The Gates of Slumber / Earthen Grave / Mäax / Stone Magnum

The Gates of Slumber / Earthen Grave / Mäax / Stone Magnum
April 23, 2011
The Melody Inn
Indianapolis, Indiana
As one would be wise to expect, the crowd was a sizable one tonight at the Melody Inn. Saturday nights have long been the home of the venue’s (in)famous Punk Rock Night tradition of hell-raising, beer-swilling chaos and general [...]

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 [...]