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

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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 →


ALBUM REVIEW: Gloombound – Dreaming Delusion

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Doom is not Norway’s primary metal export. Gloombound’s new album Dreaming Delusion (Gruesome Records) helps put their stretch of fjord on the map when it comes to the genre. They hit all the sonic notes needed from this branch of despairing doom. They are further fleshed out once you get to the second song, as layers of nuanced melody are added. Keyboards expand the span of their atmosphere. This sound is given a dynamic whiplash when they chug into a more rabid Death Metal fury, before reaching the middle ground with syncopated breakdowns. 

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ALBUM REVIEW: Sakna – De Syv Dødssynder

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I’ve always been drawn to the notion of exploring the deeper cores of works that are published posthumously– and De Syv Dødssynder by Sakna is one of them. It’s not just an ordinary Sognametal-inspired record; it’s an accumulation of remnants gathered over four years consisting of Atmospheric Black Metal/DSBM materials written by the late Solemn himself– later discovered by his brother S (of Lunedi fame) in a long-lost drive, and 15 years after his demise, is set to be released via Hypaethral Records. Continue reading →