by Bram Teitelman | Jul 7, 2015 | Metal on Metal, New Music, News
St. Louis, Missouri is best known as the home of Anheuser-Busch, a place with an arch, and well, not a ton else. However, with the release of their sophomore album (and first for eOne), Black Fast is about to put the city on the map as far as blackened thrash. Terms...
by Bram Teitelman | Jul 2, 2015 | Metal on Metal
When thinking of doom and death metal, Mexico probably isn’t the first place to come to mind, but since 2006, one-man project Majestic Downfall has been creating his own brand of dark, mournful doom. Now Jacobo Cordova (Mr. Jacko), has returned with the...
by Bram Teitelman | Jul 1, 2015 | Metal on Metal
Journey drummer Deen Castronovo has quite a resume – over the course of his career, he’s drummed with Ozzy Osbourne (Ozzmosis), Steve Vai (Alien Love Secrets), and he’s going to be on the new Fear Factory album for a song as well. There’s...
by Bram Teitelman | Jul 1, 2015 | Metal on Metal, New Music, News
For the past few days, The Sword’s website had been counting down to something. Amidst a somewhat psychedelic backdrop of blue and green clouds, a circle began forming. At noon, the circle was complete, and the band unveiled the first taste and title track of...
by Bram Teitelman | Jun 30, 2015 | Metal on Metal, News, Touring, Updates
Swedish post-hardcore band Cult of Luna have definitely taken their fans on a roller coaster of emotion over the past few years. First, at the end of 2013, they hinted to fans that they would be going on a hiatus. At the beginning of the year, however, they announced...
by Alix Vallecillo | Jun 24, 2015 | Metal on Metal, News, NSFW, Video
The best way to respond to slander is by proving the opposite with more than just saying it and Gift Giver knows this very well. A few weeks ago, the hardcore band was under scrutiny after their now ex-bassist Troy Wilson, who is gay, quit the band, claiming the rest...