incredibly progressive heavy music coming out of Italy these days most notably bands such as Sunopcrisy, Storm{O} and for the subject of this review Verona&rsq&hell…Read More

'You will end up where you are meant to be' -Tyler “Telle” SmithUnlike anything I have ever seen before, there was literally a line of people wrapped around Sunshine Theater for… Read More

Gritty, meticulous, monotonous. No doubt words that will come to mind upon hearing the most recent release from San Francisco sludge outfit BODY VOID. High off their debut album Ruins, the b… Read More

Throwing just about everything in the way of metal at you, aside from simplicity, Ontario based prog-metal band Æpoch seems to have the overall aim of annihilating your cranium. Think… Read More

First of all, my sincerest apologies go out to Decibel Magazine, Enslaved and Wolves in the Throne Room. Regrettably, due to circumstances beyond my control I was unable to attend this perfo… Read More

There comes a time when your average metal head makes the bold decision to take a break from all their Metallica, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, and so forth. It's all great stuff, no doubt, but… Read More

(This interview is between Edward Dinsley and The Bad Larrys)[E] Your debut album, "Hodads" sounds amazing! How did you hook up with Pete Lyman?Davis: Pete Lyman was actually recommended by… Read More

I hadn’t heard much about Phillie's The Bad Larrys when I first gave this impressive slab a spin apart from the fact that they had been dubbed “proto-punk” and &l&hell…Read More

(This interview is between Keith, The Odd of Direnotes and Cam of Motherslug)[K] Who is Motherslug? What brought the band together?Motherslug have been kicking around for six years now. Nick… Read More

First off, Visitation’s intro is as creepy as they come. I’ve grown used to patiently waiting through some pretty lengthy prologues in my time but this gets to the point immediat… Read More

(The following is an interview between Sammi Spells and Jani of Svartanatt. See her original review here.)[SS] Hello! Thank you so much for taking time to sit down and answer somequestions f… Read More

Quite literally, Repulsione scared me. I'm no stranger to Grindcore, I actually own a few Grindcore releases myself, but after sliding on my headphones and expecting the same-old run-of-the… Read More

If you are one that likes the Horror Punk Genre, The Dahmers is a band that made me want to dance while listening to them. Listening to them, I am definitely reminded of the Misfits. This… Read More

 Powerfully emotional, Towards Atlantis Lights draws from historical moments and blends folk, doom, death, and black metal elements together in order to bring their story to life on Dus… Read More

Since 1997, Thai grind core mainstays Shambles have continually put out brutal slabs of doom heavy demos (and even a full length release, 2016’s Realm of Darkness Shrine). With a parti… Read More

So you started your own blog, or you took on the responsibility of interviewing a band or artist for a web-zine or blog you write for? It can be a daunting thing for the uninitiated, even af… Read More

Over time, Black Metal has whipped back and forth with experimentation. A few years back, you'd find all manner of genres crossing with it. You had no idea what to expect, at times you could… Read More

(This interview it between Keith, The Odd of Direnotes and Corey of NEST)NEST is a two-man hardcore band, with definite sludge elements, from Kentucky. Recently they have released their full… Read More

A strange mixture of Black, Death, and Industrial metal; Iperyt is a five person group from Poland- with names like People Hater, Hellhound, Black Messiah, Shocker and... Vincent  (of w… Read More

If you’re going to be blatantly blasphemous in a predominantly Christian country, you had better be able to back it up. Doom heavyweights, Antichrist, do exactly this on their cru… Read More

Musically, Ziggurat's Ritual Miasma seems to hit the mark with clinical precision. There are almost no mistakes, nor much error, to be heard here. It's exactly what you'd expect from somethi… Read More

Relatively new, Sludgelord Records has been quite successful when it comes to it's pick of representative bands - most likely due to Sludgelord's long history as an online webzine. They've c… Read More

Much like many other kids born in the 80's, my parents were born in the 60's. They were teenagers in the 70's and grew up around the true heyday of rock. I grew up with a deep passionate lov… Read More

Divine Realm's album Nordicity is an absolute must in my books. Listening to the songs on this album left me wanting to listen to more by them. It was a perfect blend of symphonic mel… Read More

Here it comes, another completely unnecessary list of bands! Every month I'll be looking at the top three bands, of those I've personally reviewed, that I feel are stand outs. I've not liste… Read More

I do most of my review listening through headphones just before bed. It’s a habit I picked up years ago that has just stuck. I find the tenuous space between wakefulness and sleep most… Read More

Releasing as a  7" EP this year, The Beast Unburdened by Flesh is the first offering by black/death metal trio Grave Spirit. It's only fitting this EP would be put on wax, as the EP fea… Read More

One of my favorite things about Black Metal is the dense and often impenetrable atmosphere it rarely fails to invoke. Every artist in the genre that has found their way onto my turntable, wh… Read More

Featuring members of Dissolving of Prodigy, Self-Hatred, and Silent Stream of Godless Elegy - the Czech Repulic based 'supergroup', Et Moriemur, aims to pull in all manner of artists and tal… Read More

Hyvinkaa, Finland’s Vargrav have far exceeded the trappings of your average black metal act. Brilliantly masterminded by multi-instrumentalist, V-KhaoZ, Netherstorm is quickly proving… Read More

It feels like some serious talent has been seeping slowly out of Australia, and finally becoming available to us knuckle draggers overseas. First I was able to experience the likes of Arketh… Read More

When I was growing up, music seemed like a place for the elite. It was some impossible thing to make it in, because only the best of the best made it. Then again, I barely knew what a concer… Read More

Photo by Josh Street Design[K] Necrosexual is completely new to me, and I’m loving GRIM 1. For a newer fan, who’s not too familiar (like me), can you tell me a little about how t… Read More

Apathy Noir's doom-like progression is more reminiscent of something like recent My Dying Bride, rather then drawing from too many death or black metal influences – though the vocals o… Read More

[K] It’s been quite a while, 3 years, since the EP ‘Cloaked in Decay’ - how would you say the band has evolved since then?MARCUS: We had Mike Lewis on guitar then. He left… Read More

Midmourner is a Alabama band that decided sludge was the way to go, and I can get behind that. If I had to guess, the group has a bit of experience with the genre. The band is just too direc… Read More

[K] What is it like being a hardcore band in Norway? Has there been any difficulties?When we started out, hardcore was kind of a buzz in Norway, giving us a head start. There is also a good… Read More

Way back, I had the chance to review Ancst's Compilation 'In Turmoil' and, though Direnotes was certainly in it's infancy then, I clearly remember Ancst having a vastly different sound. In f… Read More

Experimentation is a word often thrown around within the extreme metal spectrum, usually when a particular subgenre decides to cross with another. You got black metal crossing with just abou… Read More

A lot of bands make some hefty promises, but it isn't too often that they fully pull through. Coffin Torture is a duo that specializes in gritty grime-ridden sludge; sounds so bleak and filt… Read More

As with anybody who's taken the time to review music, my shelves are completely full (and my record crate, both) and then some. So I thought, I might as well begin to give some of the odd ti… Read More

WHIPSTRIKERMERCILESS ARTILLERYHELLS HEADBANGERSReally, I can't find a delicate way around this, nor do I see why I really should dwell on it as I write this – Whipstriker fancies Celti… Read More

OWL MAKERPATHS OF THE SLAINSELF-RELEASEDOwl Maker rides a fine-line between the world of driving rock and doomy stoner-metal bands such as Red Fang, and Mastodon, the combination providing j… Read More

MORTIFERUMALTAR OF DECAYBLOOD HARVEST RECORDSIt's Demo time again, whereas a band is actually brave enough to put out something of theirs without running it through the wringer. This time Mo… Read More

FLUMMOXGarage Prog EPMURFREESBORO, TNI'm no stranger to the likes of Flummox, no. I've both reviewed them back in the day (see here) and they were gracious enough to be featured on our… Read More

THROWBACK THURS:HELLHAMMERAPOCALPYTIC RAIDS EP1984It is no secret that I'm one of those pesky Tom Warrior (Or Tom Gabriel Fischer, if you so choose) fans. I have no disillusions of ever maki… Read More

SPITE (US)ANTIMOSHIACHINVICTUS PRODUCTIONSThere is something different about Spite and their newest album, Antimoshiach, and it took me a good while to pinpoint what it was. Initially… Read More

ONDT BLODNATURFYSISK FORMATTo preface this, I do not speak any language common to Norway – so I can't really give a accurate opinion on the lyrical content. Which is a shame, really. U… Read More

At long last, Tears of Dymphna, our compilation for Suicide Awareness, has been released! Featuring a bevy of amazing bands from across the globe, and across genres, this has been a long tim… Read More

ABUSED'ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER STEP AWAY FROM GOD'CALIFORNIA, USA(Reposted from BrubbADubb)Yes, the holidays are upon us and, I don't know about you, but I needed some unadulterated rage to get… Read More

REGNAT HORRENDUM'HEATHENLAND'KALININGRAD, RUSSIA(REPOSTED From BrubbADubb, who is me so... who cares)I firmly believe that most musical endeavors are capable of transcending the language bar… Read More

LUNA'S CALLDIVINITYLINCOLN, UK(Reposted from BrubbADubb)More then likely, people will draw more then a few comparisons to older Opeth albums when listening to Luna's Call, at least when it c… Read More

THE PROJECTIONISTTHE GALLOWFOREST EULOGYAPPALACHAIN NOISE RECORDS & TRUE PLAGUE RECORDSI try my best to give every band or project a fair chance, but there are times when I just can… Read More

SWAMPCULTTHE FESTIVALTRANSCENDING OBSCURITYThe Festival is a multi-part take on Lovecraft's short-story of the same name by the wonderfully obscure SWAMPCULT. I've read the original myself… Read More

INTERVIEWRICHIE BROWNMINDSCARHow do you achieve such a large sound with only three members? Especially during live gigs?The same way that Rush does, by playing our asses off.Now it's said th… Read More

LIKE ANIMALSFERALSELF-RELEASE'Core' genres are a tough game nowadays, be it metalcore, deathcore, or mathcore; a popular thing to hate on, due to the usual over-production and generally shal… Read More

PYROMANCERDEMO MMXVGODZ OV WARI don't usually judge a band, project, or artist by the quality of their demo. To me, a demo usually is the absolute base version of their work -a musical doodl… Read More

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ALTARAGENIHILSENTIENT RUIN LABORATORIESRaw. That was my first impression when it came to listening to Altarage's 'Nihil' and that was only within the first few moments. This album… Read More