Author Archives: Brandon Corsair

Most modern death metal isn’t scary, dangerous, or controversial—except perhaps in how much people think it sucks. Death metal is a genre that has largely found a comforting groove to settle into, and most bands are happiest when they find an approach that lets them dream of courting big labels, playing big festivals, and gettingContinue reading “Entering the Underground #6: Omegavortex’s Swirling Madness Coalesces on “Black Abomination Spawn””

For the very first time, Cardiac Arrest’s Haven for the Insane is coming soon on vinyl! Pre-sale up today, release on 04/23. Very stoked to have this as Nameless Grave Records’ first vinyl release! Formed originally in Chicago in 1997, Cardiac Arrest have been terrifying audiences since before half of the current wave of deathContinue reading “Cardiac Arrest – Haven for the Insane 12″ for the first time”

This week we will be talking about one of the most promising newer bands out of France, Herzel. Herzel are an epic heavy metal band that formed nearly a decade ago now, but until this year only had a single powerful demo out, 2015’s Unis dans la gloire. That one demo was strong enough toContinue reading “Entering the Underground #4: Herzel’s Debut Full-Length Shatters the Bastions of Heavy Metal”

Thirty years ago to this day, one of the ultimate landmarks of death/doom metal dropped. Coming only a scant year after Paradise Lost’s debut album, Lost Paradise, Gothic represented a reverberating shift through the burgeoning genre and made waves that are still being felt today. It also stands unique within the band’s discography as aContinue reading ““Gothic”: Paradise Lost and the Dawn of a Death/Doom Classic”

StarGazer has a lot of history, and with that, a lot of high hopes whenever they drop new material. As one of Australia’s longest-running extreme metal bands and one of their best, fans are always ravenous for more. Though StarGazer’s lineup certainly keeps a lot of new music flowing via side projects, full length releasesContinue reading “Review: StarGazer – Psychic Secretions”

It’s a rare demo that hits with the force of a good album, but it’s not the biggest shock that an experienced talent such as Reuben Storey, who is best known for his time with Christian Mistress, Funerot, and Quayde LaHüe, would be the first one in 2021 to make a big impression. Dropping withContinue reading “Interview with Reuben from Lords of Quarmall”

Obscene are pretty much everything that death metal should be. They don’t care about trends, they don’t care about fitting in, and they don’t compromise. The band formed back in 2016 in Indiana under the name “Blood Chasm,” but after just a year they changed to Obscene, independently dropped a killer demo that was successfulContinue reading “Entering the Underground #3: Interview with Obscene”

Switzerland isn’t known for having a strong modern heavy metal scene, both traditional and overall, but Megaton Sword are aiming to change that. Though they only formed in 2018, the band put out an excellent EP on Dying Victims Productions soon after and a debut album Blood Hails Steel – Steel Hails Fire late lastContinue reading “Entering the Underground #2 – Megaton Sword”

Deiquisitor has always been a tiny bit of a mystery. An ancient band in a modern age, they formed in Denmark in 2013 and largely kept off the internet until very recently, which always made it hard to promote their music or recommend them to friends. This shroud of olde occultism that surrounded the bandContinue reading “Interview with Thomas from Deiquisitor”

Is there a void in your life somewhere in between Cannibal Holocaust and Planet of the Apes? Did you ever think Impetigo wasn’t quite primitive enough lyrically? Well, Dipygus will probably hit pretty hard—and certainly does that anyway even completely ignoring their delightfully regressive aesthetic. Hailing from Northern California, these primordial pre-cavemen clearly have a hankering forContinue reading “Interview with Dustin from Dipygus”