In the world of extreme metal, the Chicagoland area is an underrated spot. Sure, Florida, New York, and California get a lot of attention, and deservedly so, too. That being said, Chicago’s contributions to extreme metal and the bands that call that area home have been criminally overlooked by the national media. Plenty of cool…
Horror and death metal go hand-in-hand. Just looking at the name, death metal, should obviously be a clue that this is a type of music that caters to the darker side of life and draws from the same wells of terror that the horror genre does. Both art forms are littered with broken bodies, viscera,…
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…
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…