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INTERVIEW: Blind Equation’s James McHenry on “A Funeral in Purgatory” – Cybergrind, and 8-Bit Extremity

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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 →


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

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Camera? check.
Ear plugs? check.
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: Malevich – Under a Gilded Sun

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There are truly many directions you can go in music by taking influences from all over and finding a sound that is respectful to all of those influences. Malevich continues to evolve this approach with their latest release, Under a Gilded Sun (Church Road Records). This nearly forty-minute journey borrows from black, death, and sludge metal with dashes of grindcore mixed in. There are a few tracks on the album that feature a build-to-climax song structure, similar to how post-metal bands structure their songs. Continue reading →