Metal Music NEWS and interviews

Road's End metal band featuring former members of Behemoth, Vader, Disinter, Gorgasm and Eyes On Fire. Making their first mid-west appearance at Wire lounge in Berwyn IL. Supporting acts for this event were, Blacklist Regulars and Genotype. Below are photos as well as some live footage. Be sure to visit the band at  facebook-roadsendofficial                                           view the full album here                                               see the full set here See the full set here see the full set here

Northern California metal band Blood Cabana, embarks on a eighteen day South West tour. Beginning Friday November 25th in Sacramento CA, celebrating the release of two new tracks 'Drift' and 'Black Dust' supporting their self-released EP 'Hell is Paradise' they will be paving new ground into Arizona and New Mexico . The highlighted dates of the tour will be The Wasteland Warfest in Tempe AZ on December 2nd & 3rd, Club XS in Tucson AZ on December 6th with Arizona Blackened Death All-Stars Six Million Dead, and The Blacklight District Lounge in Long Beach on December 9th by ADHD Entertainment. To listen and download for free the new tracks 'Drift' and 'Black Dust' click HERE . Below are additional links to the band and attached is their tour flyer with dates listed. Please feel free to contact me at 530.781.2514 for any additional information about Blood Cabana. Facebook link

Just revealed, Ghost In The Shell official movie trailer coming 2017 starring Scarlett Johansson.

1) Hello and welcome, please tell our readers a little about yourself? Where are you from? What is your current occupation? Hey bro! First of all, thank you really much for contacting me with this interview, I'll gladly answer all your following questions! Well, I come from Hýskov, small village in the middle of the forests in Czech Republic, bud have moved to Brno few years ago because of university of musicology and music composition theory where I was studying in. Now I'm living in the edge of Brno, more in the forest than in the town. Beautiful landscapes around and a dam where Hell Fast Attack black metal festival starts every year, so I'm happy with where I'm living now. Nature means the biggest inspiration for me and it was what I've missed the most in the center of the town few months later. 2) When did your interest in drawing begin? Really hard to reply this exactly. I used to draw from my childhood. When I was in pre-school as a child I've...

Insane Tales From The Dead Issue 3 Volume 1 just arrived. Featuring the works of Nikos Malk, Brian Postman, Tony Fero, Silvano, Chuck Bowman, Ann tedeschi, John Schumacher and Doug Randazzo. Introduction by Mike Howlett. Artist gallery includes Mark Riddick, Mortuus Art, Glynford Cabarse, Bjorn Grasses, Steph Dumais, Putrid Matt, Raul Gonzalez, Eric Rot, Len Desiderio, Frank Cassuto, Don England, Elyse Taylor, Splatterbeast, Jaes Groeling, Caleb Dickenson, Justell Vonk, Joe Ravager Romero, Rich Hervey, Agus Wibowo, Gorepump, Frank Garcia and more. Visit the site and support the artist  insanetalesfromthedead

Nervosa live at Reggies.Their first live performance in Chicago. Part of the US tour featuring a brand new drummer Canadian Samantha Landa. Supporting acts included Reign, The Everscathed, Wrath and Suspended. All video footage Here Be sure to support the band and visit them at facebook See the full album at  Nervosa photos Suspended

Rotten Sound performing live at Reggies, Chicago 8-22-2016 along with God Dementia, Like Rats, Organ Dealer and Sick/Tire. See footage from this show here all pics here   Like Rats God Dementia  Organ Dealer  Sick/Tired

Its hard to believe that almost a full year has gone by and Full Terror Assault 2 is only a few weeks away. Here are a few short clips that I never had a chance to edit until now. This is footage from last year. In the car and my first view of the stage as well as the tent set up. Super stoked to be heading out there for this years festivities. Footage here

Live concert film and photos from Beat Kitchen Chicago on July 3, 2016. Cryptic Hymn tour mid-west region. Supporting acts for this event included: Inner Decay, Discarnate and Mordatorium . Below is the live concert footage and a few photographs from the show. You can also click on this location to view the entire photo session from that evening. See more here Cryptic Hymn   photos See more Discarnate photos See more Inner Decay photos here   See more Mordatorium photos click here  

Nails embarked on a US Tour in support of their new album You Will Never be One Of Us. Coming through the mid-west with supporting acts Full of Hell and Eternal Sleep. The following photos are from the show in Chicago at the Empty Bottle on June 17 2016 to a sold out audience. Footage is also included below the pics.  more photos click here   Full Of Hell  Eternal Sleep

Live concert photos of the band Deadhand System. These photographs are posted on Flickr and you will also find  footage from the event on the previous blog post on this page. Feel free to share them and also visit the band on their FB site  facebook-DeadhandSystem

Deadhand System debut performance at Underground Lounge on June 4, 2016. Footage below. Please share the video and spread the word.

The band Tombs from Brooklyn, NY recently embarked on a small U. S. tour. Performing at several locations from New York to Rhode Island. Below are photos and live video footage from their stop in Chicago on May 16 2016. Playing at 1st Ward events Chop Shop. Supporting acts included Lord Mantis , Of Wolves and Hivelords . The entire photo album can be view at this location more photos click here Lord Mantis more photos click here Hivelords more photos click here Of Wolves more photos click here

Defeated Sanity unveil a brand new song, "At One With Wrath" , check out the video below. Check out the live performance from February at The Beat Kitchen.

Helmuth Lehner vocalist for Belphegor was confronted and spat on by a religious fanatic at a Russian airport 4-19-2016. The youtube video shows an older man speaking in Russian and provoking the vocalist. Watch footage of Belphegor from Chicago 2015

The band CHRCH from Sacramento, CA, have embarked on a European Tour. Check out the video trailer as well as the tour dates. They might be headed to an area near you. facebook-chrchdoomca Tour dates 30.3 Italy, Bolzano - Horizon Club  31.3 Italy, Carpi Modena - Shai Hulud 01.4 Italy, Pescara - Tube Cult Fest 02.4 Italy, Montecchio Maggiore - Circolo La Mesa 03.4 France, Toulouse - Les Pavillons Sauvages 04.4 France, Paris - Glazart 05.4 France, Nantes - La Scene Michelet 06.4 France, Rouen - Hipster Café 07.4 Belgium, Kortrijk - The Pit's 08.4 Germany, Wuppertal - AZ Wuppertal 09.4 Switzerland, Lausanna - Impetus Festival 10.4 Germany, Freiburg am Breisgau - venue TBA  11.4 Germany, Leeuwarden - The Morgue 12.4 Belgium, Brussels - Magasin4 13.4 Belgium, Antwerp - Antwerp Music City  14.4 The Netherlands, Tilburg - Roadburn 15.4 The Netherlands, Hengelo - Innocent 16.4 Germany, Leipzig - Doom Over Leipzig 17.4 Germany, Ham...

Funeral Moth is a four piece band, members are Makoto Fujishima - Guitars, Vocals. Tomohiro Kanja - Guitars. Ryo Amamiya - Bass. Yuichiro Azegami - Drums. Music style is listed as, extreme doom. Band location, Tokyo/Kanagawa, Japan. Transience album released on Weird Truth Productions March 13th 2016. Taking a slight break from all the death/black and grind promos recently sent to me, I come across some really good doom metal from Japan. Funeral Moth delivers some penetrating and haunting music with this second release. Only two tracks and they are very captivating. On long travels, I can lend my full attention and let the rhythms permeate inside my head. The first song "Transience" is about twenty one minutes long. Its journey begins with some simple an effective melodies and creeps along until bringing you to the brink of desolation. Coming from a background that is mostly death metal in the bands I perform in, I can only imaging the amount of concentration it must take...

Bustum is a two piece band, members are Demoniac - guitars & bass guitar / Nicor - vocals & drums.  Music style is listed as, Black metal. Band location, Osijek, Croatia. Demonolosophy album released on Iron County Records March 10 2016. It will be out on tape including a bonus song and new front picture and layout via Hungarian Iron County Records limited to 250 copies. First 33 will have an extra slipcase and logo pin as "die hard” version. Upon receiving this, my initial thoughts were, crushing and destructive black metal, something that kicks you in the face from the very beginning. As I listen visions of maniacal monsters raising out of the dead and bottomless pit. Ten songs with excellent production and intense drum sound, it cuts through prominently. The massive waves of malevolence are defined in every track. A good example of its brutality would be the song "Mist of Solitude", it presents a twisted vision. The dark portals are opened wide and man...

Bloodred is the sole project of Ron Merz and began in 2009. Music style is listed as, Epic Blackened Death. Band location, Oberstenfeld. Nemesis album to be released on April 8th 2016. My initial thoughts, the sounds put forth are tremendous. The riffs are powerful and embodied the roots of Black/death metal in every passage. The drum performance on this recording is by Joris Nijenhuis, (Leaves ́ Eyes, Atrocity) and produced by Alexander Krull of Mastersound Studio. Comprised of eight songs, each producing savage brutality with high paced double kicks and aggressive blast/grind beats. A punishing work has being brought to life and it is bound to cause waves through out the underground metal world.  I spent some time getting familiar with each composition. The album fascinates me in its delivery and structure of each riff. The songs that absolutely crushed my skull would undoubtedly have to be "The Hail Storm", it comes at you with strong and...

Cryptic Realms is a four piece band, members are Kostas Analytis - Vocals. Uriel Aguillon on Guitars / Drums. Victor Varas - on Bass Guitar. Tersis Zonato - Drums, Guitar Solos, Acoustic guitars.  Music style is listed as, metal. Band location, USA, Greece, Brazil and Mexico. The Rotten is Alive EP released on Dark Recollections Prods label on 20th March 2016. The opening song to this release "Shattered Dreams", sounds very classical. A clean strumming guitar piece with a sorrowful melody that is also complex in structure. The next track "Begging to the dead", clearly rooted in old school d/m but powerful enough to punch you in the gut. The characteristics of the recording are reminiscent of the band Death, Spiritual Healing era. Like a tribute to those distant times, it does work really well for these musicians. Some of the stand out performances from this album, for me, will be "Shadows of Disgrace" and "Scattered Thoughts".  In conclusio...

Magister Dixit is a three piece band, members are W.Solstice, Strident S., Ekinox. Music style is listed as, Mystical Black metal. Band location, Laurentides. Opus Astral album released on Scum Productions March 7, 2016. Pure darkness is unleashed. The roots of black metal are apparent. The music explores with different sounds giving it a sense of the astral ambiance they are projecting. The song "Hall of Pain", is malevolent in all its arrangements. It certainly has a way to bring chills down your spine and its cryptic melody becomes ingrained in you mind. Another track that is on a top level for me would be "Respirer la mort", the use of blast beats, slow keyboard and flute passages make it an interesting song to listen to and it certainly creates an atmosphere of cosmic journeys in distant lands. "Pulveryzator" is a reckoning force and should be played at a high volume. You will also hear a cover, "Elder God (kataklysm cover)", it is a good...

Ofghost is a one piece band, members are Sami. Music style is listed as, DarkPrimitiveHybridMetalRockShit. Band location, Jyväskylä The Awakening album self released on March 7 2016. As the month of March reaches its end, my ears get one final full assault. This promo landed in my inbox and it crushes. Upon listening to this manifestation, it begins unassuming, with a nice melody and then it erupts without warning. Intense and relentless are the first things that pop into my mind. In totality they offer us seven songs of raw, gritty and dark tones. The lyrics are not in English, so, I am making this review based solely on the music that is being presented. One of the tracks that stands out above the rest would be the song "LUONA POLTTAVAN JÄÄN", it begins with a chant and it slowly builds up into a feeling of rage and anger as if preparing for war. The music easily crosses the line between black and death metal with short melodic passages and aggressive vocals.  In ...

Corprophemia is a four piece band, members are Vocals - Matt Kelly. Guitar - Franky D'Alimonte. Guitar - Mat Lemmon. Drums - Jason Longo. Music style is listed as, Technical Death Metal. Band location, Windsor, Ontario, Canada. Abhorrogenesis album released on CDN Records March 11, 2016. The heaviness coming from this release is over the top. Clever and potent samples on almost every track can be heard. The low tuned chords represented would make Meshuggah proud.  Eleven songs of menacing brutality. Very good production. Crushing hooks and memorable passages. Some of the more outstanding performances from this album for me, would be " Hour Of The Witch", "Divine Creation " and " Supreme Dark Covenant ". Some of the influence that may be noted would be bands like, Kranium, Pathology, Kataplexy and Devourment. While there is no new ground breaking material, the music sets a high level of energy and is most certainly engaging on all levels of the ge...