Voraath (Vore-ath) could be considered, thinking man’s extreme metal incorporating long, strong detailed storylines involving humans, entities, deity’s and inter-dimensional creatures and beings. It’s as hardcore and mosh pit ready as death metal can be, if you can imagine a circle pit or wall of death on the Enterprise in Ten Forward. The new North Carolina based group is expanding a new breed of...[Read More]
On Friday April 7, 40 Years of Acid came to Cincinnati at Riverfront Live lead by death metal veterans Morbid Angel supported by Revocation and Vitriol with young Brazilian blood Crypta opening the tour. The United Tour of Terror spread acid, sweat and adrenaline across the nation. The near 30-date invasion started mid-March ending late April in death metal’s cradle, sunny Florida with Skeletal R...[Read More]
Due to on site headliner interview, Couch Slvt was not covered. On Thursday February 2, Legends Bar & Venue in Cincinnati was engulfed and bombarded by death metal legions in the Spirit of loud, brutal Ecstasy. The pit never stopped on the upper level once the riffs and growling began and that night was no exception. Kentucky’s Darkdruid opened things loud and violent with Couch Slvt ...[Read More]
Formed in 1990, the Brazilian brothers of Krisiun have released 11 records in their blistering history, turning to 12, July 29th with the next savage offering, looming brighter than a thousand suns Mortem Solis. The three brothers from Sepultura country, specifically Rio Grande do Sul, have assembled another blunt, battering ram set of blistering audio bombshells destined to abuse speakers and sta...[Read More]
Since the mid-‘90s Aborted have brought fans the dirt from beyond the grave, the gore from putrid wastelands and the worst corners of parts unknown with the most serial-intensive lyrics from the darkest most sadistic minds in history. The Purity of Perversion began the Renfield platter of gruesome gore, blood-splatter and unspeakable acts. This year the Belgium born band release album 11 with a Ma...[Read More]
Summoner’s Circle is a six-piece band of dark brooding personalities, channeling their darker, character selves into their music, creating music for the horror appreciating mind and outer cosmos. Live they’re a loud, ominous act, willing to sacrifice anything, moving, crawling or otherwise for a memorable evening. The Knoxville sons and daughters have paved their way changing and experimenting to ...[Read More]
Sunday August 15, the extreme metal caravan known as The Convalescence brought their traveling horror show to Northern Kentucky for a night of loud, screaming metal. The haunted halls and walls of The Thompson House shook with decibel-laden vibration, causing spirits to come screaming out of hiding. If only they could talk as loud as the bands. The six-person Northern, Ohio based brood brought a l...[Read More]
Florida’s known for many things besides heat, Disney World, rappers and of course the head banging, growling birthplace of death metal. The movement began in the ‘80s with Father Chuck alongside the darkness of Deicide, Obituary and Morbid Angel among several other blasphemers. Previously, no death metal project or sound has had any close, relatable proximity to ‘80s glam metal, (talk about blasph...[Read More]
French death rattle shakers Akiavel conjure up past true crime tales so graphic and violent only the growls, blast beats and guttural riffs of death metal could handle their savage brutality. Specializing in the ultra dark and twisted, on new album Vae Victis we get POV from both the killer and the victims depending on tune bringing serial sprees from both sides of the Atlantic to the realm of fin...[Read More]
On Friday, May 14, The Southgate House Revival hosted an evening of deafening death metal brutality as four bands pummeled the stage and attending ears. The night marked the beginning resurgence of live music and return of metal to the Northern Kentucky, Cincinnati area promoted by The Transplant Group. As the planet slowly seems to be crawling out of the pandemic, normalcy is starting to return ...[Read More]
From the chilling woods of Montreal, Quebec comes the five-person experience known as Sanguine Glacialis. Helmed by modern day scream queen, growler and operatic virtuoso Maude Théberge they’ve experimented on two albums, Dancing With A Hanged Man and their Pitch Black Sight EP, along with recent release 2018’s Hadopelagic. They’ve brought all manner of influence, slamming together uncomfortable b...[Read More]
Nader Sadek is known for cranking out seriously, loud brutal music, fueled by the ancient history and mystery’s yet to be discovered under his home soil. Carrying the lyrical weight of the gods can only result in one kind of sound. His newest offering The Serapeum is the blistering product of collaborations with members of Nile, Serpents Rise, Perversion, and a guest list of extreme elite. The new...[Read More]