Presenting what you haven't heard but should.
Recently, Derek and I attempted to record a podcast reviewing three albums. from regional bands The recording was done in a hurry and the gain was too high, so the sound is pretty bad. We sound completely adorable and not too drunk, but I won't force you to suffer through listening to it because of …
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Ever-evolving metal purveyors Abigail Williams will celebrate a decade of plying their dark arts with a 30+ city US headlining tour and a new portfolio of songs. Although many thought the band had officially called it quits, remaining original member, songwriter, guitarist and vocalist Ken Sorceron says his black metal renegades shall ascend once more. …
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Last year, I initiated what I called the HOLY SHIT LIST or my favorite albums of the year. I had certain criteria such as the recording had to be a full-length, not a reissue or compilation and most importantly it must cause me to declare “Holy Shit” at least three times while listening to it. …
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Dark Funeral is apparently still looking for a vocalist. No joke, here is what Lord Ahriman – the founder, guitarist and songwriter of the Swedish Black Metal band posted on his Facebook page just last week: "If you've got what it takes to tour intensely and be the front man of the ineffable Kings of …
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Four of my favorite regional black metal bands gathered at The Sidebar Tavern November 15 for what I'd like to call my own personal "kvltsgiving". The show merged the tail end of the two-week "No Souls, No Minds" tour of Pittsburgh's blackened avant-grinders Dendritic Arbor and Philadelphia's ritualistic Haethen with Baltimore's black metal practitioners Xeukatre …
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We get a lot of albums to preview here at Metallomusikum, and sometimes we get behind on listening to them all. So today, for Halloween, we decided to race through eight album reviews in an hour. In order, we talk about the following: Exhumed - Necrocracy (death metal) Inquisition - Obscure Verses for the Multiverse …
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Baltimore has a few good music venues that I frequent. One of the smaller ones, The Sidebar Tavern at 218 E. Lexington St., also books some of the most underground touring and regional acts I have ever seen. The people who book shows there consistently bring music in a variety of genres nearly every night …
Doom, stoner metal and sludge seem to be what the kids wanna hear these days. So this time on the podcast, we talked to Hasan and Dan about the fall fest Autumn Screams Doom, October 25 and 26 at The Ottobar. Specific details of the fest can be found on the Facebook event page here. …
Apparently we were having way too much fun with this podcast because it is 95 minutes long. However, our guests Mike Walls of Queen Wolf and Jason "Mot" Waldmann of Iron Man (who also happens to be married to Mary), were quite engaging and had lots of cool things to talk about. So give this …
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There are few things in this world that make me gasp. This was one of them. Clear your calendars for this tour or stop pretending to be alive. There will be so much testosterone in the room, as well as beautiful man hair. I will be going to the show in Silver Spring. I'm …
Continue reading "Gird your loins: Amon Amarth, Enslaved, Skeletonwitch touring US in early 2014"
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