In this episode, Keefy welcomes back Dallas-Toller Wade of Narcotic Wasteland, who is currently on tour for the “Annihilation of The Wasteland” dates. Dallas is performing all of “Annihilation of Wicked” by Nile and his other solo mateiral. We chatted about revisiting these tracks, his approach to re-learning material, other guitar nerdout topics, and much more!Continue reading
Death Metal diehards, rejoice! Gruesome returns with “Silent Echoes,” a ferocious and complex, Jazz-influenced evolution of their signature old-school sound. Out now on Relapse Records, the new album pays homage to the progressive brilliance of Death’s 1991 masterpiece “Human,” while being its own animal. Keefy talks with Matt Harvey (Exhumed) about the decade-long, ultimate torchbearing of Chuck Schuldiner’s legacy.Continue reading
Opening today are Tilburg locals Autarkh, whom I first discovered playing the 2021 Roadburn Redux show. Eclectic and heavy, the band mix electronics with metal elements, so much that Encyclopedia Metalum (a.k.a Metal Archives) doesn’t even consider them metal enough. Tonight, though, the band have a live drummer with them, who plays the angular beats with relish. Frontman and guitarist Michel Nienhuis (formerly Dodecahedron) is clearly very much in the groove. A groove expertly set by their temping bassist, who learned the complex material in only a week. It’s very hard to stick a genre on what Autarkh make, but I’d call them Avant-Garde Math Metal.Continue reading
Revitalised and rejuvenated by the homecoming of original frontman Ezra Haynes, Colorado Tech Death act Allegaeon return with its seventh full-length studio release The Ossuary Lens (Metal Blade Records). Since Haynes’s return at the back end of ’22, the quintet has already teased fans with two singles before finally unveiling what everyone has really been waiting for. Continue reading
Cytotoxin have well and truly embraced the Chernobyl disaster as impetus for what they term Nuclear Death Metal, and their latest foray, Biographyte (Self-Released) is yet another gruelling installment, for better and worse.Continue reading
Today on the block we have the new cut Painted Paradise from Indianapolis’ own Fleshbore. If I had to wrap this new cut in a single word it would probably be “blistering”. Everything on this cut is at an 11 even when they decide to slow it up the listener is sitting with crazy anticipation for the next time the pedal gets stomped on. The drums and guitars scream through each track like crazy ass racecars from hell whose pilots have tossed the brakes aside long ago. (see what I did there lol)! Continue reading
I do not get to hear many albums that make me want to be better at my instrument. The new cut from Defeated Sanity did this; I felt compelled to go practice. Continue reading
Death Metal, for all the brute force associated with it, actually has some deep thinkers and nuanced creatives amongst the genre’s bloodied ranks. One of the most genuine talents in the field is Mallika Sundaramurthy (ex-Abnormality, Unfathomable Ruination). She is a brilliant and brave writer, a commanding artist, and a peak-level Death Metal vocalist.
Emasculator is a reclamation for Sundaramurthy of her chosen path, a self-realization and sonic achievement based on moving through the shadowwork of negative experiences of the past into a vehicle that suits her vision and ethics the best.
Despite an ungodly early 5:30 doors Belgium Death/Trash collective Schizophrenia are met with a packed room as the Manchester crowd swarm Victoria Warehouse for a night of promised chaos. The thrashy death onslaught that Schizophrenia produce is a pummeling start to the evening for sure, perfect for ridding the lingering aches of a long work week with plenty of fist pumping and head banging.Continue reading
In this episode, Ghost Cult’s Ragin Rosie chatted with Ryan Knight of The Black Dahlia Murder! Their new album “Servivtude” is coming soon via Metal Blade Records, and it will be their first since the passing of Trevor Strnad. Ryan and Rosie discussed writing the new album and a lot more! Continue reading