Whether you believe in the divinity of the man that the Romans supposedly nailed to a tree all those years ago or not, there is nothing at Golgotha. The hill where the man Jesus is supposed to have been crucified is, more or less, just a hill. What is left behind is either a testament to…
Does anything good ever come from opening the sarcophagus? In the best case scenario, you disturb the rest of some ancient Egyptians and have to deal with the putrescence of centuries-old corpse stink. That’s the best case scenario. In the worst case, well, we’ve all heard the Mercyful Fate song. As far as I know, no…
Werewolves are just cool, aren’t they? When the full moon strikes, the normally mild-mannered man or woman turns into a ravening beast, roaming the countryside looking for throats to tear out and entrails to feast on. What’s not to love about a giant beast stalking through the night with unrestrained fury and unsheathed claws? It’s…
Obviously, it’s an exciting time to be a fan of extreme metal. Shows have been back in more or less full force for some time now, new albums are getting released, and fans are finally getting to see what bands did with all the forced downtime during lockdowns. More than a few bands have emerged…
Combining great things can, when done right, lead to a wholly new experience out of the synthesis of multiple elements. Deathgrind, blackened thrash, slam…these all take pieces of different genres’ identities and meld them together to create something that is, hopefully, the best of both worlds. When everything has been done before, mashing your favorites up…
It shouldn’t be any shock to anyone who has even half ass paid attention to extreme metal over the last chunk of years that Texas is one hell of a fertile breeding ground for new and exciting bands. Within the massive confines of the state, there are a variety of different scenes spread throughout providing…
Change is, say it with me, inevitable. This holds particularly true within the world of music. How many bands out there have only original members? Hell, how many have mostly original members? Vocalists, guitar players, drummers, bassists…they all come and go as time goes along. Changing circumstances, waning interests, or just personality clashes all lead to bands…
The world, as it spins now, is a place full of myriad different horrors waiting around ever my step. You can really pick your poison out there as for what horrific nightmare gets your goat at the moment. You’d be well within your rights to be scared stiff about mutating diseases, economic collapse, nuclear war,…
When it comes to death metal, Matt Harvey knows what he’s doing. He definitely should, being that he’s been playing in the same death metal band, Exhumed, since he was in high school. Whereas most of us would probably struggle to remember what we were up to back then, Harvey has taken his youthful passion…
Overkill is a word that doesn’t hold much meaning in the world of extreme metal. You want the riffs heavier? You want the lyrics gorier? You want the tempos faster? It seems like, within extreme metal, there’s a place to take whatever excites you to the highest degree possible and then break past that level….