The corpse of Pacific North Death dealers Dripping Decay has barely gone cold but that hasn’t stopped the band’s makers from moving on. Enter Ripping Remains, featuring Dripping Decay alumni Eric Stucke on guitar/vocals alongside fellow alumni Jason “The Machine” Borton (also Jungle Rot, Ripped to… Read More »Track Premiere: Ripping Remains – ‘Rub My Infection On You’
Simply referring to themselves as “epic black metal from Cagliari” does a bit of disservice to Shardana. Indeed, the quintet hail from Cagliari, the capital city of the Italian island of Sardinia. And yes, they play something akin to black metal. But they temper things… Read More »Album Premiere: Duo-Lingual Epic Storytelling with Shardana’s The Monarch
Alexei Shishkin won’t slow down. He’s been pumping out tunes for well over a decade now, and he’s back with […] The post Album Premiere: Alexei Shishkin – ‘Good Times’ appeared first on The Alternative.
Spoiler alert! Not a lot of rain in Brazilian death thrash trio, The Damnation‘s latest video for the track, “Burning Rain.” Nope, pretty dry and sunny in this performance video where the threesome—Renata Petrelli (guitar/vocals), Fernanda Lessa (bass), Camila Almeida (drums)—tear it up on and… Read More »Video Premiere: The Damnation – “Burning Rain”
While video games still don’t enjoy the same widespread respect as movies, there’s no doubt that there has been a concerted effort to make the medium more cinematic. Character models are increasingly lifelike, narratives have become emotionally complex and pre-rendered (and sometimes in-game) cutscenes are… Read More »KILL SCREEN 070: Luther Manhole of CHAT PILE is a Numbers Guy