Tag: metal
Seventh Annual Decibel Magazine Tour Lineup + Dates Announced
Since its launch in 2012, the annual Decibel Magazine Tour’s ambitious curation has unified artists from around the extreme music universe who would otherwise never have the opportunity to tour…
Read more »Track Premiere: Hangman – ‘Abandoned’ (Feat. Brian Zoid of Neglect)
Long Island hardcore bruisers Hangman are one of the many exciting, newer hardcore bands to be watching right now. With their latest EP, A Vile Decree, Hangman have made it clear that…
Read more »Spirit Adrift
Curse of Conception Born for Burning This planet is a grave, and Spirit Adrift’s sophomore LP is the eulogy we all deserve Record Label: 20 Buck Spin Release Date: October…
Read more »Track Premiere: Spook the Horses – ‘Crude Shrines’
Fans of Rainmaker, the 2015 LP by New Zealanders Spook the Horses will immediately notice one thing about their 2017 follow-up, People Used to Live Here. Gone is the earth-rattling heaviness of Rainmaker, replaced by turned-down,…
Read more »Full Album Stream: Complete Failure – “Crossburner”
Steel City maniacs Complete Failure have unleashed a mammoth grindcore record with their latest album, Crossburner. A cocktail of riffs, high-speed drumming and ridiculously pissed-off vocals, Crossburner also shines in its slower moments: songs like “Fist…
Read more »Full Album Stream: Worm (USA) – “Evocation of the Black Marsh”
Perhaps you’ll recall seeing Worm’s name in last year’s ‘Best Demos of 2016’ edition of Demo:listen when both Iron Bonehead’s boss and I were caught gushing over Worm’s demo, Nights in…
Read more »Judas Priest Announce New Album, 2018 North American Tour
Heavy metal icons Judas Priest have announced via Facebook that their 19 studio album, Firepower, “will be arriving in early 2018.” Firepower follows 2014’s Redeemer of Souls. Along with the album, Judas Priest have…
Read more »Making the Perfect Gnaw Album: An Interview with Alan Dubin
New York City-based experimental/noise metal outfit Gnaw are experts in unsettling music that follows few conventions or patterns. Led by the distinctive, tortured vocals of Alan Dubin (ex-Khanate, ex-OLD), Gnaw have completed Cutting…
Read more »Withered Discuss Lineup Changes, Future Split Releases
Atlanta’s Withered were on hand to deliver a setlist loaded with their signature brand of “blackened tortured doom” upon an eager crowd. Despite a late arrival, the quartet gave an explosive performance…
Read more »Dead Lord’s Hakim Krim Fields Nine Questions
When Dead Lord’s vocalist/gutiarist Hakim Krim, guitarist Olle Hedenström, bassist Martin Nordin, and new drummer Adam Lindmark (ex-Morbus Chron) get heavily caught up in near-ritualistic listening sessions to Thin Lizzy,…
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