I don’t smoke marijuana. I can’t, I’m allergic. I have been around enough people in my lifetime who do smoke to have had plenty of opportunities to do so. I would have tried it if I could. Instead, I just drank a lot of beer!...

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Interview by Tom Saunders. Tom Saunders was pretty impressed with Switchblade’s [2012] album. Drummer Tim Bertilsson was more than happy to share his insights on the record. He also discussed playing on the prestigious Roadburn Festival, the band’s influences and the rise in prominence of...

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Goatwhore will return to the road this Fall in support of High on Fire. The tour will run from November 15th through December 22nd with Primate (Kevin Sharp of Brutal Truth, Bill Kelliher of Mastodon, & more) on select dates in November and Corrosion of...

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With album art featuring one gnarly looking hog and a nice line in chugging, sludge beatdowns, one would expect XII Boar to hail from the (American) dirty south, not well-at-heel Aldershot. But this seriously powerful trio sound like they couldn’t care less about what you...

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This July, Southern Lord Records gave us back a gem that had been off the shelves for a while.  High on Fire releases their first full length album “The Art of Self Defense” in 2000 on Man’s Ruin Records.  On a label where no contracts...

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The crushing Southern Lord label tour featuring ENABLER, BURNING LOVE, MARTYRDÖD and BLACK BREATH kicked off  in Seattle, with special guest headliners for the evening, POISON IDEA! In celebration the kickoff of this incredible tour, today Cvlt Nation is hosting a crushing Southern Lord label...

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Opening with a high-octane drum roll before thrusting forward with some truly furious thrash metal, Oakland’s High on Fire begin their sixth album laying all of their cards on the table.  The song in question – the pounding ‘Serums of Liao’ – doesn’t let up...

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If you look up Headcharger on a search engine you’ll notice the word ‘metalcore’ cropping up, but this is totally misleading as the French rockers have more in common with the likes of Alice in Chains, Clutch, High on Fire or even AC/DC. Bringing together...

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Yours truly was completely and totally blown away by the latest release from King Giant, “Dismal Hollow”. When the chance to talk with the band came about, there really was never a question of to interview or not to interview. We talk Doom metal by...

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With a sound more akin to the swamps of Louisiana than their native New Zealand, Beastwars have created a bit of stir in their homeland with this slab of sludgy heaviness.  Combining the downtuned, heavy-as-a-Roly-Poly’s-reunion-tourbus riffing style of Crowbar and Corrosion of Conformity, adding a...

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Like a bludgeoning but razor sharp sabre the new 12” release from Houston rock band Venomous Maximus pounds upon and slices through the ear with incisive guitars and rampant riffs. “The Mission” is a rampaging beast that bombards the senses with eager aggression and intense...

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Formerly Italian, currently US based band Ephel Duath, known as a modern mixture of avant-garde metal and progressive rock with jazz-fusion and hardcore punk elements, has inked a worldwide deal with Agonia Records for the release of an EP and two full-length albums. Under the...

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Following on from their 2010 release “Taste the Sin” Georgia metallers Black Tusk return with more of their formidable metal, thrash and hardcore punk sounds in the blistering shape of fourth album “Set The Dial”, the Savannah trio once more exploding with thumping direct riffs...

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