New Orleans is well known for its music scene spanning many genres. One of those genres that is not spoken of often enough would be bimboviolence and barbiegrind. Pioneers, Brat, have dropped another killer (literally) full-length in the form of Manslayer (Prosthetic Records). With decades of heavy music lyrics focusing on killing women, now it is time for the women to get in on some of the killing.
Chris Elliott (Cell Arts Media / Black-Angeles ) caught up with James McHenry, the songwriter and producer behind Chicago cybergrind project Blind Equation, to discuss the band’s latest album, A Funeral in Purgatory, released in 2025 through Prosthetic Records. James breaks down how a solo internet project started in 2012, blending abrasive electronic beats, 8-bit video game aesthetics, heavy bass synths, and emotional screaming, eventually expanded into a full live lineup and one of extreme music’s most genuinely genre-resistant projects. Continue reading
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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