…, and the duality of triumph and introspection is a successful one. Don’t sleep on a US act that can carry just as much emotional weight and melodic wonder as their European counterparts. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOCj5WVPnzQ&pp=ygUIaGluYXlhbmE%3D https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2blq4pewi8&pp=ygUIaGluYXlhbmE%3D Hinayana on Facebook Hinayana on Instagram…
…tour with Boundaries, Foreign Hands, and Roman Candle starts in Tampa. Then we are covering the rest of the US and it takes us into December. Then we are going to rest, because we have a lot planned for 2024! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRLTXZBgzlI&pp=ygUKZHlpbmcgd2lzaA%3D%3D https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyLMV9UAS7M&pp=ygUKZHlpbmcgd2lzaA%3D%3D Dying Wish official website Dying Wish on Instagram Dying Wish on Facebook…
…ie, horror, society-style lyrics and movie-poster throwback artwork/ inlay and you understand the value you’ll get time and again from the steady veterans. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXbk1KX5xyE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_2xh8VIUSw Gama Bomb on Facebook…
…things in between those things with both bands, that I cannot say anything about… yet! (laughs). It will be a packed year, from what it looks like so far. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlgSjPvknPg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iAW5LdRwjg Temperance on Facebook…
…. I was a big fan of Kiss, Gene Simmons produced one of our records in 1989-90. That was awesome. I got to tour with Ronnie James Dio, one of my favorite singers. The first gigs we did with Metallica, we did some gigs with the Scorpions. My first big American tour was with Megadeth. Unforgettable, so I feel totally inspired. Sometimes when I see a picture – when we do Instagram, Facebook, or Twitter, we do a throwback Thursday. I get so many memor…
…mid-90’s death/doom movement. Artist Ryszard Wojtynski (a close friend of H.R. Giger) creates an equally multi-sensory experience when you look at the cover art for As Torment Prevails. In the end, Martyrdoom probably won’t win many points in the originality sweepstakes – but they know their lane when it comes to brutal death/doom to execute the style in spades here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUO8s4Ba1yA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1a_Se…
…it too because they are old. We will keep playing until the wheels fall off. We want to keep pulling away. We are super excited about the new album release. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jllt_Vxm72o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bw19MabSnfs Cirith Ungol on Facebook…
…ck to work, and I was staying at home with my boy. I liked it. I was a stay-at-home dad, maybe I’ll get some other kind of supplemental job. I was enjoying living in LA; it was peaceful before he was in day care. We then got offered a tour, and I was back in the game again. My life has been so tumultuous, I’ve been moving a lot, this, that, and the other thing. A lot of travelling, not thinking about myself all the time, taking care of a child, an…
…he plan is to stay busy. Write, tour, put out content, and take things a little more serious than we have in the past. We’ve got some lost time to make up. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOkVwvCxkvs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clK_OwexKJE War Curse on Facebook…
…XXII If ProgPower USA is known for anything, it’s special shows, such as U.S. first appearances and that’s exactly what was up next. Ad Infinitum is one of my favorite bands, so to say I was excited would be a massive understatement. For this scribe, Melissa Bonny is tied with Adrienne Cowan (Seven Spires) for favorite female vocalists – they both have absolutely beautiful voices, haunting growls and untouchable ranges. Much like Seven Spires, Ad…
…eve the desired result – speed metal with the extra benefit of seasoned musicianship intent on delivering relentless headbanging for all parties involved. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrQswGtFJJo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3C208gRPd0 Reckless on Facebook…
…some countries that we haven’t played in before! All things permitting that is, so hopefully we will be performing live in some new places next year. If we can afford the visas [laughs]. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cd5hh2BfsMM&pp=ygUIc3ZhbGJhcmQ%3D https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nP47tFrpo5I&pp=ygUIc3ZhbGJhcmQ%3D Svalbard on Facebook Svalbard on Instagram…
…se who love the purity of classic traditional heavy metal that proves this genre’s vitality isn’t going in hibernation anytime soon. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJCanuyyKcI Entierro on Facebook…
…ke the mysterious thing that I grew up with. Recently I spoke to my brother-in-law, who owns a social media company that used to work with musicians and now they do more stuff with brands. He said if you want to be mysterious, you can’t be on social media so that no one knows anything about you, or you just have to play the game and do the social media thing to keep people engaged. I’m more focused on staying on top of my social media. I do like t…
…i reader. Wheel of Time season two is coming out this Thursday night at 8 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. The show is definitely the show. Is it good? I don’t know, we’ll see, but you know, I’m gonna watch it. I’ve read this series twice, there’s 15 books, it’s like four million words, it’s amazing. Here’s my other super fancy pretty book; this is my special fancy edition of The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson, this is leather-bound, it’s got gold l…
…he raw spirit of early speed/heavy metal with the extra musicianship-oriented sophistication used to flavor the aggressive proceedings. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QO-g6jjOlqY Sadistic Force on Facebook…
…others) dazzled, yet confidence is high that they will find a way to impress fans when the opportunity strikes. Don’t miss your next chance to see them. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9cC2_V7JwE Hanabie. on Facebook Hanabie on Instagram Fox Lake on Facebook…
…erything. We have a lot of offers and good things happening next year. We will start the promotion of the new album and for sure we will be playing a lot. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GgUoAN0NGQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oP9nI9cNREU Nervosa on Facebook…
It’s a busy Friday evening in Manhattan. After some hit-or-miss texting on both our ends between myself and vocalist Kiarely Castillo, we finally meet up in the front of the Palladium Times Square, so she can bring me through the labyrinth that is the venue’s inner corridors to their dressing room. A few quick hellos and we are off and running for a chat that also includes bassist/screamer Janel Duarte. The pair are full of smiles, but there’s al…
…and so much more. Heavy music fans, alternative metal followers, even doom, rock, or soul lovers will find this infinitely rewarding as well as appeasing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgIYB4EhKr0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6H7RxfcbmM Blame Zeus on Facebook…
…he last one to leave because I had the key to the building. It was like 1 a.m. or something by the time we left and I had gotten there at like 8 a.m., so it was a solid, just long day, but it was very good though. I had a lot of fun; it was fun hanging out with Rachel and Andrew, they’re both brilliant at the things that they do. It was quite good to work with them and I want to work with them again for sure going forward. Boaty also didn’t say th…
…odic death aficionados. It’s been a banner year for this movement, and here’s another strong album to appreciate, devour, and champion. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nj8fer5myY Beyond Shadows on Facebook…
…to these years in a more aggressive, open way. We reached out to vocalist A.A. Nemtheanga to catch up on the new record, thoughts on choosing singles, studio to stage preferences, discussion of his podcast, his interesting history course work he would set up for both Americans and Europeans to learn more about each other, and what’s on tap for the next few tour/live festival outings. Dead Rhetoric: The latest Primordial studio record is How It End…
…wd instantly loved them, and they kept things moving for nine songs at full-tilt. While it’s probably not something I’d listen to much outside of a live experience, it was a really fun set that made it easy to keep the energy going from Conquer Divide. Clearly the crowd was primed by the time that Electic Callboy made their way to the stage, and they instantly took off and ran with it. A set that saw them playing almost all of Tekkno in its entire…
…head. The track gave out some well-earned chills with just the upbeat, wall-of-sound atmosphere – it’s a powerful accomplishment that just sounds heavenly. With all of the potent build up in the orchestration, there’s still a strong sense of intimacy to the band’s music. “The Evergreen and Weeping Tree” is as rich a dark ballad as they’ve ever done, a haunting track that pulls you into an inviting bit of gloom, then all but exploding into rising m…
…hose who have been following the band will no doubt be thrilled by the ‘all-in-one’ package that hits so many different notes, and does it with extra style points. Musically all over the map without sounding like a mess, they continue to show that they are a unique force that hits a fresh sweet spot many newcomers won’t know they needed. Unfortunately, two of the four vocalists are set to ‘graduate’ (leave the band) in November of this year (origi…
…touring situation is super cutthroat, we will have to see how it all turns out. There is no masterplan other than doing our best to promote the new album. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3-OzRcjgEA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xn5NH9fRiAs Mercenary on Facebook…
…sphere is one’s pleasure, “Hypogean Crypt” and “Gaze of the Seer” flow back-to-back with a thick mist of droning guitar work. The beginning of Evergloom especially highlights that grandiosity that was absent in Thorn’s previous works, and they’re much the better for finding it. Harkening back to the grindcore background of Westermeyer, there’s a relatively large bit of that chaotic quickness in “Wastelands Dimly Lit” and “Sapien Death Spiral,” sto…
…h driven style. They certainly deserve accolades for a relentless passion for their craft and should meet with plenty of approval for those into this genre. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAkLup4Vc9o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqd3xDvQ80U Gory Blister on Facebook…
…heir techy-yet-listenable formula to impressive levels. Something that makes As Gomorrah Burns one of the most intricate yet headbangable exercises in extreme music this year. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uQXG3xLgAI&pp=ygUJY3J5cHRvcHN5 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKkrKGoYAEw&pp=ygUJY3J5cHRvcHN5 Cryptopsy on Facebook…
