Instrumental progressive metal band Phaeton is showcasing their full band playthrough of the song “Terra Australis” from their recently released album “”Between Two Worlds”. It’s a really cool track to say the least. Instrumental bands are a hard hit or miss, not much in between really (for me […]
I have a nice playthrough dropping today from Demonstealer’s title track from his latest beastly effort “The Propaganda Machine”. The bassist on this song Stian Gunderson (Blood Red Throne, You Suffer, Son Of A Shotgun) takes you to school on this track. Demonstealer talks about the newly released […]
Death metal band Ascended Dead is releasing their sophomore album “Evenfall Of The Apocalypse” May 12th on 20 Buck Spin. Uniting guitarist/vocalist Jon Reider, guitarist Ian Lawrence, bassist Kevin Schreutelkamp, and drummer Charlie Koryn, Ascended Dead plays death metal the ancient way with an intrinsically malign pedigree and methodical cruelty […]
Extreme Metal veterans Cattle Decapitation are releasing their highly anticipated album “Terrasite” this Friday May 12th. There isn’t an era I don’t like, but my favorite releases are “Anthropocene Extinction”, “Harvest Floor” and “Monolith Of Inhumanity” with “Death Atlas” knocking on the door. Yes, Travis is still doing […]
Newly signed Artisan Era band Distention have dropped another single from their upcoming album. Blight is about depression and suicide. It’s a serious problem and unfortunately many of us in this world deal with it. These songs hit hard with me as a person and as a musician […]
Nightmarer is releasing their second full length “Deformity Adrift” Friday May 5th under their record label Total Dissonace Worship. I’ve been into this band and been keeping tabs on them for years. They recently added Keith Merrow to their lineup who’s a fantastic guitarist. They released an EP […]
Progressive Metal Band Vintersea is our May 2023 Artist Of The Month! Ironically I just put out an article on their upcoming album “Woven Into Ashes” basically saying its their best effort to date. They’re heavy, melodic, beautiful, moody and adventurous. Great vocals (both sung and growled BTW), […]
Progressive Metal band Vintersea is releasing their third album “Woven Into Ashes” May 5th of this year. I’ve been keeping tabs on this band since the last release “Illuminated” which came out in 2019. They are a heavy, melodic, elegant and atmospheric experience every song brings a new […]
Nomad is premiering their playhtrough of their song “Rise In The Fall” drum AND vocal playthrough with us today. The band’s album “The Mountain” released March 3rd of this year. Band statement about the song:”The title came first here, and I thought “gee, that sounds like the Russian […]
Lunar Chamber is releasing their debut EP “Shambhallic Vibrations” this Friday April 28th on one of the best labels in the game right now 20 Buck Spin. The band brings an insanely refreshing sound to extreme metal blending a plethora of styles. It’s got that progressive blackened death […]