Tuska Open Air Diaries – Saturday 7/3/2010
Originally written by Juho Mikkonen As the first day of the revelry finally culminated in Devin Townsend’s mesmerizing Ziltoid-spectacle, our quartet of first-string journalism was well on its way to reach objectionable levels of self-imposed …
Tuska Open Air Diaries – Friday 7/2/2010
Originally written by Juho Mikkonen For the uninitiated: Tuska Open Air is the biggest and oldest running extreme metal festival in Finland. By no means am I trying to say that it’s also the most …
Sator Marte – Za Zdmi Review
Originally written by Chris Chellis. Black metal is as convoluted a sub-genre as any that currently exists; so when a straight up, second wave and unapologetic Czech band like Sator Marte comes slithering within our perimeters like …
Severe Torture – Slaughtered Review
originally written by Chris McDonald If there’s one thing many death metal fans have learned over the last decade or so, it’s that slick production values and razor-tight musicianship are never a substitute for writing …
An Interview With Torture Division
Originally written by Erik Thomas. In my many years of metal journalism, I’ve met and interviewed numerous folks. None are more entertaining than Lord K Philipson, he of The Project Hate MCMXCIX and the now-defunct God Among Insects. With …
Denouncement Pyre – World Cremation Review
originally written by Jim Brandon Australia has gained world renown for producing some of the nastiest and most vile variations of death and black metal bands you can find, so I was a bit surprised …
Angel Eyes – Midwestern Review
originally written by Jim Brandon Bands from Chicago tend to wear their hearts on their sleeves so often, and so shamelessly, and our overall scene is a lot busier in the underground than many people …
I Declare War – Malevolence Review
originally written by Erik Thomas As evidenced by the comments on my review of I Declare War’s 2007 Amidst the Bloodshed, heaviness is in the eye of the beholder. And until you get your own website or …