Tag: metal

Stoner/doom outfit Dead Quiet are ready to issue their second LP, Grand Rites, in November. Balancing doomed out arrangements with melody, the group (which features current and former members of Anciients, 3 Inches…

For fans of a long-defunct band the prospect of a “lost” album arriving unexpectedly is exciting news. Seattle second-wave grunge lords Gruntruck were riding a crest of surging popularity in…

Twelve years is a long period of silence from any band, including Czech black metal outfit Solfernus. After a lineup change which brought in new drummer Paul Dread (best known for…

Primitive Origins is a column where we’ll look back at proto-metal and early metal that deserves a bit of your battered eardrum’s attention. We’re keeping it loose and easy here:…

Doom/sludge powerhouse Boson deliver in spades when it comes to heaviness on their new album, Domain of Ember, and new song “Mass of the Phoenix,” which features Gatecreeper’s Chase Mason. Rather than tell you…

In its most pure form, black metal is cold, the musical equivalent to winter. It is fitting, then, that Tyakrah have titled their new song “Fährten im Schnee.” Translated into English from…

Big things are happening for Montreal’s WarCall. Tomorrow sees the release of the band’s fourth full-length album, Invaders, via Plan B Musique. Next week, the crusty metal trio pack their…

With a band name that translates from Latin roughly to “contract killer” or “assassin” and an album titled Serenade of Slitting Throats, you might guess that Sicarius are more aggressive than…

A few days before Halloween, Philadelphia label Horror Pain Gore Death will release a split from four of their own apocalyptic horsemen. With the equivalent of an EP from four…