After a few years of singles and EPs, hardcore five-piece Spaced signed to the legendary Revelation Records. Today, they release This Is All We Get, an eight-track record that places the band on the level of some of Rev’s most iconic groups. This is an album… Read More »Artist Interview: Spaced
UK lads Mastiff are no strangers to depression, anger and grief. Those emotions have been present on each release in the band’s very bleak catalog and come to a head on Deprecipice, the band’s fourth album. Though it’s Mastiff’s first release since the end of pandemic lockdowns, they… Read More »Full Album Stream: Mastiff – “Deprecipice”
Horror Pain Gore Death Productions present Destiny, the debut album from Memphis, Tennessee’s ultraviolent sludge metal sadists Mudshow. Destiny is a concept record telling the story of Matt Tremont’s explosive anHorrord blood-soaked feuds with Atsushi Onita and Rickey Shane Page and is heavily indebted to A… Read More »Album Premiere: Mudshow – Destiny
I wrote a track-by-track review of Ryugujo’s new EP a few days after it was released, and I’ve only gone on to appreciate it more since then. It feels like Ryugujo’s music takes a quantum leap forward every time they release something new. This will… Read More »Song Review: Ryugujo – Deep Wave
Austin, TX-based power trio Rickshaw Billie’s Burger Patrol sound just about as big and dumb as their moniker would imply. They’re also as ridiculously awesome as their big, dumb moniker would imply. Since 2017 or thereabouts, vocalist and eight-string slinger Leo Lydon, bassist Aaron Metzdorf… Read More »Track Premiere: Getting Big and Dumb and Eating Sh*t with Rickshaw Billie’s Burger Patrol