Finland’s obscure black metalers GOATMOON and RIDE FOR REVENGE sold out split entitled “In the Spirit of Ultimate Sacrifice” will be reissued by Negative Existence as a Double LP.
The split presents two recordings from each band. The first record showcases four studio tracks from Goatmoon and three hymns from Ride For Revenge. The second record [...]

In December, our writer, Natalie Perez, conducted an interview with Indonesia’s MELODY MAKER.
What resulted? A shit storm of controversy so large that it warranted an article in Indonesia’s ROLLING STONE!
Our feature on MELODY MAKER has received a record-number of comments…over 1,400 of them and continues to grow everyday with comments both praising [...]

by Brian Krasman
San Francisco’s Worm Ouroboros come across as a group that doesn’t do anything that isn’t meticulously thought through. Flowing assuredly in the same vein as other Bay Area-based bands such as Ludicra, Giant Squid, and Grayceon, they not only test the limits of what is labeled “metal” but also practically force your further [...]

By Lord Randall
Ever heard the saying “too much of a good thing”? Mortemia’s Morten Veland either hasn’t, or simply thinks that any turd he touches turns to gold since his being involved in the creation of Tristania’s Beyond The Veil got him a bit of notoriety. After his split from said band, Sirenia was [...]

By Lord Randall
Say what you will about the emergence of or legitimacy of “industrial metal” in the late ‘80s/early ‘90s, no one band has made as much of an impact on the genre as Fear Factory. Three classic albums gave shape to the world of Fear Factory, influencing a legion of bands from Sepultura to [...]

by James Q. (courtesy of MetalUnderground.com)
On the 31 Dec 1999, no planes came crashing out of the sky, nuclear bombs went off or microwave ovens tried to eat anyone. However, times were about to change and in the metal scene change was already well underway. Let us take a stroll through the decade in metal [...]

For those of you who may not of heard of this project, Black Metal (R)evolution is a forthcoming book that will profile a series of black metal musicians and artists from across the ages discussing their most revered black metal record.
The approach is as subjective as you will and the goal is to capture the [...]

Currently in Duper Studios in Bergen, Norway recording the follow-up to their Spellemann Award–winning and Billboard-charting 2008 album Vertebrae, ENSLAVED have taken the time to answer fan submitted questions (via Facebook, MySpace and Twitter) on YouTube.

Stay posted on ENSLAVED’s time in the studio at www.myspace.com/ENSLAVED, www.ENSLAVED.no, and www.youtube.com/user/enslavedofficial.

Hello, fellow denizens of metal’s underbelly, welcome to the first instalment of Metal Heart, a monthly blog where I’ll be taking a look at some notable new releases in the world of grind, death, sludge, doom, war, and anything else metal that crosses my path that deserves some attention. Because this is the first one, [...]

For those of you who are unaware, the classic MONUMENTUM album, “In Absentia Christi,” was recently re-issued by Holland’s Displeased Records.
For those who are even more unaware…MONUMENTUM are masters of esoteric metal and what could likely be considered poetic blackened musical creations. They released a split 7″ with ROTTING CHRIST back before [...]