Today’s Ask The Artist feature is a particularly fun one, because if there’s one band that treats death metal as a laboratory for biological disasters, dimensional anomalies, and deeply questionable life choices, it’s Texas progressive death metal entity SALLOW MOTH. The project, spearheaded by the absurdly prolific Garry Brents (also […]
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Ask The Artist: THÆTAS Picks An Unhinged Death Metal Cult Classic You Need In Your Life
New York City’s THÆTAS have never been interested in taking the easy route. Their music twists through dissonance, technical precision, brutal death metal violence, and avant-garde weirdness with the confidence of a band that knows exactly how far off the map it wants to travel. Today, guitarist Patrick Hawkins answers […]
Ask The Artist: SARCASM Worship the Madness of POSSESSED While Unleashing “Plunged Into A Paradox”
Sweden has always known how to weaponize darkness, and SARCASM remain one of the underground’s most criminally overlooked masters of melodic extremity. Blackened death metal, cosmic atmosphere, razorwire riffing — these maniacs have been twisting the genre beyond simple “Swedeath” labels for decades. Today, vocalist Heval Bozarslan answers a sacred […]
Ask The Artist: ANGELCRYPT — Bombs, History… and a Certain Album We’d Gladly Erase
Today’s descent into melodic devastation takes us to the war-scarred shores of Malta, where ANGELCRYPT forge steel, fire, and history into crushing riffs. Representing the band, guitarist/vocalist Shawn Mizzi steps into the void with today’s question: “If you could remove one thing from this world forever, what would it be?” […]
Ask The Artist: Finland’s SOULFALLEN Mix Vodka, Darkness and Dead Stars — And It Sounds Glorious
Today’s Ask The Artist is something special. After years of silence, Finland’s melodic death / symphonic metal force SOULFALLEN are finally stirring again — and if you know their legacy, you already understand why that matters. Formed in 2003 and long revered in the underground for their ability to fuse […]
Ask The Artist: DEATHSTORM — “If You’re Not Used to the Riff, This Will Hurt”
Today’s Ask The Artist entry comes in fast, loud, and absolutely unforgiving. Austrian death-thrashers DEATHSTORM are back with “Mount Eerie,” the second single from their upcoming fifth album Cascophonies, set for release on May 22, 2026 via Dying Victims Productions. Active since 2010, DEATHSTORM have built their name on relentless, […]
Ask The Artist: ARCHAIC OATH Conjure a Volcanic Wasteland of Blackened Death
For today’s descent into the abyss, we turn to Belgium’s rising blackened death metal entity ARCHAIC OATH — a fresh name forged by seasoned hands from acts like Hemelbestormer, Marche Funèbre, Lhaäd, and Rituals of the Dead Hand. Though newly formed in 2025, this duo isn’t crawling out of the […]
Ask The Artist: Austrian Blackened Death Dealers GRAUFAR Name a Riff That Defines Black Metal
Today’s Ask The Artist descent leads us into the cold, grim territory of GRAUFAR, a blackened death metal force from Austria sharpening their blades for the release of their second full-length album Via Necropolis, arriving March 20. Blending black metal frost with death metal muscle, the band has been forging […]
Ask The Artist: New Jersey Rockers WHO ON EARTH Pick Their 2025 Grammy Champions
Today’s Ask The Artist spotlight lands in New Jersey, where hard rock/metal outfit WHO ON EARTH are raising hell once again. The band has been steadily building momentum through relentless touring and riff-driven releases, and now they’re back with a new single, “Vigilance,” a fiery preview of their next full-length […]
Ask The Artist: Vilnius’ Dissonant Black Metal Malcontents SISYPHEAN Have a Plan for the End of the World
Today’s entry in our Ask The Artist series drags us into the cerebral and hostile territory of SISYPHEAN, a ferocious metal entity from Vilnius, Lithuania that thrives on tension, atmosphere and psychological corrosion. Blending black metal bleakness with death metal weight, the band has been steadily refining their unsettling sonic […]