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REVIEW: Vargrav – Netherstorm (Werewolf Records)
Hyvinkaa, Finland’s Vargrav have far exceeded the trappings of your average black metal act. Brilliantly masterminded by multi-instrumentalist, V-KhaoZ, Netherstorm is quickly proving to be a crucial piece of Finnish metal history. With its precise execution and terrifying undertones, this outstanding debut appears to have but one missive on its agenda-Finnish Black Metal Supremacy. Adorned… Continue reading
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REVIEW: Motherslug – The Electric Dunes of Titan (Self-Released)
It feels like some serious talent has been seeping slowly out of Australia, and finally becoming available to us knuckle draggers overseas. First I was able to experience the likes of Arketh, and now this? 2018 is truly getting off to a good start. One can hope that this pace is kept, and that more… Continue reading
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REVIEW: Haiduk – Demonicon (Self-Released)
When I was growing up, music seemed like a place for the elite. It was some impossible thing to make it in, because only the best of the best made it. Then again, I barely knew what a concert was. I didn\’t know about production, I didn\’t even know there was a underground at all.… Continue reading
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INTERVIEW: The Necrosexual of Necrosexual
Photo by Josh Street Design [K] Necrosexual is completely new to me, and I’m loving GRIM 1. For a newer fan, who’s not too familiar (like me), can you tell me a little about how this whole band/project came together? GRIM 1 is my first musical offering. I\’ve brought the fury as a comedy performer,… Continue reading
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QUICK REVIEW: Apathy Noir – Black Soil
Apathy Noir\’s doom-like progression is more reminiscent of something like recent My Dying Bride, rather then drawing from too many death or black metal influences – though the vocals of either are here, along with a bevy of tremolo picking, initially. The \’death\’ bit is more along the lines of melodic death, rather then more… Continue reading
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INTERVIEW: Marcus Lawrence of Grethor
[K] It’s been quite a while, 3 years, since the EP ‘Cloaked in Decay’ – how would you say the band has evolved since then? MARCUS: We had Mike Lewis on guitar then. He left, and was replaced by Tony Petrocelly. Tony contributed quite a bit to the song structure, and he mainly produced this… Continue reading
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REVIEW: Midmourner – Adorned in Fear and Error EP
Midmourner is a Alabama band that decided sludge was the way to go, and I can get behind that. If I had to guess, the group has a bit of experience with the genre. The band is just too direct with it\’s subgenre focus for it to be coincidental. With other bands, you usually get… Continue reading
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INTERVIEW: Aslak Heika Hætta Bjørn, Vocalist of Ondt Blod
[K] What is it like being a hardcore band in Norway? Has there been any difficulties? When we started out, hardcore was kind of a buzz in Norway, giving us a head start. There is also a good underground music scene in Norway, consisting of DIY-scenes and rock clubs interested in taking in new bands.… Continue reading
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REVIEW: Ancst – Ghosts of the Timeless Void
Way back, I had the chance to review Ancst\’s Compilation \’In Turmoil\’ and, though Direnotes was certainly in it\’s infancy then, I clearly remember Ancst having a vastly different sound. In fact, I believe I even compared it to black metal and blackgaze. Now, certainly there are some faint hints of that between the fine… Continue reading
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REVIEW: Arketh – 12 Winter Moons Comes The Witches Brew
Experimentation is a word often thrown around within the extreme metal spectrum, usually when a particular subgenre decides to cross with another. You got black metal crossing with just about any genre these days, its almost common to the point that straight-forward black metal has become somewhat rarer. Though, I don\’t know if there has… Continue reading