Lik – Carnage


Take three unashamed Deff Metulz heads from that most renowned city of Stockholm, give them an HM-2 pedal, a huge guitar stack, a heritage that includes Dismember, At The Gates and Entombed and, courtesy of Lawrence Mackrory, a stunning sonic assault that takes all the best aspects of Sunlight Studios merged with today’s production values of volume and clarity, and stand back and wait… for your face to be pinned to the wall behind you as the hurricane of Swedish Death Metallage assaults you with unrestrained glee. Continue reading


Havok – Darkest Hour – Cephalic Carnage – Harlott: Live at Camden Underworld, London


 

Thrash has long been perfected on record. Indeed, it’s hard to justify owning many Thrash records made post-Rust in Peace. Live, however, is a different beast entirely. Continue reading


Watch The New At The Gates Video – Daggers Of Black Haze


Melodic death metal legends At The Gates have released a new video for their track ‘Daggers Of Black Haze’. The track comes from their forthcoming album To Drink From The Night Itself, due out on May 18th, 2018 via Century Media Records. Watch the video now! Continue reading


Decibel Metal And Beer Festival II At The Fillmore, Philadelphia


Philadelphia, I love you! I just need to start out with that sentiment, because honestly, that was what was in my throat the entire weekend that I was down in Philly for Decibel’s Second Annual Metal and Beer Festival. I heard all the stories and the awesomeness that was last year with SLEEP and everything that came with it. I definitely had a case of FOMO, really bad. So I bused it down to Philly on a semi-spring feeling Friday and prepared for the good times to roll. Sadly due to work, I had to miss the pre-fest party show, with Midnight. Devastating, but you can’t win em all, or even some in this life. Anyway, the fest would more than deliver, and all those good feelings were gonna last from the second I got off the bus at Independence Hall until I left to go home on Monday. Continue reading


The Grotesquery – The Lupine Anathema


It’s always a musical cause for concern whenever an Extreme Metal band feels the need to sensationalize their genre (or subgenre for that matter). The Grotesquery referring to their sound as “Occult Death Metal” gave me plenty of uncertain pause heading into The Lupine Anathema (Xtreem Music). Continue reading


At The Gates share New Animated Video – A Stare Bound In Stone


As At The Gates draws closer to the release of their new album, To Drink From The Night Itself on May 18th via Century Media, they keep sharing all the awesome singles and videos to get us sufficiently pumped up. Check out this new, animated video for ‘A Stare Bound In Stone’!Continue reading


Bloodstock Open Air Adds Onslaught, Feed The Rhino, Lovebites And More!


Bloodstock 2018 continues to grow in depth and quality as the festival has added six more bands to the bill. Joining the already killer lineup are Onslaught, Feed The Rhino, Lovebites, DeProfundus, Reprisal and Uncured to the lineup. These bands bring the classic, underground, avant-garde and extreme metal quotient up even more. Get pumped up for the festival by watching this new teaser trailer! Continue reading


At The Gates Premiere “To Drink From The Night Itself” Music Video


At The Gates will be releasing To Drink From The Night Itself on May 18th via Century Media, and today they’ve shared the video for the album’s title track. Continue reading


Bloodstock Open Air Adds Alestorm, Pallbearer And More


Bloodstock 2018 has announced a slew of new bands including drunken pirate metallers Alestorm, doom purveyors Pallbearer and more! Tickets are selling fast and a sell-out is expected. The fests ever-popular payment plan ticket option has only 6 days left as well. Full line-up and ticket details below. Continue reading