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Goatvermin – Demo (2011)
Hailing from France, Goatvermin specialize in playing a very barbaric and aggressive form of black metal. Think of Marduk's first few recordings and you...
Splattered Entrails – 2012 EP
Just over five months ago we saw Splattered Entrails release my second favorite album of 2011, “Nauseate.”
It was an album that had a...
Cordectomy – The Decrypted Epoch
In the recent interview I did with Mike O’Hara, he explained to me that the first instrument he learned was to play the drums,...
Viraemia – Viraemia
Fretboard acrobatics. That is the first
thought that comes to mind to describe the generally frantic pace of the
Phoenix-based technical brutal death metal...
Dead in the Dirt – Fear
“Fear” is a ridiculously powerful ten-track EP by Georgia new-comers, Dead In The Dirt.
Their brand of dirty and crushing d-beat/grindcore is definitely a...
Carnivorous Voracity – Debasement Incarnated
Do you want fast U.S.-styled brutal death metal with intermittent slams? If so, then “Debasement Incarnated” by Carnivorous Voracity is for you. This Spanish...
Counterparts – The Current Will Carry Us
With their sophomore debut, Counterparts manages to put out an album that not only matches their debut in terms of intensity and raw-emotion – but also...
Vicious Bastard – Post Abortion Lust
When a band names themselves Vicious Bastard, you know there is only one reason for their existence. Can you guess what it is? If...
Structures – Divided By
Signed by Sumerian Records earlier this year; Structures must now prove that they can keep up with the big boys of metalcore. While Divided...
Ocularis – Roses Are Dead
One of the stinkiest states in the Union, New Jersey, is home to the four-piece deathcore band Ocularis. This band was first presented to...
Must-read
On Cuties and Moral Panics
"I did what any thinking person should do before making a judgment: I watched the goddamn movie."
Satan, Twerking, and The Fight for the Soul of America
Lil Nas X' latest song is the new theater in the pointless Culture Wars for the so-called "soul of America". And while it is fun to mock those fundamentalists who rally against its supposed "Satanism", we should also remember that their offense is real, and that they are acting in accordance to their beliefs. The issue is that we shouldn't care.
Grief and Black Metal in 2013’s Málmhaus
"Màlmhaus is probably one of the best films about heavy metal and its culture, showing how music can help people find their own place in life."