News, Reviews and Interviews
Heavy Metal Around the Globe
INTERVIEW with MARTIN LOPEZ of SOEN
growing as musicians, touring internationally, and their new album, Lotus,
Cloudburst – Cloudburst
builds to a wall of sound crescendo reminiscent of early emocore for just a moment before the chaos resumes.
Interview – Void Rot
If you haven’t heard of Void Rot, the psyche consuming MinnDeath project from Minnesota, you’ve probably been living in a cave somewhere.
Deadbird – III: The Forest Within the Tree
traditional elements of classic stoner and doom metal, sprinkled in some sludge and noise elements, and twisted them into a well-integrated form.
Unattended Death – SPLIT w/ Ridiculous Terror
three tracks of throwback goregrind with riffage that brings up memories of early Cannibal Corpse, delivered in bite sized chunks I can eat up again and again.
Forcefield – Lord of the Rings Modulator
“Lord of the Rings Modulator” is not so much ‘to listen to an album’ as it is ‘to have an experience’
Hayduke’s Top 50 of 2018
What a year it’s been! There is no way a top 50 album is enough to truly express the fantastic year of music that was 2018. Nevertheless, check it out, comment, agree, argue, enjoy!
Night Vapor – 1000 Miles of Mud
clashing notes, sporadic beats, quavering distortion, and chain-smoking vocals
Skraeckoedlan – Äppelträdet
a sludgy, distorted bass tone that is as viscous as the deadly muck of a WWI Flanders battlefield.
Interview – Lago
An interview with Cole Jacobsen (guitars, vocals) of the Arizona dissonant death metal outfit Lago. Full support for Cole’s final statement…both parts.
The Ocean – Phanerozoic I: Paleozoic
massive songs which are perfectly crafted in every way, but the execution is deceptively simple; in some ways minimalist
Northern Crown – Northern Crown
plenty in the way of deliberate and crunchy groove, dynamic usage of riff and tempo changes, and compelling vocal melodies that rival their doomy forefathers
Spearhead – Pacifism is Cowardice
some battlefield somewhere in the history of mankind, bodies strewn as far as the eye can see, the sun baking the littered corpses and making mere silhouettes of the circling vultures as they wheel around tirelessly above. You can almost feel it’s heat and smell the stench, it’s that good.
Road Warrior – Power
one of the most exciting, refreshing, and fist-pumping powerful (pun intended) records of 2018.
The Exploding Eyes Orchestra – II
a fusion of somber lullabies and bass-heavy anthems
From The Hellmouth Interview and Live Set
Interview and live set of From the Hellmouth captured at The Agora in Cleveland in August.
Great Reversals – Stalactite
Great Reversals infuses an emotional complexity to their music which makes them stand out from their contemporaries
Embalmer Interview and Live Set
A video interview and live set of Embalmer at The Agora in Cleveland.
Cloud Rat – Clipped Beaks/Silk Panic
one of the most daring bands in music right
Valkyria – Tierra Hostil
an aggressive and guitar-driven power metal band
Interview with Morgue Walker
An interview with Justin Vølus and Dan Inlev of Morgue Walker.
Master – Vindictive Miscreant
The trio are individually masters of their craft, but also well schooled in composition. Every piece fits as it should in this old school thrashing death masterpiece.
Scorched – Ecliptic Butchery
Hearing this new album confirms what I theorized then, that Scorched is capable of becoming the new face of American death metal.
Lizzies – On Thin Ice
all-female Madrid-based quartet wears their hard-rocking roots on their denim-clad sleeves, infused with a sizable dose of punkified piss and vinegar.
