Mean Deviation: Opeth’s Boffo Billboard Feature, Beers, and Big Tour
Not bad for an extreme metal battalion that initially emerged in 1990 from Stockholm’s dark fringes, hoping to hold a black candle to their idols Bathory, Voivod, and Mefisto.
Weekend in the Windy City: Chicago’s Riot Fest Starts Tomorrow
Dozens of key acts will be leaping into action, straight from the pages of a range of Bazillion Points books.
EUCHARIST Is the Swedish Death Metal Band of the Week
Early innovators of the ’90s “Gothenburg sound” that fuses crushing death metal ferocity with muscularly musical melody, Eucharist wailed first in summer 1989 when...
METALION: Fenriz of Darkthrone Sort-of Elected to Kolbotn Town Council on a Firm “Please...
He submitted a photo of himself holding his cat, along with the perfect campaign pitch: "Don't vote for me."
WE GOT POWER!: David Markey’s Rare 1980 Film Short Depicts the Death of Summer,...
David Markey, revered director of Desperate Teenage Lovedolls, 1991: The Year Punk Broke, and The Slog Movie, not to mention coauthor of WE GOT...
Bloody Roots of the Misfits on SiriusXM
Bloody Roots plunges both hands deep into the gory vaults of this legendary New Jersey horror hardcore band.
ONLY DEATH IS REAL: Are You Morbid? Witness Triptykon’s Total Metal Mastery at Wacken...
Witness the wisdom and experience of a life spent in metal via the complete 72-minute high-def concert stream above.
Sat 10/8, LA: WE GOT POWER! Photo Opening at Pop Obscure Records
Four years ago, David Markey and Jordan Schwartz threw the loudest book release party in known recent history.
MISERY OBSCURA: Preorder Eerie Von’s Misfits | Samhain | Danzig Photo Collection in Revamped...
Few dared tread where Eerie walked during those years...and he was the only one with a camera.
METALION: Enslaved’s Vikinglirg Veldi Reissue Kicks Off 25th Anniversary Tour
Norwegian extreme metal horde Enslaved initially came together in 1991, immediately forging a new epoch in frost-and-fire and vision-inducing black metal.
Bloody Roots of Haunting Female-Fronted Heavy Occult Metal on SiriusXM
The best of recent incantations by Castle, Lucifer (pictured), Wooden Stake, Holy Grove, Serpentcult, Cauchemar, Mansion, and more.
TOUCH AND GO/WE GOT POWER!’s Keith Morris Ventures Out with New Autobiography
Until the authorities start burning books, MY DAMAGE is available everywhere books are sold.
SUB POP USA: Amazon, Microsoft, Starbucks, etc. Can Bite It—Sub Pop Named Best Place...
Read up before applying for your dream job!
MEAN DEVIATION: ProgPower USA Poised to Wash, Rinse, and Blow Minds
Rabid readers of MEAN DEVIATION: Four Decades of Progressive Heavy Metal rejoice!
The Swedish Death Metal Band of the Week Is REGURGITATE
Never to be confused with Regurgitate from Avesta—who raucously rage in their own right—the Stockholm-based Regurgitate is a powerhouse/clearinghouse of Swedish death metal talents...
Bloody Roots of Analog Synths in Metal on Sirius XM
Ominous drones, piercing squelches, and shimmering waves of circuitry in tracks by Rainbow, Black Sabbath, Sigh, Amorphis, Ufommamut, Zemial, Hammers of Misfortune, Ihsahn, John Carpenter, and others.
NYHC: Sick of It All’s XXXth Anniversary Tour Stomps Europe, U.S., Mexico, Down Under
The occasion is the band’s 30-Year Anniversary Tour, a literally moving celebration of SOIA’s 1986 launch and its ongoing ups and downs
MERCILESS Is the Swedish Death Metal Band of the Week
Merciless will set sail on the Close-Up Boat along with fellow brigands Entombed, Unleashed, Grave, Necrophobic, Centinex, Interment, God Macabre, and General Surgery
WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?: Laina Dawes Interviews Skin of Skunk Anansie for FADER
Riding high with on Anarchytechture, the industrial/punk/metal/futurist modern rock band's first album in four years, Skunk Anansie is slated to storm the main stage at...
MURDER IN THE FRONT ROW: Book Photos and Coauthor Brian Lew at Heart of...
"Whenever I see something on the Internets ranting about Spotify destroying the 'music industry' or something like that, I'll be conflicted and confused."
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Roots of Technical German Death Metal on SiriusXM
Gore and guts meet the precision craftsmanship and spiraling imaginations of the German bands Necrophagist, Defeated Sanity, Obscura, Profanity, Hannes Grossmann, and many others
