The story goes that when talks didn’t go according to plan for an M.O.D. (Method of Destruction) 30th Anniversary reunion to play debut album “U.S.A. for M.O.D.” in full with the original line up, guitarist Tim “The Riffmaster” McMurtrie and bassist Ken “Angry Corpse” Ballone decided to take the path less traveled. The unmistakable legendary
Earlier this summer Florida Melodic Death Metallers with Thrash influences The Absence who feature in their ranks members Hot Graves, Venom Inc, Soulfly, Cavalera Conspiracy and Massacre known for heart-wrenching melodies and skull-pounding aggression unveiled a long awaited fifth album mastered by Jonas Kjellgren (Immortal, Overkill, Scar Symmetry) at Sweden’s Black Lounge Studios via M-Theory Audio. A beast of
Back in 2011, Belgian Metallers Channel Zero recorded their one and only album “Feed ‘Em with a Brick” for Roadrunner Records, their first with former Soulfly and Snot guitarist Mikey Doling. Having gained a lot of attention thanks to the quality of their material and sophomore album “Stigmatized For Life” being mixed by Vinnie Paul
Following the shock news that former Ill Niño guitarist Marc Rizzo has exited stage left from Soulfly with OG riff lord Dino Cazares from Fear Factory brought in for the bands upcoming touring commitments, Max Cavalera spoke to Heavy New York about everything from those touring plans to the 30th Anniversary of “Arise” from his
Little over a month after the last instalment of his “Beneath The Drums” series and Iggor Cavalera has returned to talk about fans favourite “Troops Of Doom“, an obvious choice from his time in Brazilian Thrash Metal outfit Sepultura. As if you didn’t already know, it is one from the bands 1986 debut album “Morbid
Returning to the cut that they dropped a music video for on album release day, The Absence have let the machine that is Jeramie Kling out of the chamber for a drum playthrough of “This Consuming Nocturne“, one of the stand outs from “Coffinized” released via M-Theory Audio last weekend. The Florida-based Melodic Death Metal
Celebrating the release of their album “Coffinized” this past weekend via M-Theory Audio, The Absence have put together a lyric video for one of its standouts in “This Consuming Nocturne“. The Florida-based Melodic Death Metal group are ones that you maybe familiar with from their other outside endeavors, with drummer Jeramie Kling manning the kit
After an initial run of three well received albums between 2005 and 2010, The Absence took near seven year hiatus as seasoned musicians with other projects on the back burner. Returning in 2016 with their fourth studio album and a new line up comprising vocalist Jamie Stewart (also of Hot Graves), drummer Jeramie Kling (also
It may have taken a while but after the announcement of new guitarist Eli Santana (Holy Grail, ex-Huntress) prior to their “Built To Destroy” UK tour in January 2019, Phoenix Arizona’s Incite have unveiled their first single with him. Produced by Steve Evetts (The Dillinger Escape Plan, Soulfly) it goes by the name “Deadbeat” and
Filmed on the Australian leg of the “Return Beneath Arise” tour which saw Max and Iggor Cavalera joined by Marc Rizzo to relive their youth and perform classic cuts from Sepultura, here’s “Arise” from The Valley Drive In on 22nd March 2019 in Brisbane. Where would Max Cavalera be without Marc Rizzo? His companion has
