CONCERT REVIEW: Napalm Death – Primitive Man – Nastie Band Live at Rocks Off Concert Cruise, NYC


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Ear plugs? check.
Cash for the bar? check.
Dramamine? check.

Playing in Grindcore bands for the past decade, I owe a lot to Napalm Death. And yet I had never gotten the chance to see them. So when the opportunity struck to not only catch the OG’s live, but to see them on a boat, I jumped at the opportunity. Even more exciting, the British extreme metal band was joined on the US leg of their 2026 festival season tour dates by Colorado Sludge-Doom legends Primitive Man and artsy Blackened Funeral supergroup Nastie Band. Continue reading →


The Big Ol’ Nasty Getdown Book Hawaiian Tour Dates with The Familyhood Nextperience – New Single Coming Soon


The Big Ol’ Nasty Getdown – under the touring banner of The LiL Nasty Getdown – is heading to Hawaii for a special run of live performances, June 19th – 21st. Following the upcoming release of a new, two-track 7”, the shows also feature The Familyhood Nextperience, an improvisational dub-funk-reggae collective, led by Fishbone co-founder Norwood Fisher, with H.R. of Bad Brains/Human Rights. Keep reading below for more.
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Stormkeep Drop Their Single and Video “The Black Dragons Of Iswylm” – New Album Out This Week


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Denver-based symphonic black metal quartet, Stormkeep, have just launched their new single, “The Black Dragons Of Iswylm,” with a music video. The song serves as the centerpiece single from their upcoming sophomore album, The Nocturnes Of Iswylm, out June 12th, via Vesperian GmbH/Metal Blade Records. Watch it in the article below.
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