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Maryland Deathfest: 10 Dark Horse Bands to Check Out This Weekend
Maryland Deathfest: 10 Dark Horse Bands to Check Out This Weekend
Maryland Deathfest: 10 Dark Horse Bands to Check Out This Weekend
By now, anyone headed to Baltimore for the tenth anniversary weekend of Maryland Deathfest (May 24-27) has already sewn fresh patches on their denim vest, salted their livers, and said goodbye to their loved ones. Star attractions such as Napalm Death, Saint Vitus, Suffocation, Brujeria, and Morbid Angel promise a solid assault on the senses from three stages for three days...
Hooded Menace’s Lasse Pyykko Suffers for His Art
Hooded Menace’s Lasse Pyykko Suffers for His Art
Hooded Menace’s Lasse Pyykko Suffers for His Art
The latest release from Finland's Hooded Menace, 'Never Cross the Dead,' is for lack of a better term ... brutal. Not surprising, considering multi-instrumentalist and vocalist Lasse Pyykko has been putting out brutal underground death metal for years now, whether it be with such acts as Phlegethon, Claws or Vacant Coffin...
Gorefest’s Ed Warby Chimes In With the 11th Hour
Gorefest’s Ed Warby Chimes In With the 11th Hour
Gorefest’s Ed Warby Chimes In With the 11th Hour
Gorefest and Hail of Bullets drummer Ed Warby has traded death for doom in the 11th Hour. The slower tempo and change in musical direction heard on the band's debut disc 'Burden Of Grief' can be attributed to "Playing guitar basically," Warby tells Noisecreep...