Dark Mirror Ov Tragedy – The Lord Ov Shadows
Dangerous Toys, Carach Angren and Cradle of Filth might be considered an unlikely combination, which perfectly mirrors the musical sentiment of South Korean symphonic black metal brood Dark Mirror ov Tragedy. Conjured to being in 2003, their sixth mixture of off elements takes an old school black metal approach, as the symphony meets the coven. Their music, echoing influence from the basement dun...[Read More]
Zardonic – Become
GWAR and Fear Factory meet Ministry and Mushroomhead would be a unique and apt description of Venezuelan sound maker and mixer Zardonic. He brings a mobile house party, rave and rapid fire industrial light show to every show with the visage of Mushroomhead, the sound of industrial metal and stage attire resembling The Predator. Using every show as his own unique audio carnival, he packs in franti...[Read More]
Mechanical God Creation – The New Chapter
Milan Italy’s death metal acolytes Mechanical God Creation will release the next chapter of their headbanging, growling history in late March via Goatmancer Records. They’ve released “Warface” introducing new material to slap ears around with in the meantime. Created in 2006, they’ve shared stages and festival spots with Behemoth, Septicflesh, Kreator, Dragonforce and Rotting Christ touring throug...[Read More]
Dawn of Ashes – The Crypt Injection II (Non Serviam)
From sunny and tan Los Angeles comes a dark new offering from Dawn of Ashes infested with wrath, ready to reign. Vocalist Kristof Bathory brings back the classic, old-school industrial aggro-tech signature sound of Dawn Of Ashes. The past few years brought turbulence and change for Bathory but he’s weathered storms and challenges, keeping his vision intact, conjuring up new alchemy-ridden creatio...[Read More]
KOSM – Cosmonaut
Inspired by the sounds and work of Tool, Mastodon and A Perfect Circle among others Vancouver prog group KOSM have created their own musical H.P. Lovecraft influenced cosmic horror-sci-fi story. Their debut centers on a cosmonauts transformation through time and space, breaking the chains of earthy confines, ascending to an immaterial and omnipotent being. The work of Frank Herbert and Roger Zel...[Read More]
SINE – INSOMNIÆ
Take the after midnight, all night heartbeat of the dance club add flashing spotlight speed adrenaline and the pulse of hundreds of people moving to the sounds vibrating from the speakers and you’ll get the songs Sine has created on debut INSOMNIÆ. She’s amped up the soul of the dance floor to her specifications, pouring sexually, personality, and chemical abnormality into the lyrics and sounds of...[Read More]
Electrocution – Psychonolatry
Italian thrash icons Electrocution return in 2019 with a loud, shredding vengeance releasing the deafening Psychonolatry. A massive musical onslaught containing 11 tracks that will annihilate any speakers and ears in proximity. Spawned in the early ‘90s like many of their classic American contemporaries, they’ve toured their homeland, shaking stages and soil with gore-fiends Carcass, Motorhead and...[Read More]
The Heard – Welcome to The Island
At face value combining three parts of Crucified Barbara, one part Deathstars and one part burlesque might seem a weird combination but when you hear the results, it’s easy to see and hear why it happened. Klara Force, Ida Evileye and Nicki Wikkid have moved on from Barbara, recruiting Skinny Disco on lead guitar, discovering the untapped fronting voice of burlesque performer Pepper Potemkin to fo...[Read More]
Famous Monsters Tour Opens Halloween Night in Harrison
On the most sacred night of the year for horror fans, freaks and practitioners of all things dark The Blue Note in Harrison, Ohio hosted a gathering of very living humans, some looking more decomposed than others. Costumes ranged from funny to frightening from rotting flesh, to cadaver blue. With face painted femmes walking amok to screaming victims and the masked stalkers that help keep coffins o...[Read More]
Awaiting Sacrifice – Uprise
October’s definitely the month tailor-made for masks and letting the inner demons and monsters out to scream. Though Indianapolis’ Awaiting Sacrifice, look more adapt walking out of a toxic waste facility or active asylum, than a recording studio. The five-piece finger shredding mix, release their new radioactive creation Uprise October 26. More than a few years in the making, the five songs encom...[Read More]
Night Club Offer Bitter Pills with Scary World
Since 2011, the two person team known as Night Club have toured, recorded and made videos with a devoted and creative DIY drive and attitude, slowly gaining attention, notoriety and respect the hard way. They spent years grinding out shows on the road, doing countless self-financed indie tours traveling the coasts and country, gaining handfuls of fans per night. They’ve never given up their fight...[Read More]
Inaugural Sacrifest honors musicians and their art
Dayton scene veteran John Jacobs is the brains behind John Jacobs Jingles Promotions first Sacrifest event honoring sacrifices musicians make for their art. With a diverse lineup from acoustic to death metal, the weekend fest plans to make a memorable first impression. “This is an event for all local bands,” Jacobs says. The event takes place from September 21 till the early morning of the 23 with...[Read More]