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A bunch of artists have signed an open letter urging Radiohead to cancel its upcoming gig in Israel over its human rights abuses of Palestinians. Some heavyweight musicians have signed, Continue reading Heat turned up on Radiohead to cancel Israel gig
“Know that your efforts, like ours, are worthless.” That’s from the band’s bio that came with the three-song CD, Vulture Manifesto, by Vulturic Eye. The group has an intriguing aesthetic: Continue reading Vulturic Eye “Vulture Manifesto” review
Memoriam is the British old-school death metal band with two ex-Bolt Thrower members and two Benediction members. Their debut For The Fallen is up for pre-order on Nuclear Blast Records: Continue reading Memoriam debut album “For The Fallen” coming up: watch official video trailers
In 2015, Sepultura released the Sepultura Under My Skin EP, its sleeve featuring images of fan tattoos of the band. Now, Nuclear Blast Records has posted a documentary in six Continue reading Sepultura tour documentary online
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)
Doom, the O.G., classic U.K. band that has been playing crust punk since 1987, has been tearing it up live at different festivals lately, and we’ve got video of two of Continue reading Video: Doom at the Deathfest
Four years running, below is our annual collection of Killing Joke covers we’ve run across on YouTube. First off, Prong released a covers album called Songs From The Black Hole, and Continue reading Another fistful of Killing Joke covers
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)
There’s a flurry of Killing Joke activity coming up. The guys will do a U.K. tour, and on top of that singer/keyboardist Jaz Coleman will embark on a speaking tour for his Continue reading Killing Joke: new music and back on the road
“Rocktronica” is the phrase the British band Pitch Shifter uses to describe itself. But its old records through the mid-1990s were in the vein of what metalheads would call industrial. In Continue reading Pitch Shifter: and now for something completely different (From the Vault)