Search Results deathmetal.org

#Metalgate: Vice Backed Indie Bands Drop Out of Pentagram Tour as Publicity Stunt

by Daniel Maarat on June 8, 2016

bobby liebling

Two indie female-fronted bands (Wax Idols and King Woman) have dropped off pseudo-metal, psychedelic rock band Pentagram’s ongoing tour, breaking their separate agreements with promoters. The women in both bands were surprised when ex-junkie Pentagram frontman Bobby Liebling hit on them. The news of this passive-aggressive move being broken by Vice, both indie bands being backed by Vice, and subsequently embarking on a Vice-funded tour reeks of self-aggrandizing unprofessionalism.

(more…)

16 Comments

Tags: crypto-indie, drugs, hipster bullshit, hipsters, metalgate, pentagram, psychedelic, scantily-clad women, sjws, stoner rock, vice magazine

Trader Joe’s – Petit Reserve Paso Robles Merlot (2013)

by Cory Van der Pol on June 8, 2016

The unicorn of the wine world is an undiscovered, low cost but high quality wine that you can pick up (easily) on the way to a convivial gathering and have people say, after the lights are low, “What the heck was that?” This wine comes very close to unicorn status when you consider the price.
(more…)

2 Comments

Tags: merlot, paso robles, red wine, trader joe's, wine

Gorman Winery – Old Scratch Cabernet Sauvignon (2013)

by Cory Van der Pol on June 8, 2016

My hipster/yuppie neighbors talked me into getting into wine. They like it because, per point of ABV, it is cheaper than beer and less abrasive than distilled alcohol. So we sat down by the hot tub and drank a few glasses, with the focus on “tasting” the flavor as we got steadily drunker.
(more…)

3 Comments

Tags: cabernet sauvignon, gorman winery, old scratch, swill, wine

Defining Metal

by Staff on June 8, 2016

Article by Lance Viggiano inspired by International Day of Slayer.

A candidate for the best work within a genre of music should capture every manifestation as best as it can and be able to answer the question: what is X? One might make the argument that the best album must capture the genre at its summit; still, that is a far more difficult essence to capture as in the case of metal, both black and death metal scaled adjacent but different peaks and therefore offer their own unique views of the same musical landscape.

(more…)

13 Comments

Tags: extreme metal, genre, hell awaits, music analysis, musical analysis, proto-death, Proto-Death Metal, proto-underground, slayer, Speed Metal

Blood Incantation’s Starspawn Out August 19th

by Daniel Maarat on June 8, 2016

Blood Incantation have announced their debut full-length Starspawn out for release August 19th on Dark Descent Records.

(more…)

6 Comments

Tags: blood incantation, dark descent, dark descent records, death metal, news, Starspawn, techdeath, Technical Death Metal, technical metal, upcoming release

Mortuary Drape – Spiritual Independence (2014)

by Staff on June 7, 2016

Article by Corey M.

Having enjoyed Mortuary Drape‘s Tolling 13 Knell for its sadistically grim attitude expressed through pointed, inventive death metal instrumentation, I had some positive expectations for their new effort Spiritual Independence even though Buried in Time did not catch my ear in the same way.

(more…)

17 Comments

Tags: 2014, Black Metal, Italy, mortuary drape, review, Speed Metal

Vanhelgd Announce New Album, Temple of Phobos

by Daniel Maarat on June 7, 2016

Swedish blackened death metal band Vanhelgd announced the release of their fourth album, Temple of Phobos

(more…)

6 Comments

Tags: Black Metal, blackened death metal, dark descent, dark descent records, death metal, Pulverised Records, Sweden, Temple of Phobos, Vanhelgd

International Day of Slayer XI — June 6, 2016

by Brett Stevens on June 6, 2016

Every June 6, Slayer fanatics worldwide come together to blast Slayer and be disobedient. This year, the International Day of Slayer XI falls on a Monday, which is a perfect time to call in sick to school/work and listen to Slayer instead!
(more…)

29 Comments

Tags: international day of slayer, jeff hanneman, National Day of Slayer, slayer, Speed Metal, Thrash

Space Rock Special: Hawkwind (1971-1973)

by Staff on June 4, 2016

Article by Johan P.

The stylistically inclusive nature of progressive rock allows quite a lot of stretching of the genre’s musical boundaries. This part of Death Metal Underground’s 1970s Progressive Rock for Hessians series looks into the early, classic period of the English group Hawkwind – a group of sonic shaman-warriors who transgressed more than one genre border right from their inception. Well, almost. Their unconvincing 1970 self-titled debut album can rightfully be dismissed as a failed attempt at improvisational psychedelic folk rock, with songs that sound too much like flawed byproducts of the flower power era. Luckily, the following years saw the band re-forge their sound on In Search of Space (1971), articulate it on Doremi Fasol Latido (1972) and finally push their newfound style to its limits on Space Ritual (1973).

(more…)

7 Comments

Tags: 1970s, 1970s Progressive Rock for Hessians, Ambient, ambient music, electronic music, hard rock, Hawkwind, lemmy, lemmy kilmister, music analysis, musical analysis, prog rock, progressive, progressive rock, psychedelic, rock, space rock

Interview: Sorcier des Glaces

by Staff on June 4, 2016

Death Metal Underground staffer Corey M reached out to the prolific French-Canadian black metal band Sorcier des Glaces for a written interview about their career. Our staff compiled a list of questions which Sébastien from Sorcier des Glaces thankfully and thoroughly answered:

(more…)

13 Comments

Tags: Black Metal, canada, interview, quebec, sorcier des glaces

Classic reviews:
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z