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Akiavel – Expelling Killer Darkness
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]
A Transplant back to the Live Wasteland
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]
Sanguine Glacialis – Blackening the Depths
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]
Sacrilege – Supernatural Suspense Done Pagan Style
Warning: Review contains spoilers. David Creed’s 2020 tale of a group of young women going on a weekend trip to a mini-castle estate, ending up at a pagan festival is part old school horror, and a bit Blair Witch with characters facing their fears. Using familiar ingredients like creepy and quiet locals hovering around, a local townsperson warning them to stay away and leave before its too late an...[Read More]
Electromancy – Soul of a Black Metal Machine
Over the years there have been musicians with extraordinary tales of learning or relearning to play music after major accidents, health issues and physical challenges. Rick Allen became the world’s first one-arm drummer, while guitar virtuoso Jason Becker continues to make music and communicate through eye movement after full body paralysis from Lou Gerighs disease. Diagnosed with Lyme disease in ...[Read More]
Arsenic Addiction – Wielding the Poisoned Pen
It’s true that metal can come from anywhere, including the flats of Salt Lake City, Utah. Since 2006 the members of Arsenic Addiction have made Victorian themed metal, kicking back bohemian style, in costume, spelling out rituals in music, lyrics and personal lives. Vocalist/keyboardist Lady Arsenic has led the charge, with her dark brooding presence and controversial, unique, and till recent priv...[Read More]
The Parish – A Vintage Ghost Story Done Right
Horror fans have been conditioned to believe seeing nuns in scary movies automatically means bad things are coming. Whether used as dark foreshadowing, plot set up, slowly walking in the background to full in your face demonic screaming. With few exceptions, going back to the early ‘80s Silent Night Santa or current supernatural conjuring’s , nuns aren’t fun, with the rare exception of our holy mo...[Read More]
Cobra Kai Season 3 – Han Soto Shows No Mercy
Warning: The following interview contains spoilers for Cobra Kai, specifically Season 3. Since its inception in 2018, Cobra Kai has brought fans back to the ‘80s with the modern day lives of the beloved characters many grew up with in the theater and VHS. For three seasons, so far, the highly successful Netflix series has shown the post high school life events of karate bully Johnny Lawrenc...[Read More]
Noa Gruman – From Scars to Dust to Hellscore
When one thinks of Israel, rich religious history and sacred locations come to mind while visitors come for the culture and educational reasons. Musically speaking, the last thing you might expect to hear from The Holy Land is metal. Though, according to singer and composer Noa Gruman Israel has a modest but very dedicated and united metal scene. Though, most metalhead’s might know the country as ...[Read More]
Phantom High – The Band Behind the Mask
Take your favorite ‘70s or ‘80s masked movie killer, add a few bloody drops of true crime, some In This Moment visuals, the inspiration of Father Alice and a very creative, perhaps over active imagination and you have Toronto’s masked musician Peril Erinyes and the macabre energy and imagery of Phantom High. Though she could be Michael Myers non-cinema sibling, for the life she’s had and sto...[Read More]
Nader Sadek – The Serapeum EP
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]
Kissing Candice Release Tapeworm Single
While certain parts of Long Island are known for haunted houses the members of Kissing Candice have been leaving their horror inspired, blood splattered touch on heavy metal for eight years and counting. They’ve incorporated horror elements giving their on camera masks stries and histories, fictional and otherwise enhancing the music and visuals. With new video “Tapeworm” the five me...[Read More]