The inaugural Drums of War Festival descends on Barcelona, Spain, this August 27 to 29 with 31 bands across three days of underground extreme metal at Atlantic Events. Destruction, 1349, Nargaroth, Pestilence, Grave, Tormentor, Unleashed, Impaled Nazarene, and many more fill the bill. Tickets at drumsofwar.com. Continue reading
The Swedish death metal scene, especially the Gothenburg-based one with quintessential names like At the Gates, Entombed, and Dark Tranquility surrounding, is indeed all-around influential; many bands heavily inspired by the Gothenburg death metal scene have emerged throughout the past years. The Minneapolis-bound Majesties is one of the said bands. With members originating from the equally groundbreaking extreme metal acts Obsequiae and Inexorum, there was born a convergence, an allied force between those two acts– which is Majesties who recently have just released their first full-length entitled Vast Reaches Unclaimed, through 20 Buck Spin.