metal
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20012 by Orthrelm Orthrelm is an experimental metal project spearheaded by guitarist Mick Barr. Orthrelm material has been pretty scant since 2005’s OV, but now Barr is back with drummer Josh Blair with some new material on an EP titled 20012. Technically, the musicianship here is pretty incredible, creating
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Stream: Napalm Death- Utilitarian The godfathers of grind have their new album, Utilitarian, streaming via the link above right now. It’s out this week on Century Media.
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Click Here To Watch The Video Here’s a video for a track that was recently dropped on the Wormrot EP Noise. The EP can be downloaded here. The video portrays some kind of sick, disturbing grindcore karaoke. Maybe it’s not too far off base, because this is probably
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Conception by Consent I suppose the Chicago band Consent left the cover art to its debut release white and empty–blank, essentially–because there’s not much in the way of visuals that could add to what the music is doing. The band plays an ultra-abrasive brand of powerviolence. Yeah,
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MP3 Pallbearer is one of doom metal’s newest faces, and was recently turned onto them by NPR Music. You can actually stream the band’s debut studio album, Sorrow and Extinction, right here. Though I continually catch flak for enjoying metal–from both fans and haters of the genre–
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Another track drops from the new Goatwhore album, which came out this week on Metal Blade Records. “When Steel and Bone Meet” has some strong thrash riffage, and vocals that cut like the steel mentioned in the song’s title. While it doesn’t contain a whole lot of detail
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Ever since one of my all-time favorite rock bands, Earth, dropped the album Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light I, I’ve been anxiously waiting for the album’s sequel to be released. As you might remember from my review of that album. I was a fan of the songs,
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STALLONE by Stallone When guitarist Juan Montoya left the stoner metal group Torche, my heart sank a bit. His playing is part of what attracted me to the group, and I’ve been wondering if I’d ever come across it again. Well, I can now praise the stoner/sludge/
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Lamb of God’s sixth studio album is big on aggression, which is to be expected, but it doesn’t exactly bring enough ideas to the table to keep things interesting for me. WATCH THE REVIEW
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Ave by Absolutist Absolutist is an Irish band with some extreme, uncompromising musical tendencies. Their latest release, Ave, hardcore punk tempos, crusty production, and some sludgy bass, too. The vocals have some character to them, and there’s usually a nice element of harmony thrown into each track by the
