Presenting what you haven't heard but should.
This week I decided to spend my local show dollars on a black metal show at The Sidebar Tavern, featuring Boston band Nachzehrer. I did not know too much about this band but had listened to them a bit after stumbling across a news item some weeks ago about the singer in the band being …
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Hole in the sky left when my mind exploded.Announcements about who will be performing at the 2013 Maryland Deathfest XI have come in fits and spurts over the last few weeks. And the venue has not been announced yet. But organizers have just updated the list of confirmed performers and my mind has exploded! Seriously, …
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Have you ever had one of those days where everything is excrement? Pig Destroyer quite possibly wrote the soundtrack to that day. Their new album, Book Burner, will be available in the US on Oct. 22, but Relapse Records knows you PxDx fans can barely wait to sink you teeth into this meaty grindcore masterpiece.The …
Chris LaMartinaFor a kid who grew up in the suburbs of Baltimore, Chris LaMartina makes pretty good films. You should give him some money so he can finish his latest project "Call Girl of Cthulhu."That, in a nutshell, is the gist of LaMartina's latest plea on Kickstarter, where he and colleague Jimmy George are trying …
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Do you have graphic design skills? I would like a banner/header thingy designed for my blog athttp://www.metallomusikum.com/ incorporating the name Metallomusikum. Right now it is just the template and a photo of Amon Amarth I took.I believe headers on Blogger blogs are 900 px wide and 450 px high, but you might want to poke …
AlhazredIf you are a fan of H.P. Lovecraft, you may recognize the name Alhazred, as in Abdul Alhazred, the "Mad Arab" from the Cthulhu stories. Alhazred is also the name of a fairly new Baltimore area technical death metal group.The first time I encountered Alhazred was at the December 7, 2011 Obscura show at Sonar. …
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Twelfth anniversaries are supposed to be celebrated with pearls, a priceless item that takes years of hard work and grit to make. Likewise, it has taken years of determination and musical grit to keep Stoner Hands of Doom (otherwise known as SHoD) festival on track for so long.SHoD 12 takes over the El 'n' Gee …
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When you think of the pioneering death metal band Autopsy, what comes to mind? Sheer brutality? Crushing riffs? Chris Reifert's frightening ability to sing AND blast beats so fast that no metronome could keep up? That their mosh pit will dismember you? Their performance at this year's Maryland Deathfest was phenomenal. What else do I …
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Stevie Floyd and Ashley Spungin. Photo by Mary SpiroMy astrological sign happens to be Taurus. It is also the astrological sign of the two members of the band Taurus: guitarist Stevie Floyd and drummer Ashley Spungin. Not that it means anything really, it just is what it is. I don't really put much stock in …
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Good things come to those who wait and Iron Man fans have waited a year and a half for a new recording from their favorite Maryland doom band. The new EP entitled, att hÃ¥lla dig över, features four crushing tunes that the band has only just started to perform live. The EP is now available …
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