The Black Dahlia Murder is poised to drop a new album, which is a big deal around the metal scene. We thought it best to help those unfamiliar with the band’s material by providing this helpful primer fashioned by AMG Himself and Dr. Wvrm. No need to thank us, we’re just metal to the core.
“A late primer guaranteed to keep you up later (try “Fritzl”). Welcome to the craziest crazies brutal slamming death metal has to offer.” Taste the French dread.
“From their grisly origins in goregrind to their current set of genre-defying extreme albums, Cattle Decapitation have always been both provocative and purposeful. While crusading against the meat industry, animal testing, environmental destruction or transphobia, Travis Ryan’s stomach-turning lyrics often take to extremes of irony to turn abstract, far-away injustice into a personal danger. But the band climbed a long way to the top of their current soapbox.” Shake, cattle and roll.
“Friends. (Wa)romans. Kvltrymen. I’ve come to bury In Flames, not to praise them.” Fvkking Fvnerals, man.
The weekly staff playlist and a Blind Guardian primer? Oh snap, this is a good week!
In which we go apeshit.
In which we marry the utmost extremities of the metal spectrum in an wholly unholy situation. Prepare your neck brace.
An Alcest primer and and a random picks playlist? What more could you ask for on a Sunday? Nothing. You can ask for nothing more.
In which we enjoy the pitter-patter of huge man feet.
If you’ve never boarded the Opeth train, then you are in for a treat. As the band releases its 13th (thirteenth!!) full length record on the 27th of September from Moderbolaget/Nuclear Blast, it’s a good time to look back at the things they have done and to appreciate the genuinely unique scope of Opeth’s singular career.
