Dumb and Dumbest Episode #246: Monica Is Back


YouTube demonetizes content every day, but to date, the have never done it to a major metal band, until now. Goatwhore’s video for ‘Apocalyptic Havoc’ has earned their wrath! Dumb and Dumbest #246 is streaming now and Monica Strut is back (along with Keefy)! Dumb and Dumbest is hosted by Matt Bacon (Dropout Media, Ripple Music, Prophecy Productions) and Publicist Curtis Dewar (Dewar PR), in addition to the podcast, Matt and Curtis host The Music Marketing Challenge, a low-cost, super high-value private training to bands and artists. Get hands-on practical experience to market your band like a pro today! Message them at the links below. Continue reading


Dumb and Dumbest Episode #245: Not Relying On One Platform


When you have something that works for you, it seems logical to stick with it. However, with the changing pace of social media and all music marketing, it’s dangerous to put all of your eggs into one basket. Dumb and Dumbest #245 is streaming now and it’s all about Not Relying On One Platform! Dumb and Dumbest is hosted by Matt Bacon (Dropout Media, Ripple Music, Prophecy Productions) and Publicist Curtis Dewar (Dewar PR), in addition to the podcast, Matt and Curtis host The Music Marketing Challenge, a low-cost, super high-value private training to bands and artists. Get hands-on practical experience to market your band like a pro today! Message them at the links below. Continue reading


Dumb and Dumbest Episode #244: Dayal Patterson of Cult Never Dies


Books about music are fairly commonplace now, but a DIY underground metal music publishing company is still an outlier in 2019. It takes an enormous amount of work and temerity to make it a success. Dumb and Dumbest #244 is streaming now and it’s an interview with Dayal Patterson of Cult Never Dies! Dumb and Dumbest is hosted by Matt Bacon (Dropout Media, Ripple Music, Prophecy Productions) and Publicist Curtis Dewar (Dewar PR), in addition to the podcast, Matt and Curtis host The Music Marketing Challenge, a low-cost, super high-value private training to bands and artists. Get hands-on practical experience to market your band like a pro today! Message them at the links below. Continue reading


Parent Company Of Terrorizer Magazine Dissolved


In a striking blow to the hopes of legions of fans that grew up with Terrorizer, the parent company of the magazine Dark Arts Limited was dissolved last week, on 29th of January. Although the activity of the magazine, website, and social media has crawled to a stop last spring, we are still saddened by this development. We’ve seen other publications and websites saved from the brink of extinction in the past, most recently Metal Hammer. Still, this news saddens us to no end. Since 1993, Terrorizer has been a leading light of metal music journalism for 25 years, until their print run ended abruptly early last year. They were first incorporated in 2002. We sincerely hope the mag can live on somehow, as it has been essential to the scene and broke countless underground bands. Continue reading


October 12th 2018 New Music Releases


Check out all of today’s new releases in the music world you need to know about, from your friends at Ghost Cult!Continue reading


Maryland Deathfest 2017 Part II, Baltimore, Maryland


Hitting the halfway point of Maryland Deathfest is usually a milestone that no one really notices and those who do will actually not speak of it. No one wants to think the weekend is going to end nor that the end is already halfway here. Instead, hangovers are nursed, more questionable food is consumed, and everyone marches back to Rams Head Live and Baltimore Soundstage for another day of partying. Fortunately for myself and my party of friends, we know how to party but dodge the hangovers. So, we made sure to be on time for Soundstage opening up with the first band playing slightly before four in the afternoon. That included polishing off a bottle of vodka left behind by the previous renters of the Air BnB. Thank you to those unnamed heroes! Continue reading


Maryland Deathfest 2017: Part I – Baltimore Maryland


Memorial Day weekend in the United States is a time to remember our veterans who have served in the country’s military and most will commemorate such an occasion with cookouts. In Baltimore, Maryland, the partying starts a few days before the weekend but the celebration is about extreme music. This weekend is known to the fans as simply, MDF, or in full, Maryland Deathfest. Doom metal, black metal, grindcore, punk, and of course, death metal, take over multiple venues in the Inner Harbor area of the city all weekend long as the streets run black with hideous, graphic band t-shirts. For me, this is my sophomore year of the festival and could not be more excited to return.Continue reading


Maryland Deathfest Video Recap


The 2017 Maryland Deathfest took place this past weekend in Baltimore, and from what I’ve heard, it was a dream come true for extreme metal fans. With a lineup that included bands like Candlemass, Morbid Angel, Autopsy, Akercocke, Insect Warfare, Birdflesh, Gorgasm, Terrorizer, Uada, Vader and more, how could it not be right?

In case you were like me, and missed out on all the fun, we have a TON of live footage from the festival for you below!Continue reading


Maryland Deathfest Less Than Six Months Away, Tickets Are Moving Fast


The crowd at MDF 2016, by Hillarie Jason

Maryland Deathfest 2017, sure to be North America’s metal event of 2017 has already announced its daily lineups. Headlined by Morbid Angel, Candlemass, Autopsy, Tiamat, Cryptopsy and others, according to a post to the MDF Facebook, there are now less than 100 4-day passes available and less than 200 Rams Head 3-day passes available for MDF XV. Once these are gone, they won’t be releasing more. Full details are below.Continue reading


Maryland Deathfest Announces Daily Lineups, All Tickets Onsale


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The producers of Maryland Deathfest XV have announced the full daily lineups for 2017. Details below: Continue reading