Crystal Viper Melt Ears with Fire and Ice
Since 2003 Polish singer Marta Gabriel has led the charge, helming heavy metal’s Crystal Viper. A band formed from a revolving mish-mash of musicians and recordings. Its formal infancy began in 2006 with its first official lineup and 2007 debut, The Curse of the Crystal Viper. An EP followed in ’08 with a second full length and new members in ’09. In ’10 they released Legends, an album featuring ...[Read More]
Aria Release Epic Guest from the Kingdom of Shadows DVD
On April 30th Russian veteran metal band Aria played a massive show at the CSKA Arena formally known as the VTB Ice Palace and Legends Arena in Moscow for an all ages, sold out crowd supporting their latest record Curse of the Seas.The bombastic, visually stunning set was filmed multi-cam for a live CD/DVD release, now available. A three-level stage and screen captured what the band is visually ca...[Read More]
Necronomicon – Unus
The sounds and audio spells from Canada’s extreme music benders Necronomicon have carried into late 2019 with a new stirring opus combing styles, structures and genres molded into their world venturing down new pathways, producing a unique product all their own. They’ve gone Beyond Thunderdome so to speak on new record Unus. They’ve made a career pulling the teeth from traditional death metal usin...[Read More]
Survive – Immortal Warriors
Seven albums into their career, Japan’s long standing riff masters Survive have proven neither time, millage or volume can slow them down. If the sound’s on new record Immortal Warriors are any indication, they’re getting louder, faster and heavier with age with vocalist/guitarist Nemo , guitarist Gaku, bassist Sinjilow and drummer Shintarou blasting out new audio plunder. Blending thrash, new an...[Read More]
Frantic Amber – Warriors of Extreme Metal and History
Stockholm’s Frantic Amber has brought forth a new historical, musical document and account in the loudest, heaviest way possible. Highlighted by some of histories bravest and most brutal women from former Queens of Norway to female Samurai’s and undefeated grapplers. On new record Bellatrix, female warrior in Latin, vocalist Elizabeth Andrews lets out the brutal war cry’s and screams of the women ...[Read More]
Liv Sin – Burning Sermons
The sister of sin has continued her work of delivering loud, brash, harsh and violent vocals to a group of new songs summoned as Burning Sermons. While it’s yet to be determined what gospel she’s spreading. Building off the cindering, possibly cloven heels of Follow Me, Sin’s returned with more, yelling flame spit messages for the congregated masses. Liv Sin have expanded their universe to include...[Read More]
Nocturnus AD – Paradox
Mike Browning has returned to the sci-fi, speed conjuring universe with Nocturnus AD. A moniker whose namesake combines two band names have returned from the halls of death metal immortals with a new record carrying a modern day, cemented old school sound that started the ‘90s Florida scene. Nocturnus, regarded as one of the most influential death metal bands ever, was laid to rest years la...[Read More]
Per Wiberg – Head Without Eyes
Lou Reed meets Mushroomhead is one way Per Wiberg’s mini collection of emotion bending, brain stirring tunes could be deciphered. Songs that need a few listens to truly understand everything that’s happening within, processing all effects and messages intended. Nuance and detail are used in fine tuned fashion, while the experience is like a slow heavy machine churning out sound, mixed together and...[Read More]
No Fear of the Reapers in Newport
April 6, the final stop of September Mourning’s most recent soul collection came to an end, just over the bridge in Newport, KY. Though the dark glistening waters rippled September’s glowing face, the band made plenty of noise at The Thompson House. It was a fitting final show for the musical reapers to play in a haunted building in front of the Cincinnati, Kentucky and elsewhere devotees. For th...[Read More]
HorrorHound: A Decade of Fandom Celebrated in Sharonville
The weekend of March 15th-17th, The Queen City hosted three days, 10 years in the making. The Sharonville Convention Center filled to the rafters as ghouls, killers and otherworldly specters roamed the halls as bats swarmed and swooped in the belfry. Fans, hardcore devotees and other beings jammed the halls to pick up swag, meet guests or just see scary stuff as the Jimmy Psycho Experiment played ...[Read More]
Another Day Dawns : A Different Life
This year marks nine years of dedication, hard work and constant shows by Lehighton, Pennsylvania’s hard rock outfit Another Day Dawns. Playing covers to start, the addition of singer Dakota Sean moved them toward original inspiration with material coming fast gaining attention and a following around the area. Over time they earned opening spots with Avatar, Sammy Hagar, Godsmack, 5 Finger...[Read More]
The Scabby Ghouls Come Forth
Since the early days horror and punk have had a side by side, lurid, on stage and screen relationship. Horror and all its monstrous, bloody creations have shared inspiration with painted up performers donning the look of the undead as mobile corpses, dressed up or rotting, have shared screen time with humans in countless movies since the golden age of film. Whether it was flesh ripping zombies or ...[Read More]