Kim Kelly
Absu’s Vis Crom Knows How to Stay Busy, Black Metal Style
It's a long way to the top if you wanna rock 'n' roll, and while some musicians are content to focus all their energy on one project, many others find themselves saddled with a crackling excess of creative energy that leaves its bearer no choice but to invest their (usually limited) free time into other ventures...
Sourvein Stoked to Play With Pentagram, Really Dig Shrinebuilder
North Carolina sludgemongers Sourvein are gearing up for one hell of a busy year. Currently locked away in a studio somewhere on the wrong side of the tracks, working hard to finish up their next full-length for Candlelight, the intriguingly-titled 'Aquatic Occult' while plotting a split release with Japanese bringers of doomed death Coffins, the band also has several very special live rituals lo
Absu’s New Guitarist Pulls a ‘Ripper Owens’ Maneuver
American black metal maestros Absu have had a hell of a year. After emerging from the shadows in early 2007 with several live and split releases, main man Proscriptor assembled a crack team of musicians to complete a new Absu lineup and in 2009 and unleashed an unholy beast of an album upon their eager fans...
Blood Ice Herald the Birth of ‘Hockeycore’
Metal bands seem to love nothing more than conjuring up arbitrary genre tags to describe their art, spawning a multitude of micro-genres like 'pirate metal,' 'war metal' and 'necropunk,' for better or for worse. The latest entry into the realm of over-analysis is West Philadelphia's hardcore/crossover thrash bruisers Blood Ice, who, alongside like-minded souls in New York's Two Man Advantage, are
Absu Guitarist Vis Crom Gives Post-Tour Recap
Freshly-minted Absu guitarist Vis Crom recently returned from the band's whirlwind European tour and was kind enough to give Noisecreep a quick post-tour wrap up. The tour, which took Absu, American psychedelic doomsters Zoroaster, blackened U...
Across Tundras Take Philly for a Ride, Upset Rap Fans
The night before Thanksgiving is a terrible time to book a show -- everyone's out of town or is already parked on their sofa or in the kitchen getting ready for the next day's feast. Unfortunately, the show must always go on, and if you're a touring band with the distinct lack of fortune to land in a major city right before a national holiday, well, time to suck it up...
Atlas Moth Feel at Home on the Road
The Atlas Moth hail from Chicago, but at this point in their budding career, they feel as at home in a van as they do on the streets of the Windy City. The psychedelic doomriders have criss-crossed the U.S. multiple times in the past few years, and this time around, they were hauling ass down those 99-odd miles of bad road alongside brothers-(and sister...
The Atlas Moth Take Flight in Philadelphia
Philadelphia's underground metal scene is nothing if not incestuous (in the best possible way, of course). Take for example up-and-coming black metallers Woe, who boast members of Infernal Stronghold, Rumpelstiltskin Grinder, Absu, the Green Evening Requiem, Krieg and XXX Maniak amongst their ranks -- and there are only five dudes in the band...
Ramming Speed Aren’t Punk Enough for North Philly
Back in the day, punks and metalheads were bitter enemies, a problem Billy Milano addressed in the immortal Stormtroopers of Death ode 'United Forces.'
He urged, "Skinheads and bangers and punks stand as one/Crossover to a final scene/United forces and their job won't be done/Until the world can see," and it seems that the latter generations listened, as now, you'll generally Mohawks an
Nunslaughter Ravage West Philadelphia
A drafty warehouse decorated with band stickers and broken glass, surrounded by the kind of neighborhood one might charitably label 'sketchy,' the Where?House is one of the many illegal venues operating out of wild West Philly's concrete jungle, and -- judging by Nov...