by Jillian Drachman | Jun 5, 2024 | Reviews
Whoredom Rife have returned with their fourth full-length album, Den Vrede Makt. Formed in 2014, this Trondheim-based powerhouse have established themselves as one of the most revered acts in the black metal world. Their music is composed by V. Einride, who belongs to...
by Jillian Drachman | Jun 4, 2024 | Reviews
As was the case with Parfaxitas, once I heard the first released track by Kråbøl, the epic “Fundaments,” on the sampler TERRATUR COMPENDIUM MMXXIII in March 2023, it became apparent to me that this band would quickly rise to become one of the most lethal forces in...
by Sean Matthews | Jun 4, 2024 | Festivals, Photos, Reviews
Danny Wimmer Presents (DWP) kicked off their 2024 festival season with Welcome To Rockville from May 9th through the 12th. The four-day event turned out to be the largest festival in North America. Setting the bar EXTREMELY high, it had been rumored that Daytona Beach...
by Ian Weber | Jun 3, 2024 | Reviews
In all of his shiver-burnt glory, the keeper of the Daemones Raccoonus known as Abbath made his triumphant arrival to North America after last freezer-burning the states in 2019. I was excited knowing that the conclusive date of this tyrannical tour leading up to the...
by Mar Morannon | Jun 3, 2024 | Photos, Reviews
Day 3 (May 19th) of Milwaukee Metal Fest had a slower start. Perhaps everyone was nursing hangovers from Saturday night, but things didn’t really start filling up until a few hours into the day. The lineup was again heavy on death metal, with a good showing of...
by Jillian Drachman | Jun 3, 2024 | Reviews
When Parfaxitas’ “Thou Shalt Worship No Other” dropped in 2023 on the sampler TERRATUR COMPENDIUM MMXXIII, I rightly decided that the band ranked among the most promising emerging acts, though it didn’t take a seer to come to that painfully obvious conclusion. This...