Album Review: My Dying Bride, The Ghost of Orion (Nuclear Blast)

The world is a strange place as of this writing, full of uncertainties new to some and strangely familiar to many others. It is with this background of isolation, anxiety, and flickering hope that legendary doom metal titans My Dying Bride release unto the world The Ghost of Orion, their fourteenth album and first offering… Continue reading Album Review: My Dying Bride, The Ghost of Orion (Nuclear Blast)

COVID-19 Tour with Grave Next Door — Day 7 (The Final Installment)

By Patrick Salerno of Grave Next Door Day 1 Day 2 and 3 Day 4 Day 5 Day 6 Another night of sleeping with congestion and coughing. No fever though. We planned to get up and drive back home at first light. The boys partied last night pretty late and they are passed out hard. We’re… Continue reading COVID-19 Tour with Grave Next Door — Day 7 (The Final Installment)

COVID-19 Tour with Grave Next Door — Day 1

Grave Next Door and a fan at Mag Bar.

By Patrick Salerno I’m the drummer for Grave Next Door, a doom metal band from Grand Rapids.  At the last minute, we were added to Spider Ball 2020, a unofficial SXSW side festival down in Austin, TX. We were stoked beyond belief. The tour organizer put us in touch with a booking company and last… Continue reading COVID-19 Tour with Grave Next Door — Day 1

AltCtrlToob Video Premiere: “Blink of an Eye” by MOURN THE LIGHT

You might think with planning a three-day metal festival (four days if you count the prefest party), that Dwayne Eldredge and Friends might be taking it easier in other areas of life.  But that’s not  the case!  Mourn the Light is currently working on their first full-length album and they’re excited to share a lyric… Continue reading AltCtrlToob Video Premiere: “Blink of an Eye” by MOURN THE LIGHT

WINDHAND Announces US Tour Dates

From the PR wire… WINDHAND have announced 2020 tour dates beginning in March with labelmates DEVIL MASTER. Tickets are on sale this Friday, January 10th at 10 AM local time. All confirmed tour dates are available below. Following the tour, WINDHAND will also make appearances in May/June around Northwest Terror Fest. Additionally, WINDHAND recently shared unreleased demo & rarity tracks on… Continue reading WINDHAND Announces US Tour Dates

TYRANT to Headline Saturday 5/16 at NESDF; Prefest Party Lineup Revealed and Weekend Passes on Sale Now

The legions of the dead have risen and it’s too late to pray….  Tyrant is back with a vengeance and headlining Saturday May 16th’s portion of the New England Stoner and Doom Festival!  They are the first headliner to be announced for the three-day event, which will be held May 15-17th 2020 at Altone’s Music… Continue reading TYRANT to Headline Saturday 5/16 at NESDF; Prefest Party Lineup Revealed and Weekend Passes on Sale Now

ROSTER ANNOUNCEMENT: New England Stoner and Doom Fest 3 to Feature Worshipper, Wolftooth, and more

Here it is, heshers!  The first roster announcement for New England Stoner and Doom Fest 3, May 15th-17th at Altones Music Hall in Jewett City, CT…. Orodruin — Tolkein-themed traditional doom out of Rochester, NY Ruins of Eternity by Orodruin Worshipper — progressive riffage from Boston Light In The Wire by Worshipper Red Stone Chapel — swamp rock coming… Continue reading ROSTER ANNOUNCEMENT: New England Stoner and Doom Fest 3 to Feature Worshipper, Wolftooth, and more