Video Premiere: Zafakon – Arbeit Macht Frei

If you’ve been following our Amplified column, then you may remember San Juan’s Zafakon from our coverage of the New England Metal & Hardcore Festival. Since dazzling us with their first full-length, War As A Drug, these Puerto Rican thrashers are...

New Video: Necropia – “OCD”

Long Island’s Necropia caught our eye a little while back for our Amplified column, (and your band could be next, wink and/or nudge) for standing above the pack with some extremely catchy, riffy tech death. The band just released a video for the track...

Amplified: Inok can’t exorcise these riffs

Amplified is a weekly column focusing on new and emerging artists. Got a band that fits the bill? Email amplified@metalinsider.net. Moscow’s Inok are exactly what I want to hear right now. Despite their very small following, the production values on everything...

Amplified: Endzeit “Hunger” for evil

Amplified is a weekly column focusing on new and emerging artists. Got a band that fits the bill? Email amplified@metalinsider.net. It’s almost Halloween! Given the spooky time of year, throw on some corpse paint and listen to a little black metal. Today’s...