Tim Bugbee of Prefix Mag recently conducted an interview with Electric Wizard‘s Jus Oborn, and it features questions focusing on what is at the core of his art, and how he got there. A few excerpts from the chat follow below. Welcome to the paranoia and harrowing scenes that are at the essen ...

Praise for Dopethrone?s Demonsmoke from San Francisco?s aQuarius Records: Yeah, they’re named after an Electric Wizard record, and while they definitely share some Wizardisms with their namesake, groovy Sabbathy riffage, and low slung stoner doom swing, their brand of drug fueled slo-mo sludge ...

Hot on the heels of their upcoming first ever DVD, avant-rock powerhouse Boris have announced (at least) four records to be released in the coming months. First up, the Tokyo outfit hook up with King Of Noise Merzbow once again for Klatter, a vinyl-only LP due out on Japanese label Daymare Recordin ...

Fan-filmed video footage of Indianapolis, Indiana doom metal masters The Gates of Slumber performing a brand new song from their upcoming album, The Wretch, on November 7, 2010 at Underground in Cologne, Germany can be viewed below. The Wretch was recorded at England’s Orgone Studios with prod ...

Lovingly pinched from Tiny Mix Tapes: If you’re familiar with American black metal from the last decade, you’re probably familiar with Xasthur. Along with Leviathan / Lurker of Chalice front man Wrest, Xasthur’s Scott Conner (a.k.a. Malefic) has been one of the most visible figure ...

Marek Steven of Sup Magazine recently conducted  interviews with Blood Ceremony, Ghost and Sabbath Assembly amongst others, and it features questions focusing on occult rock . A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below: There has been a connection between the occult and heavy metal ever since ...

Find out why José over at Terrorizer picked Grayceon as band of the week:  Even if you don’t know them very well, the name Grayceon might be somewhat familiar to you. Not only has this San Fran band been around for a few years, but also because guitarist /vocalist Max Doyle and drummer Zack Fa ...