Metalheads are suckers for nostalgia. The very root of its subculture is framed as defenders of a faith that upholds a purity of metal. This did not begin with neckbeards arguing in the comment sections or message boards about what metal is true or false, it came from the earliest days when bands were hosting “anti-disco” shows into the eighties when Thrash bands set themselves against the glam rockers of the Sunset strip that spilled over into parking lot fisticuffs. Continue reading
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Cannibal Corpse Drops a New Music Video for “Vengeful Invasion” Tour Dates with Amon Amarth Incoming
Death metal icons Cannibal Corpse are pleased to unleash a video for “Vengeful Invasion.” The track comes by way of the band’s critically-adored Chaos Horrific full-length, released last Fall via Metal Blade Records. The video was directed and edited by Zev Deans and shot by Brendan McGowan with SFX makeup by Nina Carelli, AI footage manipulation by KingCon2k11, and stars Actually Huizenga from the band Patriarchy. With “Vengeful Invasion,” a human trafficking revenge tale spirals into grotesque phantasmagoria in the spirit of Japanese horror classics. Watch Cannibal Corpse’s “Vengeful Invasion” video here:Continue reading
END OF YEAR GUEST POST: Corey Pierce of God Forbid and Disciples Of Verity – Top Albums of 2023
We are still wrapping up all the goodness of 2023 with some fun guest posts from bands, friends, and fiends! Our bro – drummer and producer Corey Pierce of God Forbid and Disciples Of Verity has a lot of plates spinning for 2024 with shows, new music, and more! Check his list of top Albums that came out in 2023. Continue reading
END OF YEAR GUEST POST: Jeramie Kling of Inhuman Condition – Top Albums of 2023
We are still wrapping up all the goodness of 2023 with some fun guest posts from bands, friends, and fiends! Check out this list from Jeramie Kling of Inhuman Condition, Fore, formerly of Venom Inc., and more. Continue reading
Frozen Soul Books Headline Tour Dates with Creeping Death, Foreseen, and Phobophilic
Death Metallers Frozen Soul have booked a headline tour supporting their recent album Glacial Domination (Century Media Records). Support will come from Creeping Death, Foreseen, and Phobophilic. Read our review here. This is on top of already announced dates opening for genre heavies Amon Amarth, Cannibal Corpse, and Obituary next spring.Continue reading
Watch Dirk Verbeuren of Megadeth Perform a Drum Playthrough for The Track “The Last Howl” by Savage Lands
Dirk Verbeuren has shared a new drum playthrough for the “The Last Howl” track from his new project Savage Lands. Savage Lands is a non-profit organization co-founded by Dirk, focused on the preservation and reforestation of threatened lands in Costa Rica. “The Last Howl” is their first single and features John Tardy (Obituary) on vocals and Andreas Kisser (Sepultura) on lead guitar. Watch Dirk’s playthrough with his new Meinl Cymbals, on their YouTube channel. Continue reading
Sepultura Books 40th Anniversary Farewell Tour with Jinjer, Obituary, and Jesus Piece
Sepultura has announced in 2024 they will embark on an 18-month long farewell tour, celebrating the entire history of the band. They commented: “Sepultura has reached the end of the road and has chosen to depart via a conscious and planned death. Throughout the next 18 months we will celebrate 40 years of existence together along with our loyal fans on a farewell tour across the entire globe. It will be a celebration of the past and the present for one final time.” Supporting the band on the initial run of dates announced today in Europe will come from Jinjer, Obituary, and JContinue reading
Amon Amarth Books the “Metal Crushes All” Tour with Cannibal Corpse, Obituary, and Frozen Soul
Following their Summer run crisscrossing the continent with their metal comrades in Ghost, Swedish heavy metal icons Amon Amarth will return to US and Canadian stages this Spring on the Metal Crushes All Tour 2024 produced by Live Nation; the band’s biggest North American tour to date! Direct support will come from Cannibal Corpse, Obituary, Frozen Soul.
ALBUM REVIEW: Autopsy – Ashes, Organs, Blood and Crypts
Autopsy is a band that understands itself. Like spiritual death metal brethren Cannibal Corpse, the band has core musical, thematic and visual staples you can almost always depend on (the poo-chomping album cover of Shitfun being an outlier). Think Autopsy, think the evil, Black Sabbath-inspired tri-tones, pulverising percussion, slow, menacing crawls blended with charging gallops, malevolent guitar lines, bowel-loosening bass, squealing bursts of lead guitar and rasping vocals, all tied up in a bloody bow of bodies being monstrously torn to pieces.
FESTIVAL REVIEW: Bloodstock Festival 2023 – Part 1
A lot has changed in the twenty years since my first Bloodstock. What began as a relatively small indoor gathering in the middle of Derby city centre now welcomes around fifteen thousand metal fans from around the world annually. From two days, two halls, a signing room, and a “Metal Market” to four days, four stages, a signing tent, art gallery, gaming zone, and curiosities such as Viking battles and even early morning Heavy Metal Aerobics sessions, the changes to Bloodstock have been gradual but necessary.