GOD MACABRE: Swedish Death Metal Band of the Week
In 1991, Karlstad’s Macabre End wanted to get rid of their bass player, so—like Nihilist a couple of years earlier—they disbanded, only to start up again soon after under a new name without telling the unwelcome bandmate.
SiriusXM Bloody Roots Remembers Clive Burr of Iron Maiden
This week's heavy metal history lesson honors the crucial contributions of this thunderous groundbreaker, hailed by Bruce Dickinson as "the best drummer we ever had."
MACABRE END: Swedish Death Metal Band of the Week
Macabre End only released one demo and an EP before deciding to call it quits, but they sounded like seasoned veterans.
Bassist Mark Evans Auctions AC/DC Gold Record For Sydney Soccer Team
Former AC/DC bass player Mark Evans is auctioning a gold record award for High Voltage to help the Sydney Secondary College girls soccer team travel to Hawaii.
Bloody Roots of Newbjorn Swedish Death Metal
The grave-ripping sounds of Invidious, Repugnant, Necrovation, Tribulation, Decapitation, Stench, Morbus Chron, Bastard Priest, Repuked, and more!
Laina Dawes Talks Black Women in Heavy Metal at SXSW, St. Vitus Bar, Wright...
Laina Dawes in in Austin, TX; Detroit, MI; Bowling Green, OH; and Brooklyn, NY.
Like an Everflowing Rhyme: Snoop Dogg Digs Into Heavy Reading
Snoop Dogg catches up on heavy reading with Swedish Death Metal
ETERNAL DARKNESS: Swedish Death Metal Band of the Week
If ETERNAL DARKNESS hailed from anywhere else, they would definitely had been kings of their scene!
Experiencing Nirvana: Grunge in Europe, 1989, by Bruce Pavitt
Bruce Pavitt: "I put a lot of heart into this grunge rock 'microhistory'."
Sirius XM Bloody Roots of Darkthrone
In honor of Darkthrone's new record, The Underground Resistance, and 25 years of unrelenting exploration of metal
The 30th Anniversary of Cliff Burton’s First Gig With Metallica, 3/5/83
March 5, 2013, marked the 30th anniversary of the first show Cliff Burton played as bassist of Metallica
Marduk, Dryck Julmust, and the Swedish Xmas Resistance
A spirited discussion of sticky-sweet Dryck Julmust, a beloved Swedish holiday beverage created in yet another failed attempt to get the raucous Swedes to stop drinking beer!
MACRODEX: Swedish Death Metal Band of the Week
Macrodex was an Eskilstuna band which kicked off in 1987 as the hardcore band Cruelty.
SiriusXM Bloody Roots of Crushing Funeral Doom
Ian Christe slows the tempo down to a brutal crawl, as he investigates the intense and depressive side of funeral doom metal
Swedish Death Metal, Italian Edition, via Tsunami Edizioni
Mille grazie to Tsunami Edizioni for sending over copies of the new Italian translation of Swedish Death Metal.
HETSHEADS: Swedish Death Metal Band of the Week
Here's another sample, some brutality from far afield of known territory by HETSHEADS
Sirius XM Bloody Roots: Decibel Magazine Tour 2013 Preview
May 2013 the Decibel Magazine Tour kicks off a 36-date North American assault with Napalm Death, Cannibal Corpse, and Immolation
Bon Scott’s Mother to Son: Tone Down AC/DC’s Racy Lyrics
In February 1977, during the zenith of the scorching hot Australian summer, Mark Evans accompanied Bon Scott as the singer headed to Adelaide for a long-overdue visit to see his parents
Classic AC/DC Bassist Mark Evans Remembers Bon Scott on Feb. 19
Then there was Bon, a gentleman with old-school manners but a wild side that would appear after a few charges went down, or as gig time approached.
UNCANNY …Is Swedish Death Metal Band of the Week
In 1987, two pre-teen(!) children Fredrik Norrman (later in Katatonia) and Kennet Englund (later in Interment, Moondark, and Dellamorte) started playing music together
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Roots of British HM Kings Saxon on Sirius XM
Classic live and studio Saxon anthems; plus salutes by Sodom, Deceased, Destruction, Metallica, Motörhead, Paragon, and others.
