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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Atmospheric Ukrainian based five-piece Sleep In Heads will release their six-song album On The Air March 1. The uniquely progressive metal is led by ear-caressing vocalist Sonya. The band’s moniker comes from her name, roughly translated from Ukranian/Russian to ‘sleepyhead.’ Comprised of Sonya Sleepyhead (vocals), Serj Thorzhevskyi (guitars), Natali Dzizinska (violin), Fann Manerny (bass) […]
Vancouver BC’s, Terrifier marked 2011 with their thrash debut Destroyers of the Faith. They may have borrowed a few words from Priest but they adapted their sound according to the rules and ramming speed pits of early West Coast thrash. They’ve sounded their war cry grabbing handfuls straight from the white hot molten furnace, hurling […]
Saturday, July 8, I Died Trying returned after a four year hiatus with a one man show performed by multi-instrumentalist Tony Goff who played two 45-minute sets at the Actors Theatre in Fairborn. It was a rare sit down affair but the experience everyone shared that night was one for the ages. The performance in […]