19th March might be just a few days away but UNFD have decided to let’s us have the first episode of a behind the scenes series about the new self titled album from Birmingham Alabama Technical Progressive Metalcore act Erra. This one focuses on the recording aspect with each member of the band given a
The absence of live shows has meant that artists have had time to think out of the box and opportunity to work on some ideas which might have otherwise been on the back burner. One such act is wedded duo Dead Posey who after the release of their EP “Malfunction” earlier this year have now
A fifth studio album from Chicago Illinois Veil Of Maya, their fourth with Sumerian Records brought about a wealth of changes. The project started in 2004, rising from the ashes of Melodic Death Metal band Insurrection with guitarist Marc Okubo and drummer Sam Applebaum both in the current incarnation of the band. After a trio
“I’ve always wanted to create a style of music that focused on being emotionally exploitative and technically sound, yet simple enough for the average music listener to appreciate. Another influence was using the eight string guitar in a form that is unconventional to the ‘trends’ or independent of characteristics that are found in music styles/genres
While “Hail Stan” marks a first run at independence for everyone’s Progressive Metal pioneers Periphery, it wasn’t that long since “Juggernaut” ruled the roost. So the band have dropped a making of video cleverly titled “Juggerdoc“, that gives us all those Spiderman Killer Croc character vibes, directed and edited by Jeff Holcomb and Alex Wohleber.
Sumerian Records have rewound the clock to 2007 and given us an epic 72 minutes of pro-shot footage from that summer’s incarnation of The Summer Slaughter Tour which saw performances from Necrophagist, Decapitated, Cephalic Carnage, Cattle Decapitation, Ion Dissonance, The Faceless, Beneath The Massacre and A Blood Runs Black. The show took place at The
It is definitely going to be interesting when the second album from The Haarp Machine drops, that’s for sure. Now that Al Mu’min has taken on vocal duties as well as guitars and bass, he’s been keen to share his capabilities and show how far he’s come along vocally with a series covers. Having already
Another high energy performance sees After The Burial in a freshly completed music video for “In Flux” from their latest offering “Evergreen” on Sumerian Records and comes just a few days after bassist Adrian Oropenza delivered a bass playthrough for “Bezerker” before the band announced they’d be giving away the bass he played it on…
After The Burial had their “Behold The Crown” European tour trek with Spiritbox, Polar and Make Them Suffer cut short with each of the bands making a mad dash home for lockdown. Bassist Adrian Oropeza can be seen doing what we all are and removing his PPE for a playthrough for “Bezerker“, while the band
Episode #3 of Chattin’ Breeze from The HAARP Machine mastermind Al Mu’min, he chats in depth and at length with Angel Vivaldi, about his past, present and future, offering a fascinating insight into the mind of the multi instrumentalist. What’s also interesting about it is that the direction that Al Mu’min seems to be taking
