Closed Casket Activities have been quietly releasing some quality albums over the past year including “Errorzone” by Vein and “It Comes In Waves” by The Acacia Strain. Their assistance with the sophomore album from Santa Barbara, Californians Downpresser some 6 years after their debut “Don’t Need A Reason” has enabled them to tap up the team
It’s a matter of time before West Virginia’s Left Behind destroy your neighborhood. It’s going to happen. And you’re going to love it. Why? Because on 15th November, their sophomore album “No One Goes To Heaven” will bring Metallic Hardcore infused Crowbar Sludge Metal to your door, courtesy of Pure Noise Records. They previewed “Eternity
Easily one of the best Sludge Metal Metallic Hardcore crossover bands around at the minute, Left Behind have followed in the footsteps of the like of Crowbar and reinvigorating the genre with the brilliant “Blessed By The Burn”. It’s follow up “No One Goes To Heaven” is out on 15th November via Pure Noise Records
Alienatör are a Sludge Metal band from Thunder Bay Ontario Canada who want simply one thing. To destroy your mind. Guitarist and vocalist Brad King writes the lyrics while the band as a whole write the music with Josh Hogan handling Drums, Percussion and Back-up Vocals leaving Sean Skillen to play Bass. The full debut
Philip H. Anselmo may have more music projects on the go than Mike Patton, but variety is the spice of life. Allegedly. In a recent interview, the former Pantera frontman whose has his solo band The Illegals playing sets in tribute to the fallen Abbott brothers of late suggested that Down would return in 2020.
Pro-Shot at Mystic Festival at the Tauron Arena in Krakow Poland on 26th June, here’s drum cam footage of Crowbar sticksman Tommy Buckley performing their absolute classic “All I Had (I Gave)” which as you may well know was covered by Hatebreed on their covers album “For The Lions” and have also been a major
In recent interviews Philip H. Anselmo has been quoted as saying that he doesn’t want to do Superjoint aka Superjoint Ritual any longer and for now his focus is on his work with The Illegals and Scour with the potential for new Down material at some point. Never say never in our book, but it
Manchester is the home of a quartet that go by the name of God Shaped Devil. Made up of vocalist and lead guitarist Bex Fuzery, rhythm guitarist Matt Morris, Lajos Borsi on bass and Luke Ellwood on drums, the band infuse Thrash with Sludge and Groove Metal to create their sound. Interestingly, Bex and Lajos
It’s time for a classic. Our personal favourite song from the mighty Down has to be, ahem, hands down, “Ghosts Along The Mississippi”! So here it is, Pro-Shot from Mike Holderbeast and his team in Austin Texas in 2014. Sludge Metal riffage at its finest from Crowbar legend Kirk Windstein.
Featuring the classics “All I Had I Gave” and “Planets Collide”, here’s a full set from the sludge metal legends that are Crowbar at Germany’s With Full Force Festival! They’re about to start making their way across the US with Corrosion of Conformity and Lo-Pan. How far they got with those 17th May new album
