Classic hardcore band Agnostic Front, who helped develop the NYHC sound along with the Cro-Mags, are embarking on a short tour to bring the hardcore reality to towns blighted by normie ideation.
13 CommentsTags: agnostic front, Hardcore, punk
Death is the master of this world – Death is the master of this world (2026)
Kaeck releases its sideproject Death is the master of this world in an attempt to reclaim the more atmospheric moments from Kaeck, Sammath, and Graveland in a mixture of metal, sampled backgrounds, and ambient guitar riffing more at home on a Swans or Carbonized album than in the somewhat rigid environment death/black metal has become.
17 CommentsTags: Black Metal, death is the master of this world, kaeck, sammath
Mike Browning (1964-2026)
It was with much sadness that we heard that Mike Browning (Nocturnus, Morbid Angel) has passed on to worlds beyond unexpectedly early. He provided guidance to death metal in its early days and developed the sci-fi subtype.
21 CommentsTags: death metal, mike browning, morbid angel, nocturnus
Sadistic Metal Reviews: No More Mr. Nice Guy
When traveling in California, you will encounter the Nice Guys and their good guy badges. They specialize in avoiding conflict with everyone and framing everything they want as a social need, not a personal one.
40 CommentsTags: Black Metal, eddie lee mosley, fiction-absolute, good guy badges, LGBT, Nihilism, sadistic metal reviews, smr, thomas pynchon, tom wolfe, william s. burroughs
Postmodern Literature
Although it currently gets a lot of flak from the Right-wing critics that no one reads but still get paid well, postmodernism offered a simple upgrade to modernism: what if relativity influenced perspective, as well?
38 CommentsTags: don delillo, gabriel garcia marquez, italo calvino, james joyce, jose luis borges, kurt vonnegut, lifestyle, literature, michel houellebecq, postmodernism, thomas pynchon, umberto eco, william blake, william faulkner, william s. burroughs
Massacre Unleashes Tyrants of Death Demo Comp
Longstanding Florida death metal inventors Massacre intend to release a compilation of their demos entitled Tyrants of Death this year which features some of the music that contributed to the makeup of classic death metal.
25 CommentsTags: death metal, massacre
Hexbane “Nefarious Spells” Showcases Doom-Black Hybrid
We all miss the glory days of Greek black metal, and members of Rotting Christ, Emperor, Necromantia, and Electric Wizard are bringing it back with a new slower and more resonant form of metal that aims for ritual atmosphere.
13 CommentsTags: Black Metal, electric wizard, emperor, hexbane, necromantia, rotting christ
International Day of Slayer (2026)
The time has come again to enjoy the one holiday that celebrates metal culture and its power, the International Day of Slayer.
19 CommentsTags: death metal, international day of slayer, National Day of Slayer, slayer, Speed Metal, Thrash
Interview With Amorphophallus Titanum (2026)
Black metal ran off the road long ago because it said what its inventors in the early 1990s wanted to express, then watched the world catch up. As it attempts to find a new mythos, many turn to philosophy, which is how we get Texas’ Amorphophallus Titanum.
19 CommentsTags: amorphophallus titanum, Black Metal, garden gnome, goatcraft, texas
Infamous Drops New Track
Now with a Gorgoroth influence in addition to the RAC and ambient black metal. Should be a hell of an album.
20 CommentsTags: Black Metal, infamous
