new music friday! (1/21/22)

January 21, 2022 40 Watt Sun – Perfect Light (Svart)Abyssus – Death Revival (Transcending Obscurity)Acheron – Satanic Victory EP Re-Release (Vic)Age Of Apocalypse – Grim Wisdom (Closed Casket)Ashes Of Ares – Emperors And Fools (Rock Of Angels)Battle Beast – Circus Of Doom (Nuclear Blast)Beriedir – Aqva (Rockshots)Billy Talent – Crisis Of Faith (Spinefarm)Blood – Dysangelium Re-Release (Vic)Boris – W (Sacred Bones)Comeback Kid – Heavy Steps (Nuclear Blast)Druid Lord – Relics Of The Dead (Hells Headbangers)Edge Of Forever – Seminole (Frontiers)The Ferrymen […]

SINGLE REVIEW: A FITTING REVENGE – THE OVERTHROW

The latest single from A Fitting Revenge’s forthcoming new album, Omnipresence, is called “The Overthrow” and it’s a perfect introduction to everything this band excels at for new listeners. At the same time, if you’ve been following AFR for years as we have, you won’t be disappointed by the band’s most recent offering – a […]

NEW MUSIC FRIDAYS (1/14/22)

RED ALERT! BIG KING RELEASES HAVE BEEN DETECTED! January 14, 2022 Aethereus – Leiden (The Artisan Era)Arise From Worms – Arise From Worms EP (Goremaster)Autumn’s Child – Zenith (Pride & Joy)Belphegor – Blutsabbath Re-Release (Nuclear Blast)Belphegor – The Last Supper Re-Release (Nuclear Blast)Big Scenic Nowhere – The Long Morrow (Heavy Psych Sounds)Breaths – Though Life Has Turned Out… (Trepnation)Buffalo Revisited – Volcanic Rock Live (Ripple)Descent – Order Of Chaos (Redefining Darkness)Earthless – From The […]

ALBUM REVIEW: DAMAGES – SIMULACRUM

Bands like At the Gates, In Flames, and Dark Tranquillity popularized melodic death metal in the Gothenburg (SWE) scene in the early-mid ’90s, and since pioneering the genre as we know it today via their renowned discographies, bands all over the globe have been reinventing this classic sound again and again. Those unfamiliar with melodic […]

2021 IN REVIEW WITH RICK HORTON (METALLIC ONSLAUGHT RADIO)

If you don’t know who this is, it is indeed quite possible that you have never been to a local metal show in Buffalo or Rochester, New York within the last ten or so years. If this is the case, kindly click through this blog, find a band you like, and report to their next […]

BILL TASH: ONE-MAN DEATH METAL MADNESS

If you’re at all familiar with Rochester, New York’s extreme metal scene, you probably know who Bill Tash is. Bill is something of a Renaissance man when it comes to metal music. He is an exceptional drummer, guitarist, and bassist. When posting his songs on YouTube, he almost always showcases playthrough videos of all instruments […]

ALBUM REVIEW: WITHOUT GRAVITY – NAVIGATE

This very eclectic piece came out on October 22, 2021. Fusing together metalcore, pop punk, and hip-hop, Without Gravity are a band that know no boundaries, yet seamlessly blend these styles together to the point where it’s hard to notice, and almost impossible to categorize the band. Intelligently enough on their part, however, combining styles […]

DILUTED: “JACKIE CHANDROID” AND “CHURCH OF LATTER DAY STANK”

We all know how much I love Diluted. I’ve been reviewing this band consistently on the zine for 4-5 years now. Every nostalgic bit of 2000s metalcore or Deftones worship that rubs me just the right way is present in just about every Diluted song. This is a band that proves time and time again […]

INTERVIEW: BRODY UTTLEY (RIVERS OF NIHIL)

To put it mildly, Rivers of Nihil are a band who have intrigued me immensely since around the end of 2015. My old band opened for them in Niagara Falls in the midst of their Monarchy tour, and just seeing their musicianship and professionalism in action was enough to get me on board. They are […]

INTERVIEW: THE VIOLENT INZIDENT

A few weeks ago, DragonForce posted that their drum tech, Joyzi, had started up a nu metal parody band called The Violent Inzident. DF shared the video for TVI’s song, “This Is Nu Metal”, and of course I thought to myself, I need to interview these guys immediately because this is fucking amazing. Never in […]