Tag Archives: Mike Hill

Tombs release trippy video for pummeling “V”

Posted by on March 2, 2016

Tombs mastermind Mike Hill might have a line of coffee, but after seeing the just-released video for “V,” we think he might be under the influence of something other than caffeine. The video contains what looks like pagan rituals, a modern, less black metal version of Immortal’s “Call of the Wintermoon,” and shots of the band playing […]

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Ephel Duath is dead, long live Gospel of the Witches

Posted by on December 22, 2014

[youtube]http://youtu.be/_1AIUdaHT_k[/youtube] Last week, in a somewhat emotional statement, Italian progressive metal band Ephel Duath split up with frontman Davide Tiso saying the band “needs to die.” It turns out that their death was short-lived. While that band is kaput, Karyn Crisis’ Gospel of the Witches has formed with Tiso and his wife Karyn Crisis, who’d […]

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Cattle Decapitation, Tombs, Nothing More, Horseback share best of 2014

Posted by on December 2, 2014

With it being December, everyone’s starting to list their favorite albums of the year. We’re no different, which is why we’ve turned to some of the people making that music. In this installment, Travis Ryan of Cattle Decapitation, Mike Hill of Tombs Johnny Hawkins of Nothing More and Jenks Miller of Horseback, Mount Moriah and […]

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Enjoy International Coffee Day with Mastodon, Tombs

Posted by on September 29, 2014

In case you weren’t aware, today is International Coffee Day. That sounds like a pretty arbitrary thing, but according to an expert (aka, the internet), it’s existed since 1983 and is used to promote fair trade coffee and to raise awareness for the plight of coffee growers. What’s that mean for you? Well, if you […]

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Triple threat: Along with record, Tombs launches beer, coffee

Posted by on July 18, 2014

Lots of bands have their own beer, or even make their own beer, as we saw last week from Within The Ruins. But launching both a beer AND a coffee brand? Expect nothing less from Brooklyn’s Tombs. They just released their new album, Savage Gold, and are launching a new beer this week with Ardmore, […]

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Tombs are doing a Reddit AMA

Posted by on July 11, 2014

Got a question you want to ask Mike Hill fron Tombs? He’ll be doing a Reddit AMA today from 4-6ET.

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Mike Hill of Tombs’ Top 5: Conspiracy Theories

Posted by on June 9, 2014

Tomorrow (June 10), Tombs will release their long awaited new album, Salvage Gold. While mainman Mike Hill loves writing dark, vicious riffs and melodies, he also loves a good and almost unbelievable conspiracy theory. With that in mind, we asked Hill to provide five of his favorite theories. Man has always attempted to make sense […]

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Check out Craw, a lost post-hardcore act from the 90’s with a new Kickstarter campaign

Posted by on April 16, 2014

If you’ve never heard of a Cleveland, OH band called Craw, you’re not alone; the post-hardcore act hasn’t put out an album since 2002 and the three albums that proceed it have been out of print since the late 90’s. Yet, in their prime, the band sat alongside acts like The Jesus Lizard, Fugazi, and […]

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Tombs’ Mike Hill Interviews T-Shirt Company Shirts And Destroy’s Ryan Begley

Posted by on February 7, 2012

Mike Hill is likely best known as the singer and guitarist of the band Tombs. However, Hill will also be contributing to Metal Insider, starting with this interview with Ryan Begley, co-founder of art and music collective Shirts and Destroy: There has always been a strong connection between art and music. I think back to bands […]

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