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PREVIEW: New Music Friday: All the New Metal and Rock You Should Hear for Oct 31st 2025
From underground gems to the big time, it’s New Music Friday. The Spooky Edition: Oct 31st!Continue reading
Sanguisugabogg Drops NSFW Video for “Rotted Entanglement” – New Album Coming Soon
Ohio’s boundary-pushing brutalists Sanguisugabogg — Cody Davidson, drums; Drew Arnold, bass/guitars; Devin Swank, vocals; and Ced Davis, bass/guitars — recently confirmed their putrid new album Hideous Aftermath, is coming out on October 10 via Century Media Records. Pre-order it at the link below. The ‘Bogg have today shared the typically NSFW video for new single “Rotted Entanglement.” Watch it here.
Defeated Sanity Book US Tour withCorpse Pile, Despised Icon and Sanguisugabogg
Photo credit: Paul McGuire
After touring Europe and Latin America in support of their latest album, Chronicles of Lunacy (Season of Mist records), Defeated Sanity have announced that they’re bringing the record to the U.S. This November, they launch a 22 date live trek with Corpse Pile, Despised Icon, and Sanguisugabogg, who featured vocalist, Josh Welshman, on their new single. Find the live listings and more below.
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New England Metal and Hardcore Festival 2025 Books Lorna Shore, Cannibal Corpse, Kublai Khan Tx, The Black Dahlia Murder, Bury your Dead, and More
Lorna Shore To Headline Stacked Lineup Featuring Cannibal Corpse, Kublai Khan Tx, The Black Dahlia Murder, and more. New England Metal & Hardcore Festival returns on Saturday, September 20, 2025, at The Palladium Outdoors in Worcester, MA. Also on the bill are Drain, Sanguisugabogg, Municipal Waste, Madball, Full of Hell, and more. Launched in 1999, NEMHF became a cornerstone of the metal and hardcore scenes, hosting legends like Megadeth, Lamb Of God, Meshuggah, and more. After a triumphant return in 2023, the festival is set to once again bring the heat with a lineup that includes Lorna Shore as the headliner, alongside Cannibal Corpse, Kublai Khan TX, The Black Dahlia Murder, and a rare, historic final performance from Bury Your Dead featuring their classic lineup, including Matt Bruso, Mark Costello, Brendan “Slim” MacDonald, and Aaron “Bubble” Patrick. Check out the poster and ticket links below.Continue reading
ALBUM REVIEW: Suicide Silence – Remember… You Must Die
I have one question for the Suicide Silence lads. Why is it that they are perfectly content to settle on terrible studio production and mix? Yes, I get that The Cleansing and No Time to Bleed were popular and well-regarded in the Deathcore circle, but in all honesty, they were never going to be considered amongst the best metal recordings ever.Continue reading
ALBUM REVIEW: Ex Deo – The Thirteen Years of Nero
Four years after regaling us with stories of Carthaginian General Hannibal on The Immortal Wars (Napalm Records) Canadian/Italian death metal act Ex Deo return with more tales of ancient Rome on fourth full length release The Thirteen Years of Nero (also Napalm). As its title suggests, the central theme this time is the reign of Imperator Nero Cladius Divi Claudius filius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (or plain old Emperor Nero to his friends) and the matricide, uxoricide, blood, fire and death which followed him.
ALBUM REVIEW: Suicide Silence – Become the Hunter
Ah, the long-vaunted return to Deathcore form for Suicide Silence. Or is it? I’m sure the cynics and naysayers have already written off Become the Hunter (Nuclear Blast) as a simple effort to save face after the experimental and pseudo-Nu-metal stylings of 2017’s Suicide Silence. But let’s really get down to brass tacks here: Suicide Silence isn’t the first or last band to hit the soft reboot button on their careers. Continue reading
Brutal Assault 2020 Adds Cattle Decapitation, Fever333, Katatonia, Life of Agony and More!
Brutal Assault has added a plethora of new bands for 2020! Among the new bands playing the festival include Cattle Decapitation, Fever333, Katatonia, Life of Agony, Shadow of Intent, Fueled By Fire, Katatonia, Psykup, Mysticum, and Imperial Triumphant. The twenty-fifth edition of Brutal Assault Festival takes place August 5 – 8th at historic Fortress Josefov, in Czech Republic and will feature 130+ bands on five stages over four days. Watch a new trailer for the fest right now!Continue reading
