This is a mix of the set Fenriz played at the first Metal Merchants Festival. Originally it was only hand-distributed to about 50 people, but Apollyon played it one night while we were getting lit at my old place early last year and it blew me away. So I asked Fen for a copy and he ripped me a dub a ...

We?re extremely proud to unveil the official artwork for the 2011 festival by David V. D?Andrea. David V. D?Andrea combines the draftsmanship of the poster artists and album cover designers of the 1960?s and 70?s with a raw detailed grittiness to create an organic pen and ink style that is unmist ...

Praise for Strawberry Path’s When The Raven Has Come To The Earth from San Francisco?s aQuarius Records:  Available again on CD, this time through Phoenix, who are slowly but surely (and somewhat haphazardly) trawling through the Japanese ’70s psych scene for stuff that needs to be made ...

Chicago-based doom metal legends Trouble are in the studio working on their ninth album for a tentative summer release. The as-yet-untitled CD is being helmed by Bill Metoyer, who has produced albums from Slayer, D.R.I., Sacred reich and Corrosion of Conformity, among others, and has worked with Tro ...

Earth‘s Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light 1 will stream HERE in its entirety until Feb 7, courtesy of NPR. Angels of Light finds guitarist Dylan Carlson and his drummer since Hex, Adrienne Davies, in a peculiar position. Bees Made Honey in the Lion’s Skull, from 2008, was new Eart ...

Lovingly pinched from Hellbound: I was introduced to Victoria B.C.?s Northern a couple weeks ago when they opened for Wolves in the Throne Room. The instrumental three-piece blew my socks off, and I immediately picked up a copy of their debut CD. Their musical style invites one to draw comparisons ...

The recently reanimated Hammerheart Records have announced the release of a Coffins live-album. This high quality live recording features two re-recordings and two newly recorded tracks and will be released on a limited edition 10? LP and MCD very soon. More album details and release-date informatio ...