It’s been over two decades since Mondo Medicale carved its gruesome path into death metal history, but Impaled’s latest release, Demo Medicale, is more than just a trip down memory lane. It’s a long-buried artifact resurfacing in tribute to late guitarist Andrew LaBarre—who passed away… Read More »IMPALED Unearths ‘Demo Medicale’ as a Tribute and Defiant Middle Finger
Photo by Mamie Heldman Most of Avery Friedman’s debut album New Thing is unassuming. Not in the sense that Friedman’s musi is […] The post Premiere: Avery Friedman – “Photo Booth” appeared first on The Alternative.
– February 27th, 2025 – European Tour Begins This Week Today, progressive death metal outfit DÅÅTH presents their rendition of “Run,” by French electronic duo Air, featuring Cynic‘s Paul Masvidal. The track comes in advance of the band’s European tour with labelmates Rivers Of Nihil… Read More »Dååth: Progressive Death Metal Outfit Presents Cover of Air’s “Run” Featuring Cynic’s Paul Masvidal
Together for 35 years, German power metal stalwarts Brainstorm are back in action with album number 14, Plague of Rats, 11 tracks of trad metal accented with Indian flourishes. The quintet—Andy B. Franck (vocals), Torsten Ihlenfeld (guitar), Milan Loncaric (guitar), Dieter Bernert (drums), Jim Ramses (bass)—… Read More »Track by Track: Brainstorm –Plague of Rats
I watched last summer’s survival series Makemate (and even featured one of their songs on the blog), but it left such little impression that I struggle to recall many details about it. Its debuting group NouerA is here to fix that, arriving with a whopper… Read More »Song Review: NouerA – N.I.N (New Is Now)