Iron Reagan/Gatecreeper split
This is not the split album that we necessarily need – but it is certainly the one we deserve. Split albums are usually pretty…
Relapse
Genocide Pact – Order of Torment
Well what can I say, I had never heard of the Death Metal act Genocide Pact prior to the fine folks at Relapse Records…
GATECREEPER video interview, November 2017
Arizona death metallers Gatecreeper are on tour with Cannibal Corpse and Power Trip through to December 8. When the tour stopped in San Francisco…
Tau Cross – Pillar of Fire
For those who love Amebix’s excellent, original and heartfelt music, there is much to enjoy here. Tau Cross (also featuring Voivod’s excellent drummer Away)…
Expulsion – Nightmare Future
Do you like grindcore? How about fast and extreme? Well, take your blood pressure medication and hit play. Expulsion’s highly anticipated album Nightmare Future…
Dying Fetus – Wrong One To Fuck With
Catchy and brutal as ever Dying Fetus return to the forefront of brutal american death metal, a genre that they arguably ruled for nearly…
After 30 years, Obituary still looking for frontman…
Hellbound interviews Obituary’s Don Tardy Obituary arrived in San Francisco on March 26, 2017 as part of this year’s Decibel magazine tour. Hellbounder Gene A. Gaona…
Unearthly Trace – Stalking the Ghost
NYC doom dealers Unearthly Trance have returned from a seven-year recording hiatus—one that gave us a pair of Serpentine Path records, mind you, as…
From the archives: ZOMBI show preview from 2005
Reading Steve Earles’ awesome review of the John Carpenter film score retrospective has sent me on a musical journey this weekend, dealing primiarily with…
Inter Arma – Paradise Gallows
Generally speaking, I like my coffee downtuned and doomy, just like my metal. Never been a big fan of the blackened stuff, but Inter…