Krisiun – Scourge of the Enthroned

Eden Kupermintz
Reviews
There are many paths towards the status of veteran in death metal. Some bands, like Mithras who recently came back to us, release classic albums and then disappear only to resurface years later, bearing the gospel of the riff once again. Others are second/third/fourth wave mavericks, incessantly dragging death metal into modernity like Misery Index. But there's also a rare kind of beast out there, the death metal band that's been around since the genre's heyday and has also ceased to stop working, constantly releasing new music. In that category, few bands have the primacy of pedigree that Krisiun enjoy.

113 – Clever And Funny Episode Title

Noyan
Podcast
Unfortunately I don't have a fun or a dab-inducing dank reference for the episode title this time. Just a regular old episode. We discuss new music. Mike Shinoda's EP, Justin Timberlake's album, Cyclamen's new album, Misery Index's single, Judas Priest's new song, yndi halda's EP, and August Burns Red's Messengers Remixed. We also talk about Matt Heavy from Trivium streaming his practice and gaming sessions, and how Best Buy and Target are trying to get rid of CDs. Devin Townsend is quitting DTP, and we discovered this Metallica show that was filmed in Antarctica. Finally, cool people time. The new Netflix cyberpunk show Altered Carbon is amazing. Also Celeste and Subnautica are cool games.

Festival Primer 2017

Heavy Blog
News
How to navigate the sheer number of festivals now available for the metal fan? With the aim of helping you sort through this vast variety, we've compiled the following primer. It's by no means extensive; it's simply impossible to write about all of the festivals we would have liked to mention. We focused on those we'll be attending and on those who have the most attractive setlists in our eyes. That being said, do feel free to share more great festivals with us in the comments and please enjoy this, our selection of festivals for 2017.

Heavy Blog Staff’s Favorite Non-2016 “Discoveries”

Heavy Blog
Lists!
Even with the hundreds of albums we come across every year, let's face it, we still sleep on things. Especially with a large group such as ours, even if most of us on staff have listened to and obsessed over a particular album, it's inevitable that at least a few of us won't have jumped on the hype train. For a variety of reasons, we either dismiss certain albums when they come out, can't properly give the time to them at first, or were simply unaware of them until someone recommends them. With that in mind, we've decided to make a fun new addition to our annual end-of-year lists, which is one comprised entirely of our favorite albums we heard for the first time this year or learned to love that weren't released in 2016. Though most of these have been released in the past 5 years, there are a few that are far older, all the way to the most classic of thrash. Being a music enthusiast means constant discovery, and that includes digging back through the annals of music history. We encourage you to share your own favorite non-2016 "discoveries" this year, but in the meantime check out some of our staff's top picks below.

47 – Might As Well Call Us SeasonOfMistCast

Noyan
Podcast
Yeah, we love pretty much everything on Season of Mist. So what? This week we talk about new music from Thy Catafalque, Brain Drill, Opeth, Snowy Shaw, SHOKRAN (teaser here), Noctem, Victor Wooten's new band Octavision, Oxiplegatz, Exotype, Sleep Token, Hannes Grossmann, and Watchtower. Then we go over some news, like Darkthrone's Fenriz getting elected for city council, Persefone announcing a new album, Sikth reissuing Death of a Dead Day, and Enslaved announcing a rarities collection. Then we discuss two albums that have been on our minds: Insomnium's Winter's Gate, and Misery Index's The Killing Gods. We introduce our new segment, "Underrated release highlight of the week" - this week we talk about Arkona's Yav. Finally, we talk about our process for discovering and ingesting new music. Enjoy! Also cool people time has some cool stuff.