Rainer Landfermann‘s reputation precedes him. Whether it’s his performance on Bethlehem’s Dictius te Necare, his incredible bass playing in technical death metal band Pavor, or his even more ridiculous material as a solo artist, Landfermann’s penchant or the extreme—the over the top—defines his artistic oeuvre. On his new two-track EP Mehr Licht, Landfermann approaches over-the-top-ness
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Jonathan Lorang Photo Virtuoso Canadian guitarist/composer/producer Nathanael Larochette will release his first album in seven years this summer, Old Growth, a haunting collection of solo acoustic compositions recorded in a woodland cabin on the shores of White Lake, Ontario. From the multi-versed Musk Ox/The Night Watch guitarist and Agalloch collaborator, Old Growth saw its maker
Photo by Shimon Karmel A biased opinion, I know, but I can’t stress this enough: Go read Jonathan Horsley’s cover feature on this month’s player character A.L.N. and his phenomenal one-man band Mizmor. A contemporary of the Pacific Northwest’s ever-growing extreme metal scene, Mizmor’s unique blend of funeral doom, drone and black metal is one
Hailing from Greenville, South Carolina, doomy psychedelic trio Auralayer are primed to become your next favorite band. Armed with big riffs and a love for bands like Sleep, Mastodon and Torche, their debut album, Thousand Petals, is a jammer that will definitely appeal to fans of the aforementioned bands, or just stoner rock and doom
Rising from the bowels of this nation’s most vile and loathsome state, Tennessee’s Korroded have exploded onto the scene with a debut full-length of only the most kick-ass grindage this side of the Mississippi. Featuring former members of the equally vicious Reserving Dirtnaps, Korroded’s brand of grind is both visceral and vital, pummeling the listener
It hurts a little to admit, but we remember the actual day when “Video Killed the Radio Star.” The launch of MTV was supposedly going to revolutionize music. It sort of did, but those first few years of the channel we were subject to music videos, like this new one from Pittsburgh grungy noise mongers
Gather ’round the fire, friends. You’re in for a fiery and epic black metal performance. Teloch Vovin is a ferocious collective of dark disciples hailing from New York City and Long Island. On July 28, the band will issue a split with their Queens-based brethren in Viserion called The Iron Age of Kali Yuga. To
Bay Area thrash metal giants Testament are currently making the rounds through the European summer festival circuit, but that doesn’t mean they’re not already working on the follow up to their 2020 release, Titans of Creation. Over the weekend, guitarist Eric Peterson told Loud TV (as transcribed by Blabbermouth) that they already have a handful
Why is it that the people who have access to cable TV news spots and massive platforms that make them completely uncancelable always complain that they’re being canceled? Case in point is Twisted Sister frontman Dee Snider, who’s once again out there saying the LGBTQ+ community that he’s considered himself an ally of for all
The wait for some new High On Fire is coming close to an end, as the band announced that their so far untitled ninth studio effort is complete. Positioned as the band’s follow up to 2018’s Electric Messiah, the new slate of music has a lot to live up to its Grammy-winning predecessor. With the
Fresh from their recent Decibel Flexi Series appearance, U.K. doom titans Godthrymm have unveiled Distortions, the second chapter of the “Visions” trilogy and follow up to 2020’s much-acclaimed Reflections—and Decibel was among the exalted lucky enough to secure our own variant on stunning Blue Vinyl with Gold, Black and Silver Splatter limited to 100 copies!
Voivod are back with a new single, “Condemned To The Gallows” from their forthcoming album Morgöth Tales. This record will celebrate the band’s impressive 40 years as a band and will function as their anniversary record. Morgöth Tales is out July 21 via Century Media Records. To be even more specific, the song is officially
96 Bitter Beings just announced a North American Summer tour supporting their new album, Synergy Restored, and playing the Infiltrate•Destroy•Rebuild CKY record in full. The CKY connection comes because vocalist and guitarist Deron Miller used to be the vocalist for CKY. Now, his new band has an album out through Nuclear Blast, but he’s not
Blackwater Drowning jut dropped a new video for the song “The Caged” from their debut album Sonder // Satori. “It’s about breaking free of the mundane,” says vocalist Morgan Riley. “We all die the same no matter what we got in life, so why pour your minutes into the rat race and never be happy? For the video, Garrett
Hawkwind fans, get ready for the ultimate Space Ritual Box set. Even for a band as jammy as Hawkind, 11 discs is quite a lot. The new set will be released via Cherry Red and Atomhenge on September 29. On the day of release, they’ll be celebrating their 50th anniversary of the 1973 album with
Femme-forward classic metalers Girlschool just released a new single, “It Is What It Is.” The song is from the band’s upcoming record WTFortyfive, out July 28 via Silver Lining Music and celebrating 45 years of being a band. The track pulls from their classic yet raw and punk sound and gets us stoked for the
Snuffed On Sight just shared their new video, “Time 2 Dip,” from their upcoming debut LP, Smoke, out July 7 via Creator-Destructor Records and Maggot Stomp. The heavy, crushing, and fun Bay Area band have been touring and releasing splits and singles, and now, they are finally coming out with a full album. The new
High on Fire are celebrating 25 years of music with a release of their out-of-print record The Art of Self Defense. They also announced a new record will drop in 2024 and that they will be heading out on the road to celebrate different eras of their career as they go. The Art of Self
Yet another week’s worth of bangers have been added to the MetalSucks Playlist. In addition to another kick ass Mutoid Man song and a new track from Spirit Adrift, we’ve added the latest singesl from The Shredderz (featuring Brandon Ellis, of The Black Dahlia Murder), Evile, and the illustrious Dolly Parton’s collaboration with Rob Halford,
We’re starting to get the feeling that Iron Maiden‘s Bruce Dickinson may be over the whole “always the bridesmaid, never the bride” feeling they’ve had lately regarding the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Despite being eligible since 2005 and only recently having been nominated twice, Iron Maiden has yet to pass the threshold needed