Each month, we always seem to come to the same conclusion when it comes to our Editors’ Picks column: Friday release days open the floodgates and unleash a seemingly endless stream of quality new music. But while some of our Editors and Contributors sit down gleefully each week to dive into this newly stocked treasure…
The organizers of North America’s extreme metal mecca Maryland Deathfest must never get a vacation, because the hype and planning of the annual festival begins almost immediately after the last one draws to a close. Truthfully, I greatly suspect the planning for next year’s iteration began before this year’s fest…
In a world without Ozzfest, the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival has taken over as the gigantic, travelling circus of metal every summer in America. It might not have as deep of a lineup as, say, Warped Tour, but the show usually packs in similar crowd sizes and always is…
2014’s incarnation of the Carnival of Death tour featuring Suffocation, Kataklysm, Jungle Rot, Pyrexia, and Internal Bleeding kicked off with a bang in NYC on October 3rd. This tour is currently making its way across the country, bringing death metal and slams everywhere in its path. Photographer Maclyn Bean captured…
Touring in support of their latest album Pinnacle of Bedlam, the legendary Suffocation have recently embarked on a headlining tour, featuring support from Exhumed, Jungle Rot, and Rings of Saturn. As usual, our East Coast-based photographer Maclyn Bean attended his nearest spot in New York at St. Vitus to capture…
Victory Records have signed Montreal-based symphonic black metallers Erimha!
The title track to Jungle Rot’s upcoming album Terror Regime is now available!
Bad news, everyone. Decrepit Birth have been victims of a robbery in San Francisco this week while out on tour with Obituary, Broken Hope, Jungle Rot, and Encrust. Here are the details given via the band’s Facebook: IMPORTANT: More bad energy has come to us in the form of a…
Somewhere on the crossroads of stoned out sludge and death metal lies the appropriately named Chicago five-piece Encrust. Formerly known as Hunters, Encrust successfully merge southern-tinged groove riffs with bludgeoning brutality in a sound that just feels right. Their debut album, From Birth To Soil, is out September 25th on…
What happened, Victory? What happened to signing bands like Within the Ruins, Wretched, and BTBAM (who have since moved)? No, you get this abomination. Why? WHY?! Sorry if I have ruined your day. There are sure to be some positive posts coming up today, so cheer the fuck up. There…
