BURDEN: Scorched Earth Release year: 2023Label: Rock ‘n’ Roll Disgrace/Rebellion Records Tough guy hardcore is a term familiar to anyone into the harder edge of punk music. You know, bands from New York or some such singing about the reality … Continue reading Scorched earth burden
SARDONIC WITCHERY: Barbaric Evil Power Release year: 2024Label: War March Records/Nekrogoat Heresy Productions/Abyssal Productions/Aniquilacion Satanica Productions The promo sheet drops names such as Judas Iscariot, Celtic Frost, Darkthrone and Venom as references. Well, in the grand scale of things, all … Continue reading Sardonic barbarity
VISION MASTER: Sceptre Release year: 2023Label: Gates Of Hell Records Nietzsche wrote about the concept of eternal return; the idea that things and phenomena will repeat in perpetuity – and of how one should overcome the fear of this. Now, … Continue reading Vision Master peering into the past
BLAZE YA DEAD HOMIE: Graveyard Greats 2 Release year: 2023Label: Majik Ninja Entertainment Detroit horrorcore gangsta Blaze Ya Dead Homie was once described by someone – possibly Violent J of Insane Clown Posse – as the third member of rap … Continue reading Blaze diggin’ the graves
ALLA XUL ELU & SUPER FAMOUS FUN TIME GUYS: Lost Lake Estates Release year: 2023Label: Long Live Evil It would appear that US horrorcore trio Alla Xul Elu have lately been doubling down on their own label Long Live Evil. … Continue reading Evil lives long in the Lost Lake Estates
LONESOME WYATT AND THE HOLY SPOOKS: Longing For Oblivion Release year: 2023Label: Tribulation Recording Company As I mentioned in my review of Those Poor Bastard’s God Awful (here), it’s been a long while since Lonesome Wyatt has done anything that’s … Continue reading Lonesome for oblivion
I didn’t use to like punk. It was – well, I don’t know what it was. Too snotty? Too crude? Probably it just wasn’t metal, which was why I didn’t like it when I was younger. That despite the fact … Continue reading From the Vaults #3: Bad Brains
INSANE CLOWN POSSE: Yum Yum Total Bedlam Release year: 2023Label: Psychopathic Records Over the years, we’ve occasionally covered horrorcore rap, that strange mutant subgenre of rap focusing on horror movies, sensational and exploitative depictions of violence and in general all … Continue reading Insane Clown Posse’s total bedlam
For those growing up and getting into extreme metal now, in the age of streaming services and much of all recorded music ever published being available anywhere, at any time from a mobile device in yer pocket, the 90’s probably … Continue reading From the Vaults #2: Formulas Fatal To The Flesh
MEGADETH: Rust In Peace Label: Capitol RecordsRelease year: 1990/2004/2023 When talking about thrash and speed metal classics, Megadeth’s fourth album Rust In Peace is up there with the biggest classics of them all. As a whole, I’ve always liked Megadeth … Continue reading Should’ve let it rust in peace…
Only Death Is Real 