When these miscreants emerged from New Orleans about 25 years ago, few people were prepared for their vicious combination of Black Sabbath and My War-era Black Flag. Their sound was noisy, ugly and very real, almost too real. Their shows often went out of control, and members of the band have spent time in jail… Continue reading Don’t Call It a Comeback: Eyehategod Delivers a Killer New Record
Author: Thomas Pizzola
Interview with Matt Korvette of Pissed Jeans
Philadelphia’s Pissed Jeans play loud, ugly and weird music. Guitarist Brad Fry spits out heavily distorted and fuzz-laden riffs over the rhythm section of bassist Randy Huth and drummer Sean McGuinness, while lead singer Matt Korvette howls, yowls and rants lyrics about the inanities of modern life over the racket. They can be fast, slow,… Continue reading Interview with Matt Korvette of Pissed Jeans
Cockflex and Haunchy Temptresses: An Interview with Nightbitch Guitarist Ryan Adams
You lucky bastards, today we bring you a fresh, new interview with Nightbitch guitarist Ryan Adams. In this installment, we discuss their new EP, their newish drummer, why you might be seeing less of them in state and how they make children’s dreams come true. (You might be surprised at this response. Or not.) Of… Continue reading Cockflex and Haunchy Temptresses: An Interview with Nightbitch Guitarist Ryan Adams
BROKEN ANATOMY – The Lazarus Regret (Exalted Woe)
This mainly one-woman funeral doom project has teased listeners before with a series of shorter releases, but Broken Anatomy finally gets the chance to unleash her tortured vision over the course of a full length. The results are very grim and deliver on the promise of those past releases. The Lazarus Regret opens with an… Continue reading BROKEN ANATOMY – The Lazarus Regret (Exalted Woe)
Interview with Rae Amitay of Immortal Bird
Immortal Bird deal in the type of loud, discordant music that will make many fans of extreme metal grin from ear to ear. Main woman Rae Amitay (drums, vocals, lyrics) formed the band originally as a one time project to blow off some steam. She recruited a couple of friends in guitarist Evan Berry and… Continue reading Interview with Rae Amitay of Immortal Bird
BARREN WOMB – The Sun’s Not Yellow, It’s Chicken (Spartan)
There is strange kind of loud rock happening in Norway these days. I’m not talking about black metal, which is what most people think of when they think of music from this Scandinavian country. Just look at the type of punk music that has come out of here in the past few years. There is… Continue reading BARREN WOMB – The Sun’s Not Yellow, It’s Chicken (Spartan)
Suffocation Show Review
The Palace Theater in Stafford Springs played host to a highly anticipated metal show this past Saturday, where Long Island’s Kings of Death Metal, Suffocation, played headliner over a bunch of local and regional loud rock bands. The bands were split up onto two stages with the headliners Hanzel Und Gretyl and The Summoned playing… Continue reading Suffocation Show Review