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Democracy Now!, the weekday news show, has collected a bunch of their reports, interviews, and taped music performances with a bunch of different performers. When it covers this sort of Continue reading The Democracy Now! music archive
In August, Metal Blade Records and BMG released For the Sake of Heaviness: The History of Metal Blade Records, a book written by label founder Brian Slagel, with Mark Eglinton. Continue reading “For The Sake Of Heaviness: The History of Metal Blade Records” book details
A new book by Tony Rettman called STRAIGHT EDGE: A Clear-Headed Hardcore Punk History is out now on softcover on Bazillian Points. It’s got a foreword by CIV from Gorilla Biscuits and Continue reading “STRAIGHT EDGE: A Clear-Headed Hardcore Punk History” out now
The boys from Washington D.C., the old-school death metal band Genocide Pact, have their second album coming out February 2, 2018 on Relapse. Mark your calendars. A track from the Continue reading Genocide Pact: new album “Order of Torment” coming up
Earache, the pioneering metal label from the U.K., maintains a long-running blogspot called “Ask Earache” that’s worth some browsing time. It addresses reader questions ranging from “Why does Earache SUCK NOW!” to Continue reading The “Ask Earache” blog does some answering
Dangerous Minds reports on an interactive map that aims to pinpoint every record store on the planet. When we allowed that map at Vinyl Hub to use our location in the Continue reading Map attempts to pinpoint every record store on the planet
Regular D.U. readers might have guessed by now that we’re big fans of Antigama. Your editor’s band has gone on tour with them and we have sung their praises going Continue reading Antigama returns with new EP “Depressant”
Most of the songs on Bombs Not Ballots are under the two-minute mark. While Might Makes Right describes itself as thrash/powerviolence, to D.U.‘s ears, the band mixes some grind and Continue reading Might Makes Right “Bombs Not Ballots” out now
Mick Harris will be known to longtime fans of the grindcore genre. He played on the first several Napalm Death records and went on to play in Painkiller and Scorn Continue reading Mick Harris is back with a new album
Myrkur’s credits on her new album Mareridt are: vocals, piano, nyckelharpa, violin, guitar, percussion, synth, organ. She also composed the record. It mixes a bunch of different elements: choral vocals, Continue reading Myrkur returns and tours with “Mareridt”