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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Creating your best work takes time and practice. Polishing and repeating each step as much as necessary till the grinding wheel shines. Minus is a culmination of merging the best parts of two records together. Redoing and refining the material until six songs remain that are the best of both efforts. In an EP where […]