Out on May 17th through Neurot Records, Trinity is a limited edition issue of the soundtrack to the Italian horror film H2odio (English title Hate 2 O). Under the moniker of his pysch-guitar based project Harvestman, Steve Von Till of Neurosis has created an equally lush and beautiful, yet dark and ...

Triptykon - Eparistera Daimones Lovinly pinched from About.com Guide To Heavy Metal: Extreme metal pioneer returns with a relevant, unique band that’s as cutting edge as the genre-defining / genre-forming bands he led as far back as 20 years ago. Triptykon is heavy and more bleak than the ...

Speed, Glue & Shinki - S/T Praise for Speed, Glue & Shinki’s  S/T from San Francisco’s Aquarius Records:  Another Japanese seventies psych classic reissued! This is an old fave, in part ’cause of the appealing tiger cover painting and in part ’cause of, wel ...

Praise for Burning Star Core’s Papercuts Theater from San Francisco’s Aquarius Records: A new Burning Star Core record, but not exactly a NEW record, more like a NEW record made out of OLD records, as in 4 loooong tracks, assembled and edited from 66 live recordings from the years 1997-2 ...

Brant Bjork - Gods and Goddesses Lovingly pinched from The Obelisk: On the opening track of his ninth solo album, Gods and Goddesses, Brant Bjork sings, ?What you?re hearing is exactly what was heard, yeah.? The former Kyuss and Fu Manchu drummer and songwriting force behind the short-lived Ch&eacu ...

Swedish doom metal legends Candlemass will release a new DVD,  Ashes To Ashes – Live, in North America on June 29 via Nuclear Blast Records , and  on April 23 in Europe. The set will contain footage of the band’s performance at last year’s Sweden Rock Festival in front of 30,000 p ...

JJ Koczan of The Obelisk recently conducted an in-depth interview with Bobby Liebling of Pentagram:  The Voice of the Head ?Ram. An excerpt of the chat follows below: The Obelisk: Why do you think the appreciation for Pentagram has grown the way it has over the last decade? Bobby Liebling: I ...