Slave to Sirens’ fight depicted in ‘Sirens’ (Oscilloscope Laboratories) mirrors the fight the youth, new generations and embittered oppressed are engaged in with the powers that...
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...
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...
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 he zipped around North America handling/babysitting a...
If you’re a hard rock/heavy metal fan, you undoubtedly know the name Ronnie James Dio. Somewhere along the line, your ears have crossed paths with Elf,...
Beginning life as a side project of Quebecois black metal superhero J.F. Bertrand (Forteresse, Déliquescence, Nordmen, Brume D’Automne, Ur Falc’h), Starlight Ritual has made a drastic...
Levende I Brønshøj Vandtårn. Translated into English, this means “Live at the Brønshøj Water Tower” and not only is it the name of Solbrud’s new album,...
Over the course of the last year, Germany’s Endseeker found themselves in the entirely not-unique position of sitting at home after having all their touring and...
Extreme music fans who are long in the tooth and grey in the beard (and, let’s face it, the pubes too) might remember the name Blood...
As guitarist Gou Takeuchi points out in the interview below, the old-school melodic speed metal scene in Japan may be small, but its patrons are dedicated...
The appearance of this DVD documentary chronicling the life and times of history’s sunshiniest and most rosy-cheeked girl group comes at a strange intersection for your...
The ironic thing about this recollection by author, musician, music journalist and v13.net scribe Christopher Long concerning his long term friendship with Poison bassist Bobby Dall...
If the mechanized and factory floor musical mimicking by the likes of Godflesh, Pitchshifter, Frontline Assembly, Ministry, Nitzer Ebb, early Nine Inch Nails, Skin Chamber, and...
Coming to life in 1997 originally as Terra Tenebrae, this old-school death metal battalion from Athens, Greece rebranded itself as Soulskinner in 2000 and have barely...