After a lengthy hiatus, Australian depressive black metal legends Austere are back with their first album since 2009’s To Lay Like Old Ashes. The two-piece band consists of Desolate (Mitchell Keepin) on guitar/bass and Sorrow (Tim Yatras) on drums, …
It is always a big risk for bands to take chances on their sound early on their careers. Change too much and fans will label you a sellout and if you don’t change enough, people will say everything sounds the same. On the Fort Worth, TX quintet’s so…
It’s hard to approach a new album from a band like Cattle Decapitation, who have become one of the defining bands in contemporary extreme metal. Personally, I found the last album left me a little cold. This is partly because on the previous two alb…
Stoked to announce that my band Cryptopsy is now a part of Nuclear Blast Records! Nuclear Blast is an iconic label that has released countless influential albums by bands such as Carcass , Hatebreed, In Flames, Lamb of God, Municipal …
I am stoked to crown Brasserie Sir John Brewing as the Haze Lord of 2023!Yakima Chief Hops presents Vox&Hops Haze Wars took place this past Saturday at Kahnawake Brewing Company.6 breweries went head to head to create their best mono-hop IPA.For tho…
Crossover has become a hot genre again in the metal world. Bands like Power Trip, High Command, and Spiritworld have rose the ranks in the metal world to become house hold names. Another band who has garnered a lot of love in this genre is Richmond,…
I try to use the formula “album of the year” as little as I can, but sometimes it just applies. We’re still early in 2023, but we’re going to talk about Chained to the Bottom of the Ocean’s new record Obsession Destruction when December comes. We’re…
Last year I was fortunate enough to see Afsky, one of the leading lights in contemporary black metal, and they gave one of the standout black metal performances I saw in 2022. Their previous two LPs were both outstanding, and so I eagerly antici…
Finding the right balance between atmosphere & heaviness in metal seems like an oxymoron. Most bands don’t even bother with it. You do either one or the other or you awkwardly slap melancholic synths before Earth-shattering breakdowns like Lorna…
It’s been five long years since Finland’s Grindcore darlings put out a record. Apocalypse’s predecessor, the Suffer to Abuse EP was hardly the encore fans were hoping for after the raucous 2016 full length, Abuse to Suffer. That’s not to say it didn…
I’ll be honest, prior to this release I was unfamiliar with German/Finnish two-piece Order of Nosferat. How could this happen, you may ask?! You had assumed that Mochi the Black Metal Cat is the font of all underground black metal knowledge, and fai…
Bone Up Brewing's "COLLATERAL MOSHING - MISFIT IPA" the 6.1% IPA was created with the little odds and ends from our hop freezer, crammed into one delicious monster of a brew. We've all been there. "I'm just gonna go take it easy at the show," you s…
Introducing the 1st edition of Yakima Chief Hops presents Vox&Hops Haze Wars! Six breweries will go head to head to create their best Mono Hop IPA using HBC586 Hops. HBC586 Hops is an experimental hops that is known to be herbaceous & showca…
One man bands always fascinate me. The absolute raw talent one must possess to not only write every part for their songs but then also record all those parts is truly captivating to me. They are an artist in every sense, using their tools of the tra…
Yggdrasil Brewing's "CIRCLE PIT - Satanic IPA" which was brewed with 66.6kg of salt and 6.66kg of hops. Plus the mashing was done at 66.6C and boiled in 66.6 minutes. This beer was created to promote the art of Circle Pits which is when during a …
Nothing starts a fight between metalheads quicker than a conversation about metalcore. It’s in the genre’s nature to be divisive. Not only it is an “impure” blend of metal and hardcore punk, but it’s getting more and more “impure” as younger me…
"An impressive blend of styles, a great execution musically and a dive into a deep pool of gloomy disgust!" - Whispers From The Void Podcast
"A great debut album with talented musicians! Pure modern death metal in your face!" - Whispers From The Void Podcast
I am stoked to announce Vox&Hops Pit Culture! Pit Culture is presented by Metal Injection and powered by Yakima Chief Hops. I have teamed up with 26 breweries from across the globe to create unique craft beers to help educate the masses about what…
"To djent or not to djent? That is the genre (or not). A great mix of styles and musically beautiful!" - 2 Vitesses of the Whispers From The Void Podcast
“What should I label this under?” I asked Nomad’s publicist, a gregarious workaholic named Jon Asher, while listening to the opener Burning Alive. “Is this tech thrash? Tech groove?” “It’s progressive death metal,” he told me. “Oh.” He w…
A darkness descended on Dallas when the Under Our Black Cult Tour rolled into town. Once I saw this tour announced, I knew that I had to attend this night of unholy worship. The bill is stacked from top to bottom featuring some of the hottest new ac…
I am sure you have heard me say this time and time again but I am a massive melodic death metal fan. When I first began dipping my toe into the more extreme end of metal, melodic death metal was the first genre to really grab my attention. Bands lik…
I am not what you could call a metal purist. While I can appreciate instrument mastery and a true command of the form, more often than not I seek pleasure on the weird and innovative side of the devil’s music. The more deviant, the better. Described…