Enthroned

As soon as we'd recovered from the metal mayhem of Maryland Deathfest, a new presence has risen to darken the horizon. Hostile City Deathfest has entered its second year of existence, after last year's baptism in blood from Absu, Deicide, Anal C---, Master and more...

There's more to Belgium than great beer and mouth-watering chocolate -- a lot more -- and some of it is a great deal scarier than the price of a pilsner. Legendary black metal horde Enthroned also rose from the soil of this peaceful nation and are now returning to North America to reap what they have sown...

1349 guitarist Archaon has contributed leads to the upcoming third album by Italian melodic black metal band Nefarium, 'Ad Discipulum,' which is scheduled for release on May 11 on Agonia Records. The disc features new drummer Garghuf (ex-Gorgoroth, Enthroned) and also includes guest vocals by Mortuary Drape frontman Wildness Perversion...

REISSUE ALERT: Anaal Nathrakh fanboys, take note! The U.K. black/grind experimentalists are reissuing their vital debut album via FETO Records, the label run by Napalm Death's Shane Embury and Anaal Nathrakh's Mick Kenney. A remastered digipak of 'The Codex Necro' will be strictly limited to 1,000 -- and will also feature the unreleased 1999 demo track 'We Will F---ing Kill You...

This morning, when I woke up at 6 AM to start writing this very column, it was still dark. The sun hadn't even started peaking out over the horizon, and all you could hear was the sound of garbage trucks crawling through my neighborhood and collecting everyone's recyclables...