INTERVIEW: GINA LUNETTA (HELL EVER AFTER)

1. When we last spoke, you told me that you had never performed with a metal band before. Now that you’ve done a few shows with Hell Ever After, what have your experiences been like? My first time performing with HEA I was terrified! It was something so far out of my comfort zone I […]

NEW PLAYTHROUGH VIDEO: RUINS OF AVALON – MASSACRE AT THE BRIDGE

For fans of: The Black Dahlia Murder, As Blood Runs Black, and…DragonForce???? This is the debut single for the project’s forthcoming sophomore full-length release, The Blood Reborn. For more music, visit: http://www.ruinsofavalon.bandcamp.com. You can also find the new single below on all major streaming platforms!

NEW MUSIC FRIDAYS (8/5/22)

Amon Amarth – The Great Heathen Army (Metal Blade)Andy McCoy – Jukebox Junkie (Cleopatra)Einherjer – Norse And Dangerous (Live… From The Land Of Legends) (Napalm)H.E.A.T. – Force Majeure (earMusic)In Hearts Wake – Green Is The New Black Soundtrack (UNFD)Insane Clown Posse – Pug Ugly EP (Self)The Interrupters – In The Wild (Hellcat)Master – The Human Machine Re-Release (Hammerheart)Master – The New Elite Re-Release (Hammerheart)Psycroptic – Divine Council (Prosthetic)Soulfly – Totem (Nuclear Blast)Tool – Fear Inoculum Vinyl Re-Release (RCA)

DEATH METAL DOCUMENTARY REVIEW: BETWEEN EXULTATION AND AGGRESSION

Noise Dosage Media, a multimedia platform based in Western New York, just released one of the best extreme/death metal documentaries I’ve seen in years. Jon Lambert, the founder of Noise Dosage Media, started work on this project about two years ago, and the final product is glorious. Featured in this 3-HOUR video are members of […]

INTERVIEW: THE QUEEN GUILLOTINED

*taken from our June 2022 printed issue: A Guide 2 the New York Underground FEATURED INTERVIEW WITH THE QUEEN GUILLOTINED: 1. How did you first arrive at your band name? Is there a story behind it or did it just fall into place? Trevor Sobierajski: I wrote our song “Lie To Yourself” and was talking […]

INTERVIEW: SKROTUM (DEATH/GRIND)

*taken from our June 2022 printed issue: A Guide 2 the New York Underground FEATURED INTERVIEW WITH SKROTUM: 1. How did you first arrive at your band name? Is there a story behind it or did it just fall into place? Carmen James: I think when at the end of the day it was just […]

NEW MUSIC FRIDAYS: 7/29/22

July 29, 2022 Banks Arcade – Future Lovers (UNFD)Black Magnet – Body Prophecy (20 Buck Spin)Blacktoothed – Juli (Arising Empire)Cirkus Prutz – Blues Revolution (Metalville)Dance Gavin Dance – Jackpot Juicer (Rise)Funeral Chic – Roman Candle (Prosthetic)Krisiun – Mortem Solis (Century Media)The Lord – Forest Nocturne (Southern Lord)My Sleeping Karma – Atma (Napalm)Nightbearer – Ghosts Of A Darkness To Come (Testimony)Oceans – Hell Is Where The Heart Is – Part II: Longing EP (Nuclear Blast)Pist.on – Cold World+ (M-Theory)Reeking Aura […]

INTERVIEW: DYSPLÄCER (ROCHESTER METAL NINJAS)

Photo credit: Noise Dosage Media* *Interview taken from our June 2022 printed issue: “A GUIDE 2 THE NEW YORK UNDERGROUND” / Purchase yours here: http://www.linktr.ee/wretchedsound 1. How did you first arrive at your band name? Is there a story behind it or did it just fall into place? Zach Healt AKA Northern Sage of the […]

NEW MUSIC FRIDAYS: 7/15/22

July 15, 2022 Anthrax – Anthrax XL Blu-ray/CD (Megaforce)Ashenspire – Hostile Architecture (Aural)Behold! The Monolith – The Fathomless Deep (Ripple)Black Capricorn – Cult Of Blood (Majestic Mountain)Celestial Wizard – Winds Of The Cosmos (Self)Entombed – DCLXVI: To Ride, Shoot Straight And Speak The Truth Re-Release (Threeman)The Ever Living – Artificial Devices (Chromism)God Is An Astronaut – The Beginning Of The End (Napalm)Hissing – Hypervirulence Architecture (Profound Lore)Ian Blurton’s Future Now – Second Skin (Seeing Red)Mantar […]

INTERVIEW: JEFF STANDISH (COMING OF RAGE PRODUCTIONS)

Jeff Standish has been bringing the most extreme death, black, and thrash metal shows to Buffalo for almost exactly 10 years now. COMING OF RAGE PRODUCTIONS is very close to celebrating their 10-year anniversary, and they sure do have a lot to celebrate. Over the past decade, WNY has seen extreme metal bands both foreign […]