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“Smooshing melodic stuff against abrasive stuff”—that’s how Matthew Michel described a typical song section of his old band Majority Rule. That formula, the band’s passionate live shows, and its lyrics earned Continue reading Majority Rule on their reunion: interview
D.U. last spoke to City of Caterpillar back in 2003 before the band broke up. Since that time, the Virginia band’s reputation as a groundbreaking emo/hardcore/whatever-it-is band has grown. In Continue reading City of Caterpillar interview on their reunion: interview
Andy Whale and Karl Willetts are old-school members of the U.K.’s Bolt Thrower. They played together for years before the band granted Whale an “honourable discharge” in 1994. In Birmingham early this year, Continue reading Info on Memoriam (and an interview with Bolt Thrower: From the Vault)
Pleiades’ Dust is the new record from Gorguts, out now on Season of Mist, and it’s been getting very strong notices. It’s high time, then, to run a cleaned-up version Continue reading From the Vault: Gorguts interview
One of the things Champ Morgan is known for is singing for the Texas grindcore band Kill The Client. But now, we can add another band to his list of Continue reading BLK OPS: making noise
“Tortured blackened doom/death metal” is how Atlanta’s Withered describes itself, and that’s accurate. The band has knocked out three albums of this slice of music since 2003: Memento Mori, Folie Continue reading Withered: new album & Atlanta’s music scene
After six years, Extreme Noise Terror is coming out with a self-titled album. Longtime frontman Dean Jones said in a press release, “Our best album yet. If this doesn’t blow Continue reading Extreme Noise Terror is back (and we bring back a classic interview—From the Vault)
Back in 2013, a bunch of Brazilian record labels (Terceiro Mundo Chaos Discos, Cianeto Discos, Zuada Records, Contra-mão Records, Cipreste Negro Records, Old Grindered Days Records, Equivokke Records) teamed up and Continue reading Circling back to a couple Napalm Death tribute albums
For fans of space science, the New Horizons probe that did a fly-by of Pluto and its moons in July was the highlight of the year. Lots of different scientists and Continue reading Brian May of Queen: contributions to the Pluto space mission
D.U. has remarked more than once that the band Hate Eternal has an appropriate name. One can feel the hate coming from the stage when the band rips through one Continue reading Hate Eternal hitting the road with Misery Index and more