devourment

Open up this f--king pit!

Can you believe there are this many?

They play to the beat of their own drum.

There's a lot to talk about here!

Hear 'Cognitive Sedation Butchery' from the slam pioneers.

"This song goes out to all the ladies. Because all women are serial c--- suckers," Devourment frontman Mike Masewski said. Second to last on a seven band bill, Devourment must have downed a lot of coffee before their set on Oct. 15 at Baltimore's Sonar...

Recent Relapse signees and veteran brutal death metallers Devourment are one of the most well-known examples of the style, and have undoubtedly inspired countless others within the ranks of the slam nation. It's not much of a stretch to assume that many of the modern deathcore bands have taken some cues from their trademark ultra brutal approach...

"Who here likes dolphins?" asked Neurectomy frontman Joe Ippolito. The night was young at New York City's Lit Lounge on May 3. The three-band bill dropped to a two-band bill when Surrounded by Teeth canceled. But, this writer didn't care. I was there for the brutal death, dual guitar slaying of Queens' Neurectomy...

"You people look f---ng dead. Looks like New Jersey to me," Animal Killing People vocalist Eston Browne said Oct. 16 at Hartley's. Animals Killing People were the first of many bands to play the first night of the first New Jersey Deathfest, a series that concert promoters Gutterchrist and Necroharmonic plan on making a biannual event...

"Any old school motherf---ers in here?" Dying Fetus vocalist and guitarist John Gallagher shouted to a packed Starland Ballroom. Half of the room jagged their horns in the air. Yet it's a pretty safe bet half of that room was not even born when Gallagher and former bassist Jason Netherton formed Dying Fetus and wrote the band's first demos in the early '90s...