At its heart, Harry Sword’s ‘Monolithic Undertow’ (out via Third Man Books) is a book that tries to describe, decode, explain and provide a profundity of examples of the drone in its many forms.
Creator/director Jon Lambert delivers ‘Between Exultation and Aggression’ (Noise Dosage Media), a bare-bones extreme music documentary that tackles the subject matter with no bullshit and even fewer frills.
A chat with Tokyo resident Yasuyuki Suzuki of both Abigail and Barbatos fame. Learn about the new Hells Headbangers re-releases, Japanese metal and work ethic.
Initially, Name Dropping was described to me as a loose tour diary chronicling the (mis)adventures of one man as…
If you’re a hard rock/heavy metal fan, you undoubtedly know the name Ronnie James Dio. Somewhere along the line,…
Beginning life as a side project of Quebecois black metal superhero J.F. Bertrand (Forteresse, Déliquescence, Nordmen, Brume D’Automne, Ur…
Levende I Brønshøj Vandtårn. Translated into English, this means “Live at the Brønshøj Water Tower” and not only is…
Over the course of the last year, Germany’s Endseeker found themselves in the entirely not-unique position of sitting at…
As guitarist Gou Takeuchi points out in the interview below, the old-school melodic speed metal scene in Japan may…
The appearance of this DVD documentary chronicling the life and times of history’s sunshiniest and most rosy-cheeked girl group…
The ironic thing about this recollection by author, musician, music journalist and v13.net scribe Christopher Long concerning his long…
If the mechanized and factory floor musical mimicking by the likes of Godflesh, Pitchshifter, Frontline Assembly, Ministry, Nitzer Ebb,…