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NORTHWEST TERROR FEST 2019: AN INSIDER’S PERSPECTIVE Part V

I wrote earlier about how much work and preparation goes into getting NWTF off the ground every year, and I saw just the tip of that proverbial iceberg.

NORTHWEST TERROR FEST 2019: AN INSIDER’S PERSPECTIVE Photos and words by JGILBERT Part IV

As delicious as Sizzle Pie may be, I couldn’t bring myself to live on pizza slices for a fourth day in a row.

NORTHWEST TERROR FEST 2019: AN INSIDER’S PERSPECTIVE Part III

Friday proved to be less demanding than the first day of the festival

NORTHWEST TERROR FEST 2019: AN INSIDER’S PERSPECTIVE Part II

all that was left to do was heavy lifting

Northwest Terror Fest 2019; An Insider’s Perspective Part 1

So this isn’t a review of what it’s like to attend Northwest Terror Fest; this is a review of what it’s like to WORK at one of these events.

Louder Than Life 2019

There's going to be more to talk about than horse racing when the Louder Than Life festival invades Kentucky this September! Louisville may never be the same after this line up of rock, metal and even rap gods descend upon the Highland Festival Grounds at KY Expo...

Neurosis & Jarboe – Neurosis & Jarboe Reissue

Man is too often unprepared to stomach the realities of a woman’s honest feelings and experiences; he lacks the viscera.

Theories – Vessel

punishing and strangely familiar; like sitting down for your fifth or sixth tattoo

Pacifist – Greyscale Dreams

the best hardcore comes from Asia

Slasher Dave – Slasher Dave’s Frights

somebody needs to give me a bunch of money to throw year-round Halloween parties and we’ll give Slasher Dave a residency performance slot

Tomb Mold – Planetary Clairvoyance

Sounds exactly like what you hope a band called Tomb Mold sounds like

Immortal Bird – Thrive on Neglect

Spoiler alert: this album is shockingly good and I loved it

Recorrupter Interview at Mac’s Bar – 7/25/19

Back on July 25th, we made the short trip over to Mac's Bar in Lansing to interview the rising extreme metal band Recorrupter. The quintet gave us a great interview and then tore the venue apart with their incendiary live set. Find both below in addition to a bonus...

1000 Yard Stare – Benthic

Take note sludge fans. With Benthic, 1000 Yard Stare join the pantheon of the greats of the genre.

Grogus – Goat Temple Video Premiere

Today, it is my distinct pleasure to present to you the video for the single Goat Temple by the band Grogus.

Wednesday 13: Invades and Infects

Music is known to encompass the mind and connect to the audience, and here to enhance it further is the band Wednesday 13. By igniting the audience’s imagination, Wednesday 13, like a painter, has used music as the canvas for the stories being portrayed both on stage...