When I initially received the assignment of covering the new PAGAN album ON BLACK WINGS I was a little unsure of what to expect. Sure, I invested sometime browsing the net, scanning myspace, reading any back stories I could find. Sometimes however, that's just not adequate intake to form a valid...

If you've got access to one of the current generation of video game consoles, chances are you've played at least one version of Harmonix's ROCK BAND series of games. The latest, LEGO ROCK BAND, doesn't bring a lot of new to the table, but it definitely comes packed full of a lot of fun.LEGO ROCK BAND...

For the unaware, www.horrorcore.com is one of the largest outlets of the horrorcore/wicked shit musical genres the online market has to offer. For nearly a decade the site has played host to some of the most promising horrorcore veterans and prospects alike. Horrorcore powerhouses such as Mars, Menacide,...

Somewhere in the hard rock and metal cosmos, Blackie Lawless was granted the same passage as Overkill, Motorhead and AC/DC where recording the same album over and over again is considered his charm and not his stigma.  Those following W.A.S.P. over the years will testify once Blackie Lawless officially...

Remix albums are unpredictable prospects, sometimes yielding blissful, expressionistic results and sometimes…not so much.The Isis OCEANIC:  REMIXES/REINTERPRETATIONS album, check.  Puscifer’s “V” IS FOR VIAGRA remix album, check.  Prong’s POWER TO THE DAMN MIXXXER, dubious at times, but...

You’re either for or against what Between the Buried and Me has done to grind metal.  The form is no longer dictated by continuously forked-rhythm mandates which Napalm Death and Morbid Angel gorged themselves upon for years.  Between the Buried and Me’s ALASKA opened up the possibility of new...

Crossworm is one hell of a versatile Canadian, as evidenced by his latest release MOUTH FULL OF DIRT. MOUTH may be labeled dirtcore, but it's more a combination of a little self deprecation, an unhealthy load of angst and a taste of the macabre, all tangled up in the form of an impressive, emotional...

Sepultura without the Cavalera brothers has been a tough sell for many despite the noble efforts of Andreas Kisser, Paolo, Jr., Derrick Green and current drummer John Dolabella.  Fortunately for Kisser, his name commands respect not only in Sepultura, but also his side projects Sexoturica, Asesino and...

Can you see this bill in the making?  The Melvins have Big Business.  Now Clutch, Fireball Ministry, CKY and Fu Manchu have a stake in the sludge rock supergroup The Company Band.  As the Melvins have recently toured a number of times under both themselves and Big Business on the same gig, you can...

Massachusetts’ masters of mayhem, The Red Chord, have just released their latest (and by far their greatest) CD entitled FED THROUGH THE TEETH MACHINE, a ravenous rampage of raw hatred directed at the trendy bands that litter the music scene. Their fourth full-length release showcases their uncompromising...

Few (if any) radio shows could ever claim to challenge the legendary status of the late John Peel's THE PEEL SESSIONS on the BBC's Radio 1. Having first discovered them myself while sifting through the import CD racks of several long-gone indie record shops throughout the midwest, these little gems were...

The metalcore and screamo explosion of the early 2000's brought with it an onslaught of bands that disappeared almost as quickly as they arrived. The few innovators that stuck around have done so by means of evolution rather than extinction, a necessity to avoid becoming lost in a sea of sound-a-like...

The music is as violent as the sanguinary images cased inside the packaging of Suicide Silence’s latest album NO TIME TO BLEED.  A fashionably hip (for this genre, anyway) blend of metalcore, grind and death metal, expect a deafening and unruly crush from the popular Riverside, California noise-crunk...

Originally released for Halloween of 2008, Veronique Chevalier's POLKA HAUNT US: A SPOOKTACULAR COMPILATION arrived here at FANGORIA MUSICK this past summer, where it sat awaiting a proper listen at a time more seasonally-appropriate. Naturally, Polka goes hand-in-hand with Oktoberfest, so the thought...

'Tis the season for all things spooky, and this Halloween-themed 7-inch from Chicago's Graveface Records is a welcome addition to the seasonal playlist. The debut from The Marshmallow Ghosts (a project featuring members of The Appleseed Cast, Casket Girls, Dreamend, and Black Moth Super Rainbow), this...