Metal playlists from the underground
Total Fucking Destruction provide an unusual socio-apocalyptic musical experience meshing offbeat bursts of grindcore mired in jackhammered repetition with an unabashed thumb at the nose punk attitude kicking down the door on the irreverent 23-track assault titled PEACE, LOVE, AND TOTAL FUCKING DESTRUCTION. Menacing at times (“Anyone But Me”) yet consistently maintaining an upbeat and […]
Noism consists of guitar and drum machine unleashing sonic batterings of cybergrind at dangerous BPM’s. Armed with a disturbingly cold and robotic rampage, this 12-track affair reaps 20+ minutes of aural menacing complete with electronically manipulated drum poundings incessantly jackhammering into your cerebrum while blistering guitars fade in and out of the barrage of percussive […]
Seventh Void, the side project of Kenny and Johnny of Type-o-Negative, have announced a series of dates with Static-X in May: May 11 8:00, Expo Park, Great Falls, Montana May 13 8:00, The Rock, Maplewood, Minnesota May 14 8:00, Eagle’s Club, Milwaukee, Wisconsin May 15 8:00, Piere’s, Ft. Wayne, Indiana May 17 8:00, Orbit Room, […]
Scale the Summit’s captivating alliance of guitar wizardry with adventurous musical compositions sounds like a cross between the forward-thinking The Fucking Champs and the cathartic charge of Pelican on their second effort CARVING DESERT CANYONS. This invigorating unit’s jostling eight-track excursion is an instrumental metal fan’s dream come true, as this technically proficient quartet put […]
If you are down with the classic hard rock sound of Airbourne and The Answer, then you will adore the trash glam band, The Last Vegas from Chicago. WHATEVER GETS YOU OFF features plenty of obnoxious headbanging cuts (“Whatever Gets You Off,” “Cherry Red”) and power ballad blitzes (“Loose Lips,” “Apologize”) that will blast you […]
Albany, NY quintet Ironweed take matters into their own hands on debut disc INDIAN LADDER. Boasting ex-members of Greatdayforup, this band displays sludgy stoner metal chops on cuts like “Thorn” and “Rid The Earth” yet make a fair share of intriguing detours within the metal spectrum on tracks like “Lifeless Coil” and “Penny for Your […]
Christian metal troupe Becoming the Archetype and producer Devin Townsend have made a monstrous modern metal album called DICHOTOMY. This 10-track affair packs gargantuan riffage, pummeling bass lines, grandiose keyboards, and gruff vocals into every track, but isn’t afraid to wield an acoustic for some sweet classic metal interludes (“St. Anne’s Lullaby,” “How Great Thou […]
Once upon a time, in the early 90’s, there was an alt-metal group that dominated MTV and radio airplay with a pioneering sound and vision far ahead of the industry standard. With music videos depicting a distressed flopping fish out-of-water and a piano blown up with dynamite, something different was brewing in the declining age […]
Sticking to the cowpunk attitude meets raw rock ‘n roll formula they’ve been championing for over a decade, Nashville Pussy returns with another batch of road ready boogie friendly whiskey-soaked hellbound tunes on the 12-track FROM HELL TO TEXAS. Never ones to shy from subtleties, songs like the fiery “I’m So High” and “Drunk Driving […]
Korn will hit the road in the US this spring before heading over to Europe. Here are the US dates reported thus far: Apr. 25 – Tucson, AZ – Tucson Electric Park Apr. 26 – Albuquerque, NM – Albuquerque Convention Center Apr. 27 – El Paso, TX – El Paso County Coliseum Apr. 29 – […]