While I can’t condone the AI slop gracing the cover of Agarwaen’s latest and third album, the crazed look and scarred five-head of the Pennywise-wannabe does work towards getting across the point these purveyors of “asylum metal” are trying to make. Formed 20 years ago… Read More »Album Premiere: Crazy Does it With Agarwaen’s The Murder Trend
AtHeart debuted last summer and have been steadily promoting since. Every song they’ve released so far has been rated in the 7s on this blog, which pretty much sums up my feelings about their music. It’s inoffensive but unmemorable, slotting them within a swath of… Read More »Song Review: AtHeart – Say It
Six years after their mosh-pit inducing self-titled debut, Texas grindcore wrecking crew Triage return with In the Trenches, their long-awaited follow-up and arguably their most savage statement to date. Featuring scene veterans from Kill the Client, Gridlink, Cleric and PLF, Triage pull no punches on… Read More »Album Stream: Triage – In the Trenches
While we can’t help you pronounce Svjetlost, we can offer up the fact that it means “light” in the Slavic language of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Which is fitting because even though the musician behind this one-man doom project, Jamie Kobić (also a member of Gavran), is… Read More »Track Premiere: Svjetlost – “Above the Mountain”
Massachusetts death metal crew Fuming Mouth are poised to do the best work of their 13-year existence this summer with their third album, The Ringing Bell. Featuring the band’s core lineup of guitarist/vocalist Mark Whelan and guitarist Pat Merson, plus new bassist Chris Berg and drummer Jay… Read More »Interview: Fuming Mouth Frontman Mark Whelan Talks New Record, Jay Weinberg and Positive Attitudes