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Prurient is Noise, ‘Not Entertainment’ — Exclusive Interview
Prurient is Noise, ‘Not Entertainment’ — Exclusive Interview
Prurient is Noise, ‘Not Entertainment’ — Exclusive Interview
Since the late '90s, Dominick Fernow a.k.a. Prurient has been creating some of the most extreme and challenging noise music to come out of New York City. While there's no such thing as a typical Prurient recording, a number of key tracks feature piercing, wildly out-of-control feedback and distorted, downright painful sounds that could make any black metal fan reach for the volume knob... Read Mo
Xasthur, ‘Portal of Sorrow’ — New Album
Xasthur, ‘Portal of Sorrow’ — New Album
Xasthur, ‘Portal of Sorrow’ — New Album
'Portal of Sorrow' is going to be the last undertaking to bear the Xasthur name. "The honorable thing to do is to end the band and not hang around too long, like so many metal/black metal bands do. Enough is enough, right?" The multi-instrumentalist Malefic stated on the release of the ninth full-length as his one-man band moniker...
Xasthur Release ‘2005 Demo’ on Hydra Head
Xasthur Release ‘2005 Demo’ on Hydra Head
Xasthur Release ‘2005 Demo’ on Hydra Head
Dubbed one of America's "most prolific and unapproachable underground metal musicians" by Billboard, the California-based one-man-black-metal-band Xasthur has been creating dark despair since forming in 1995. Though the first album came out in 2001, the '2005 Demo' in question is made up of two lost tracks that were completed before 2006's 'Subliminal Genocide' was released...
Nothing About Xasthur Is Nice
Nothing About Xasthur Is Nice
Nothing About Xasthur Is Nice
Yesterday saw the release of 'All Reflections Drained' by lo-fi black metal act Xasthur. This double CD album, the second of which is outtakes and covers, is cased in a DVD digi-pack with hauntingly beautiful art; beautiful in a cemetery during a rainstorm kind of way...
White Noise: News On Suffocation, Xasthur, Alice In Chains, and Absu
White Noise: News On Suffocation, Xasthur, Alice In Chains, and Absu
White Noise: News On Suffocation, Xasthur, Alice In Chains, and Absu
Man, did this past weekend fly by. But don't they always seem to fly by? We're reaching the end of April, which means we're getting closer and closer to summer festival season. We're also right around the corner from a flurry of new releases, and today, we'll be bringing you the latest on what's coming soon to a record store near you...