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Graven is back after a long hiatus with another five-song EP (plus a Human Remains cover). We reviewed the band’s first recording favorably back in 2013, and this new one, Continue reading Graven “Heirs Of Discord” review
File under: source material. In December, NASA posted audio captured by the Mars InSight lander of Martian winds blowing on it. This should be of interest to noise artists or Continue reading NASA releases audio of winds on Mars
It’s been over a quarter-century since Unleashed first got together in Stockholm, so it should be OK for us to run a cleaned-up version of the first interview we did Continue reading Unleashed interview with Johnny Hedlund: From the Vault, 1991
Here’s an Unleashed interview, cleaned up, that first appeared in archive zine issue #5. It took place in 1992 in Washington, DC—we’re guessing at club called the Bayou. Sweden’s Unleashed Continue reading Unleashed interview with Johnny Hedlund: From the Vault, 1992
We interviewed Armored Saint for archive zine issue #1. Below is a cleaned-up version of that conversation. In June of 1991, Joey Vera, the bassist for Armored Saint, called me Continue reading Armored Saint interview with Joey Vera: From the Vault
Let’s look back at Extreme Noise Terror with the help of a cleaned-up interview with Phil Vane from archive issue #14 from 1995. I first heard ENT when I scored Continue reading Extreme Noise Terror interview with Phil Vane: From the Vault
Feast your eyes below on a cleaned-up Bolt Thrower interview with Andy Whale that we conducted way back in 1991, originally appearing in archive zine issue #3. The U.K.’s Bolt Continue reading Bolt Thrower interview with Andy Whale: From the Vault
The ground is thick with anti-Trump compilation albums that started coming out in 2016 (your humble editor’s band appeared on one that came out on Election Day 2018, even). Some Continue reading The internet abounds with anti-Trump comps
Tired All The Time is a Metro D.C. band that has a pharmaceutical kind of image. The music is a kind of power pop or indie rock concoction with 7-string Continue reading Tired All The Time “Be Well” review
Being a Napalm Death freak, D.U. used to be a frequent browser of Twisting the Knife (Slowly), a fan site from the 2000s run by Joachim Ghirotti that featured an intriguing Continue reading Early Napalm Death: old-school content from long-dead fan site