(by George Pacheco)
Havre, Montana, probably isn’t the first place one might think of when the term “heavy metal hotbed” is tossed around. It certainly doesn’t sound as impressive as, say, “The Bay Area,” or “Gothenburg.” Not that this matters much to blast-masters Martriden, however. Something tells me that the quintet would be ripping up their [...]

(by George Pacheco)
(photography by Chris CB)
You read the piece in the September issue as part of our Ladies Of Loudness special feature, now witness the unabridged Q&A session with Made Out Of Babies vocalist Julie Christmas and guitarist Brendan Tobin!
So how does New York treat you guys? Is it difficult to impress people who’ve seen [...]

Ever mutating and evolving, melodic German death metallers Atrocity refuse to be pigeonholed. Frontman Alex Krull speaks…

(by Ray Van Horn, Jr.)
Certainly nobody could’ve predicted in 1996 that Sepultura — a band considered to be on a roll with three successive fan-favorite albums, Arise, Chaos A.D. and Roots — would be subdividing by the end of the year. For the sheer brilliance and back-to-the-primitive flavor of Roots, one would’ve assumed it to [...]