http://www.metalinjection.net The latest news, br00tal live footage, interviews and much more Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:14:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 The latest news, br00tal live footage, interviews and much more Metal Injection yes Metal Injection hatemail@metalinjection.net hatemail@metalinjection.net (Metal Injection) 2008 The latest news, br00tal live footage, interviews and much more http://metalinjection.net/radio.jpg http://www.metalinjection.net/category/revelations-of-doom http://www.metalinjection.net/revelations-of-doom/high-stench-burning-death-coffinworm http://www.metalinjection.net/revelations-of-doom/high-stench-burning-death-coffinworm#comments Mon, 05 Oct 2009 14:00:08 +0000 http://www.metalinjection.net/?p=7300 http://www.metalinjection.net/revelations-of-doom/high-stench-burning-death-coffinworm/feed 2 http://www.metalinjection.net/revelations-of-doom/bloody-roots-blackened-veins-bastard-sapling http://www.metalinjection.net/revelations-of-doom/bloody-roots-blackened-veins-bastard-sapling#comments Mon, 24 Aug 2009 11:21:08 +0000 http://www.metalinjection.net/?p=6995 http://www.metalinjection.net/revelations-of-doom/bloody-roots-blackened-veins-bastard-sapling/feed 0 http://www.metalinjection.net/revelations-of-doom/revelations-doom http://www.metalinjection.net/revelations-of-doom/revelations-doom#comments Mon, 27 Jul 2009 06:40:33 +0000 http://www.metalinjection.net/?p=6811 http://www.metalinjection.net/revelations-of-doom/revelations-doom/feed 5 bizarre leprous productions,captain cleanoff,Corrupted,Flagitious Idiosyncrasy in the Dilapidation,gallhammer,insect warfare,phobia - Y'all should know the score by now. I'm Grim Kim, I probably hate your favorite band, and I'm going to spend the next couple paragraphs telling you exactly why you NEED to be listening to whatever band I've decided to write about this time. Got it? Y'all should know the score by now. I'm Grim Kim, I probably hate your favorite band, and I'm going to spend the next couple paragraphs telling you exactly why you NEED to be listening to whatever band I've decided to write about this time. Got it? Good. I just got back from Obscene Extreme Fest in the Czech Republic, and my need for speed is still in hyperdrive. No time for sludge this week. Less talk, more grind! Meet Flagitious Idiosyncrasy in the Dilapidation, an originally all-girl (they've recently added a male guitarist) grindcore quartet based outta Tokyo, Japan. These chicks make Angela Gossow look like your sweet Auntie Mabel, and shit all over the idea that "girls can't play metal." While it's true that most of the pretty, perfectly-made up faces you see splashed across the covers of this-and-that magazine and simpering out at you from whatever "metal" countdown show Fuse's decided to do this week can't scream a lick, and invariably front commercial-type bands that can only be described as "godawful," there's always the odd group of women out there tearing shit up and holding their own in the testosterone-fueled world of extreme metal. I'm not much of a feminist, but I do hate seeing the sort of role models younger chicks are exposed to. How is my little sister ever going to get into good tunes if the most "extreme" band she can relate to is Lacuna Coil or fucking In This Moment - bands that say, "It's okay for girls to like metal, but only if it's melodic and inoffensive and accessible; leave the heavy stuff to the boys, dear, and make sure those pants make your ass look good"? FUCK. THAT. The ladies of Flagitious Idiosyncrasy in the Dilapidation (who will henceforth be referred to as "F.I.D." because their full name is impossible to type properly on the first try) are easy on the eyes, but focusing on that will leave you stranded about as far from the point as you can get. The point, my friends, is total fucking destruction. F.I.D. play fast, filthy, furious grindcore in the vein of Insect Warfare, Phobia, and Captain Cleanoff that verges on powerviolence in its pure disregard for the listener's eardrums and flirts with the occasional Corrupted groove. At times echoing her better-known warsisters in Gallhammer, Makiko's vocals veer between high-pitched, frenzied shrieks and a knuckle-dragging death grunt that would do their countrymen in Coffins proud, while ostage, the band as a whole positively vibrate with kinetic energy (if you were lucky enough to catch 'em at Maryland Death Fest 2007, you're sure to remember their jaw-dropping performance). Two demos and a split 7" with Insect Warfare later, F.I.D. have finally scraped together a full LP's worth of primal crusty goodness; the self-titled record is available from Bizarre Leprous Productions, and is WELL worth the cash. Oh, and as far as the name goes? They don't know what it means, either. Play fast or die. Check out a video interview and more live footage here Metal Injection yes http://www.metalinjection.net/revelations-of-doom/eastern-plague-cough http://www.metalinjection.net/revelations-of-doom/eastern-plague-cough#comments Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:04:51 +0000 http://www.metalinjection.net/?p=6767 http://www.metalinjection.net/revelations-of-doom/eastern-plague-cough/feed 2 Add new tag,bastard sapling,Battlemaster,buried at sea,cannabis corpse,city of ships,Corrupted,cough,Electric Wizard,eyehategod,forcefield records,grief Crossing an ocean and more than a few international borders in pursuit of the almighty riff has taken up a bit more time than I'd expected, but after a European metal-induced hiatus of sorts, Grim Kim is back to spread the good word about the best band... Crossing an ocean and more than a few international borders in pursuit of the almighty riff has taken up a bit more time than I'd expected, but after a European metal-induced hiatus of sorts, Grim Kim is back to spread the good word about the best bands you've never heard of. I've settled into a lovely little flat in North London (which, oddly enough, looks a helluva lot like my usual West Philly stomping ground) and am comin' atcha fully armed with a slew of deliciously dirty new bands to shove down your throats. Ironically enough, this first-ever European edition of Revelations of Doom focuses on an American band, from the very same East Coast that I (usually) call home. This one's for the old guard - the true sludge freaks, the dedicated doom 'heads, and the diehard amplifiers worshippers out there. Sit back, light up, and get ready for some pain. Much like Athens, Georgia, the unassuming little burg called Richmond, Virginia has emerged as an epicenter of sorts for modern metal and hardcore. While most of you are already familiar with some of her more well-known sonic offspring (Lamb of God, Municipal Waste, Cannabis Corpse) it's RVA's lesser-known, underground bands that kids should really be losing their shit over, whether it be Bastard Sapling (who put out the single best demo recording of 2007),  Battlemaster, Inter Arma, Ravn, or the subject of this edition of Revelations of Doom - Cough. Weedeater. Electric Wizard. Iron Monkey. Grief. Corrupted. Eyehategod. Sleep. Buried at Sea. Sourvein. It's easy enough to drop names and draw comparisons to other like-minded and undoubtedly inspirational bands, but doing so would render a great disservice unto Cough. Their latest full-length, Sigillum Luciferi, sees the band in a very, very dark place indeed - they're caught dragging the waters of a polluted river of human misery, and everything's coming up corpses. Their debut full-length is a down-tuned masterpiece of harrowing, nihilistic sludge, bathed in feedback and slower than time. Desperate, raw-throated vocals, lurching riffs, and crushing heaviness are the hallmarks of this release, though once in awhile, Cough slyly throw in a few spacey, tranced-out moments that, for just a split second, allow you to imagine a feeble beam of sunlight cutting through the filth and carving out an iota of breathing room, before the omnipressant muck sucks you back down into the blackness. Yeah, they're that kind of band. Sigillum Luciferi is out now on Forcefield Records (who have put out tons of records from other sick bands like Inter Arma, City of Ships, Tournament, Infernal Stronghold, Triac, Battlemaster, Cannabis Corpse, and Lord by Fire) and is available from a number of distros, as well as from the band themselves. Check them out, and pick that shit up! Metal Injection yes http://www.metalinjection.net/revelations-of-doom/digressive-metal-regressive-rock-green-evening-requiem-2 http://www.metalinjection.net/revelations-of-doom/digressive-metal-regressive-rock-green-evening-requiem-2#comments Fri, 06 Mar 2009 16:48:29 +0000 http://www.metalinjection.net/?p=4878 http://www.metalinjection.net/revelations-of-doom/digressive-metal-regressive-rock-green-evening-requiem-2/feed 0 http://www.metalinjection.net/revelations-of-doom/onward-destroyers-salome http://www.metalinjection.net/revelations-of-doom/onward-destroyers-salome#comments Wed, 11 Feb 2009 15:32:47 +0000 RockNRoll90 http://www.metalinjection.net/?p=4475 http://www.metalinjection.net/revelations-of-doom/onward-destroyers-salome/feed 5 http://www.metalinjection.net/revelations-of-doom/velnias-rulers-of-the-night http://www.metalinjection.net/revelations-of-doom/velnias-rulers-of-the-night#comments Wed, 07 Jan 2009 06:42:27 +0000 RockNRoll90 http://metalinjection.net/?p=3712 http://www.metalinjection.net/revelations-of-doom/velnias-rulers-of-the-night/feed 1 agalloch,chicago,deathspell omega,god is myth,heathen crusade,opeth,ulveheim,velnias,wolves in the throne room - After a long hiatus of sorts (also known as trying not to fail out of college and gallivanting across the country in search of metal and Kuma's burgers) Grim Kim is back to wish you a br00tal New Year and blow your fucking minds with another slice o... After a long hiatus of sorts (also known as trying not to fail out of college and gallivanting across the country in search of metal and Kuma's burgers) Grim Kim is back to wish you a br00tal New Year and blow your fucking minds with another slice of pure underground heaven. As usual, I'm indulging in the heavier side of amplifier worship, but this time around, we're darkening our doom with a little folk, a little drone, and a whole lot of blackness... November is a terrible time to visit Minnesota, unless you happen to be there for a pagan/black metal festival (in which case the mead and ale will keep you plenty warm!). Such was my purpose for braving St. Paul's frigid, inhospitable climes a month or two ago  - hitting up the third annual Heathen Crusade metal fest and doing my best to stave off frostbite. During the course of the weekend - most of which was spent knee-deep in booze, beards, and broadswords - I managed to be blown away not once but twice by bands I'd been previously unaware of. An honorable mention goes to Mexico's excellent Viking black metal horde ULVEHEIM, but top honors must be handed to Chicago, IL's VELNIAS, whose mindblowing performance literally stopped me in my tracks and send me scurrying to their merch table as soon as the last lingering chord was struck. Upon an initial listen to VELNIAS' debut LP, Sovereign Nocturnal, I was pleased to discover how well that the ritualistic, almost trance-like atmosphere the hugely powerful trio cultivated onstage carried through into their recordings. The somber blue lights and scraps of bone and antler that littered the candlelit stage served as a fitting backdrop to VELNIAS' melancholy, deeply-affecting blend of black, folk, and doom, underlain as it was with the kind of suffocating, hypnotic groove that DEATHSPELL OMEGA would sacrifice themselves for. As an album, Sovereign Nocturnal is a sprawling, expansive epic, comprised of three songs (all of which break the twelve-minute mark) of blackened, folk-inspired doom that has drawn VELNIAS comparisons to AGALLOCH, WOLVES IN THE THRONE ROOM, and early OPETH, yet manages to stand entirely alone upon its own merits. Highly recommended and absolutely essential for the discerning metalhead or curious outsider. YOU NEED THIS. Metal Injection yes http://www.metalinjection.net/revelations-of-doom/the-darkest-horror-book-of-black-earth http://www.metalinjection.net/revelations-of-doom/the-darkest-horror-book-of-black-earth#comments Mon, 20 Oct 2008 16:00:10 +0000 RockNRoll90 http://metalinjection.net/?p=2684 http://www.metalinjection.net/revelations-of-doom/the-darkest-horror-book-of-black-earth/feed 0 at the gates,BOOK OF BLACK EARTH,dismember,emperor,prosthetic,seattle,skarp,splatterhouse,watain,withered It’s that time again! Grim Kim is back with yet another underground gem that, thanks to a high-profile spot on the almighty Watain’s first headlining American killing spree, may not remain very unknown for much longer. Pay attention, It’s that time again! Grim Kim is back with yet another underground gem that, thanks to a high-profile spot on the almighty Watain’s first headlining American killing spree, may not remain very unknown for much longer. Pay attention, so that when they blow the fuck up and everyone’s rocking the band’s twisted-ass logo on their jackets, you can out-metal your friends by saying, “Maaan, I’ve been into those Book of Black Earth dudes since their split with Fall of the Bastards came out back in ‘05…” Borne from the ashes of distortion-happy demons TEEN CTHULU, Seattle’s BOOK OF BLACK EARTH have been kicking up a storm of unlight since 2003. After self-releasing their 2006 opus The Feast, the band was snatched up by Prosthetic Records (in a wise move on the label’s part) and have been tour-menting the nation ever since. After catching their set at New York’s Knitting Factory the other night, I decided it was absolutely imperative that these dudes get some more attention, because godDAMN were they good! Intense, unrelenting, and tight as fuck, this West Coast menace does black/death metal right – effectively pulling together the punishing brutality and decimating hyperblasts of death metal with the cruel rasps and epic atmosphere of black metal, then adding just a touch of doomy melody and more than a little grind (unsurprising, considering their drummer Joe Axler’s crusty past in SKARP & SPLATTERHOUSE). Imagine that – an extreme metal band that uses keyboards, but… DOESN’T suck (I know, I could hardly believe it either, but ladies and gentlemen…they exist)! Imagine a young EMPEROR jamming with the dudes from AT THE GATES and an even younger DISMEMBER, clean up the guitar tone a bit, add in some ashes from a burned-out church, and you’ve got a pretty clear-cut idea of how fucking awesome Book of Black Earth sounds. Currently making the rounds on the Black Metal Magic tour supporting labelmates WITHERED and blood-chucking black metallers WATAIN, BOOK OF BLACK EARTH very well may be coming to a city near you – unless you already missed ‘em, you sorry fuck. They’ve got a new record out on Prosthetic, which is entitled Horoskopus and is, apparently, a concept album about “the hidden astrological elements of the Christian church. From its origins as a state sponsored religion in the fourth century to the present day, it has been guided by astrological concepts conceived centuries before Jesus Christ was mythologized as the ‘Sun’ of God,” according to vocalist / guitarist T.J. Cowgill. Check that shit out... Metal Injection yes http://www.metalinjection.net/revelations-of-doom/enlightened-bringers-of-doom-samothrace http://www.metalinjection.net/revelations-of-doom/enlightened-bringers-of-doom-samothrace#comments Thu, 02 Oct 2008 22:45:23 +0000 RockNRoll90 http://metalinjection.net/?p=2363 http://www.metalinjection.net/revelations-of-doom/enlightened-bringers-of-doom-samothrace/feed 0 20 buck spin,across tundras,buried at sea,coffins,nachtmystium,neurosis,pelican,samothrace,the arm and sword of a bastard god Round Three! Grim Kim's back (in black?) to spread the word on her latest obsessions and open yer ears to some of the best bands that the uber tr00 underground metal scene's got to offer. This time around, we're slowing it down and uglying it up a bit. Round Three! Grim Kim's back (in black?) to spread the word on her latest obsessions and open yer ears to some of the best bands that the uber tr00 underground metal scene's got to offer. This time around, we're slowing it down and uglying it up a bit. Crack open another beer, spark up a fatty, and come on in. Welcome to Revelations of...Doooooooom. It takes a lot to make me go out on a limb and replace Dopesick with something new and untested; luckily for me, one of those things happens to be seeing the 20 Buck Spin logo on an alien CD. If you haven't heard of 20 Buck Spin by now, you're truly missing out; they put out amazing records by amazing bands, and I'd confidently place them amongst the creme de la creme of underground independent labels right now (hell, if only for that Coffins/The Arm and Sword of a Bastard God split they released last year). Anyway, I now owe them an even bigger slice of my soul for sending me the debut album from SAMOTHRACE. Samothrace hail from Lawrence, Kansas, and play bluesy, crippled doom, steeped in Midwestern pathos and heaped with layers upon layers of crushing distortion and sinewy melodies that recall Neurosis at their best and Across Tundras at their darkest. Harsh vocals rattle in a bourbon-soured throat and spin tales of naked desperation and lonesome nights overtop mammoth riffs and painful dirges. Menacing yet delicate, captivating and hypnotic, Life's Trade's advance is as slow and unstoppable as the tides themselves. This band...is...SO...GOOD. I'm blown away. You know that rare, magical moment when you put on a new album and fall so deeply in love with it that you've inadvertently become a lifelong fan by the time the first chord's been struck? This is that kind of album. Life's Trade might just be the best release of 2008 (or at least has earned a spot in my Top Ten). I'm well aware that I'm gushing away like a schoolgirl with a crush, but really, I am dead fucking serious - you NEED to hear this band. Their debut album was recorded and mixed by Sanford Parker (Buried At Sea, Pelican, Nachtmystium); Life's Trade is out now on 20 Buck Spin. Buy their records, wear their shirts, go see them on tour (they're playing 70 dates - 70 DATES. You have literally no excuse to miss them when they roll through your town). Above all, listen to this band; you owe it to them, and goddamn, do you owe it to yourself. Metal Injection yes http://www.metalinjection.net/revelations-of-doom/southern-discomfort-bahimiron http://www.metalinjection.net/revelations-of-doom/southern-discomfort-bahimiron#comments Fri, 12 Sep 2008 18:55:09 +0000 RockNRoll90 http://metalinjection.net/?p=2205 http://www.metalinjection.net/revelations-of-doom/southern-discomfort-bahimiron/feed 0 averse sefira,bahimiron,beherit,behexen,black metal,brown jenkins,darkthrone,horna,moribund,rigor mortis,sargeist,texas Welcome once again to Revelations of Doom, Grim Kim's guide to all things ugly, obscure, and awesome in the good ol' extreme metal underground. This time around, the spotlight comes to rest upon a genre quite near and dear to my heart - nasty, Welcome once again to Revelations of Doom, Grim Kim's guide to all things ugly, obscure, and awesome in the good ol' extreme metal underground. This time around, the spotlight comes to rest upon a genre quite near and dear to my heart - nasty, blasphemous, and raw-as-fuck black metal. Welcome to hell. If the existence of our current Commander in Chief isn’t enough proof that the Lonestar State is a veritable breeding ground for pure evil, take an ear to some of its more sinister musical exports and you’ll find proof enough. After all, the likes of AVERSE SEFIRA, BROWN JENKINS, RIGOR MORTIS, and the mighty ABSU all hail from this conservative stronghold. For those of you that like your black metal as raw and diseased as the bloody meat that WATAIN tends to chuck at their crowds, allow me to introduce you to BAHIMIRON, Christraping progenitors of the next great Texas chainsaw (gutsfucking) massacre. BAHIMIRON have been spreading their own particular brand of aural terrorism throughout the underground for years, releasing a string of cult demos and coming together with like-minded hellraisers SARGEIST on a 2006 split release. Their sound is brutal, ugly, and mean; positively nasty basslines (lain down by Jenoside, who also injects a rare shot of estrogen into this very male-dominated genre), appropriately rough-edged riffs straight outta circa-1994-Norway, a vocalist who sounds like he’s gargling a cathedral’s worth of broken stained glass, and a drummer who perpetually sounds as if he’s seconds away from losing all control and descending into outright chaos all lend a hand in making up the sonic maelstrom that is BAHIMIRON. This shit is fucking bestial. The fine folks at Moribund just released Southern Nihilizm, Bahimiron’s first album of all-original material, this past August. Fans of BEHERIT, HORNA, BEHEXEN, and DARKTHRONE take note - if you haven’t already been worshipping at BAHIMIRON's blackened altar, it’s well past time for you to start. Metal Injection yes http://www.metalinjection.net/revelations-of-doom/ravishing-grimness-and-english-heritage-black-metal-introducing-kim-kelly-winterfylleth http://www.metalinjection.net/revelations-of-doom/ravishing-grimness-and-english-heritage-black-metal-introducing-kim-kelly-winterfylleth#comments Sat, 16 Aug 2008 23:12:48 +0000 RockNRoll90 http://metalinjection.net/?p=1922 http://www.metalinjection.net/revelations-of-doom/ravishing-grimness-and-english-heritage-black-metal-introducing-kim-kelly-winterfylleth/feed 0 profound lore,WINTERFYLLETH I'm sure those of you who actually bother to read the itty-bitty tags sprinkled across these pages are wondering,"Who the fuck is Grim Kim, and why is she insulting my place of residence in such a worrisomely profane manner?" Fear not, I'm sure those of you who actually bother to read the itty-bitty tags sprinkled across these pages are wondering,"Who the fuck is Grim Kim, and why is she insulting my place of residence in such a worrisomely profane manner?" Fear not, I come in peace (well, sort of). I'm going to be helping the MI dudes update the news section and, with my brand-new Revelations of Doom column, will also be doing my damnedest to introduce you guys to some of the best bands you've never heard of - killer underground/overlooked projects, & up 'n' coming acts that aren't getting the sort of attention they so richly deserve. My tastes run towards the most extreme ends of the metal spectrum, so suffice it to say, it'll be a cold day in Hades before you see me raving about the new Disturbed record on here. I'm more of an Eyehategod/Drudkh/Satanic Warmaster/Hellbastard kinda gal (ten metal points to whoever can spot the Hellhammer reference in this paragraph!). Speaking of Drudkh, their influence seems to be reaching far past the borders of their Ukrainian homeland, this time crossing the English Channel to take hold of an ambitious young band who named themselves for the October moon... WINTERFYLLETH (or "Winter Full Moon" if ye happen to speake Olde English) hail from the dreary Northwest of England, the birthplace of heavy metal and home to more misbehaving royals and shoddy dental work than I care to think about. Unlike the squeaky-clean commercial heights and frighteningly extreme depths to which countrymen CRADLE OF FILTH and AANAL NATHRAKH (never thought you'd see those two mentioned in the same breath, eh?) have taken black metal, WINTERFYLLETH choose to walk a different path. Marrying the grave-robbing grimness of old ENSLAVED or ULVER with the ethereal woodland ambiance and atmospheric folk touches of DRUDKH and ISENGARD, WINTERFYLLETH have made considerable headway in carving out their own niche within the sparse but rabidly dedicated sub-subgenre of black/folk metal. As a purely English band, they choose to create their music using their ancestral Anglo-Saxon history for lyrical fodder, dubbing themselves "English Heritage Black Metal." Also inspired by the natural beauty of the English countryside, they delve into tales of blood, valor, and battle, telling the stories of those who came before them and died for the glory of England. One of my favorite labels, Profound Lore, snapped these guys up and will be releasing WINTERFYLLETH's debut album, The Ghost of Heritage, come fall (October 14, to be exact), as well as a split with related project WODENSTHRONE (who also rule!). Check 'em out, and prepare to be conquered! Metal Injection yes