Brenocide is Back! And he’s channelling all his metal hatred into a worthy cause – painting Euronymous’ face on the side of a Norwegian Airplane. TitanicVoyage. To commemorate the 100yr anniversary of the disaster, the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic has created a “live” twitter stream from the crew and famous passangers of the Titanic. [...]
It’s a busy month in NZ metal, which a buttload of decent gigs to see and bands to check out. Here’s what I got for ya: HOW DID I NOT KNOW THIS? Japanese drone/noise rockers Boris are going to be in New Zealand for two shows next week. Wellington at Bodega on Tue 27 March [...]
Tomorrow, cult US death metal label Abyss Records releases the debut full-length from Swedish progressive death metal duo Desultor. After two successful demos the band have finally brought their unique progressive death metal sound to a full length album, Masters of Hate. Masters of Hate has to be one of the most interesting releases I’ve [...]
Apart from the new Accept album, The Electric Age is probably the most anticipated thrash release of 2012. Why? Two years ago, Overkill put out Ironbound, a killer of a record that brought together all the various elements of Overkill’s not insubstantial discography in a sophisticated, cohesive and utterly brilliant whole. Ironbound was, to me, [...]
First up, Holier Than Thou records, who look after bands like The Massacre Cave and Exoterik, have started a new label for death metal bands. It’s called Death Metal United, and bands can email David direct at david AT deathmetal DOT org DOT uk. Modern Castles: 7 Cool Converted Watertowers. By the end of the year, [...]
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