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.
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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!
Mark Arm, photo by Bruce Pavitt

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
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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

Sirius XM Bloody Roots of Black Men and Women in Metal

Black men and women that have expanded the scope and advanced the cause of loud, aggressive metal.

Mean Deviation Author Jeff Wagner Weighs in on Voivod’s Target Earth

So with Voivod beaming its new Target Earth release over the world, we had to yank Jeff Wagner out of his listening cave for a deep-thinking verdict