Radiation Sickness

There’s absolutely no denying how sincere and powerful the underground extreme music scene was in the late-80’s. One only had to bear witness to the bands living it, and giving it a fucking name, to understand this concept. At that time, Indianapolis, Indiana would become the birthplace of a handful of true, thrashing soldiers to [...]

Bodyfarm – Bodyfarm EP

Amidst the sea of breakdowns, pig squeals, and all things core, comes a band that’s traditional and non-conforming. Bodyfarm, named from the institutions that examine and study the deceased and decomposition of dead flesh, is a straight up no BS death metal project with pure energy and substance. Along the same lines as Vader, Vomitory, [...]

Hyperborean – The Spirit of Warfare

Hyperborean is a melodic black metal band hailing from Sweden and signed to Abyss Records. The Spirit Of Warfare is their debut full-length release although they have been together since 2000 and have released three demos.
I have always been a fan of melodic black metal because black metal is something which gives a different twist [...]

Humangled – Fractal

Throughout their debut full-length, ‘Fractal’ (Abyss Records), Italian death metal quartet Humangled tap the lacerated vein of the greats of their genre. The record gives a thrashing, gore-splattered nod of allegiance to the heyday of death metal, raising horns in tribute to bands like Carcass, Morbid Angel and Death. The guys in Humangled would most [...]

Angrepp – Warfare

With ‘Warfare’ (Abyss Records), Swedish blackened thrash mob Angrepp have issued a stern, punk-infected warning to the planet’s poser population. Mixed and mastered by Dan Swano at Unisound Studios and manifesting itself at just over half an hour, the statement seems to express the message that the band has no plans of taking any prisoners [...]

Maax – Six Pack Witchcraft

Muncie, Indiana’s outlaw brigade known as Maax have let loose a vicious, new beast into the neighborhood. The band’s new EP, Six Pack Witchcraft (Abyss Records) offers up five raging assaults of what can best be described as the bastard child of black metal (in the vein of Darkthrone and Celtic Frost), old school thrash [...]

Gravehill / Cardiac Arrest / Christ Beheaded / Maax

Gravehill, Cardiac Arrest, Christ Beheaded, Maax
July 14, 2010
The Melody Inn
Indianapolis, Indiana
A slow-arriving, moderate Wednesday night crowd at the Melody Inn welcomed the last stop of what was left of the Campaign For Death Metal Purity Tour. San Antonio, Texas death metal outfit HOD had just dropped off the bill days before the Indianapolis stop, and [...]