Coffins

May is always a good time of year for North American metal tours. Maryland Deathfest brings a lot of international bands into the States, and many of them elect to spend some time on the road before or after the festival once they’re on American soil…

Immolation @ Gramercy, 2013 (more by Greg Cristman) The Maryland Deathfest lineup for 2014 grows ever spookier. The fest’s organizers have taken advantage of Samhain to announce a whole string of new bands — no huge names in this round, but there are a bunch of notables, including Castevet (who just played an IO-sponsored record release show), Sweden’s Entrails and the hilarious Birdflesh, Germany’s Necros Christos, Japan’s Coffins, Canada’s Mitochondrion, Austrialia’s Whitehorse, plus local favorites Immolation, Incantation, and Mutilation Ri…

Fucked up death doom freaks Coffins have a mammoth new LP named The Fleshland out now and, in true Coffins fashion, the band already has another release on deck…

The year is 1985, and a pair of thrash bands named Slayer and Venom were preparing to head out on a US tour with a Finnish metal band named OzOz (written OZ) is a heavy metal band from Finland who formed in 1977 and split in 1991…

Ghoul at California Discord Fest (more by BBG) Ghoul, who are now on board for Chaos in Tejas 2012 and scheduled to play Saint Vitus in May (tickets), will hit the road for a string of dates with Gwar, Municipal Waste, and Legacy of Disorder that will include a stop at Starland Ballroom on 3/18…

DOWNLOAD: Coffins – “Black Fog of Burning Flesh” (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Coliseum – “Everything To Everyone” (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Suma – “Headwound” (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Dispirit – “Bitumen Amnii” (MP3 Excerpt) DOWNLOAD: Dispirit – “Ixtab’s Lure” (MP3 Excerpt) DOWNLOAD: Leng Tch’e – “Wirehead Imbeciles” (MP3 Excerpt) DOWNLOAD: Thou – tracks from Dwell in the Darkness of Thought and Drink the Poison of Life EP Split (rar) DOWNLOAD: Moloch – “Dry Cough” (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Ghast – “Crawl, Blighted and Afraid” (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Fistula – “The Ones That Got Away” (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Aun – “Drainbow” (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Thou – tracks from Tears That Soak A Callous Heart Split (rar) DOWNLOAD: Ramesses – “Khali Mist” (MP3) DOWNLOAD: The Endless Blockade – “Clean & Prone” (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Masakari – “XVI Rapid Dominance” (MP3) Thou at Scion Rock Fest (more by Christopher Mumma) The grotesquely prolific Thou is forever on the move, and in addition to their out-now Baton Rouge, You Have Much To Answer For EP and the upcoming studio LP Summit due in July on GIlead Media (CD) and Southern Lord (Vinyl), the band has a pair of splits on deck…

Japanese hardcore hits the US shores when Slang crash lands at Chaos In Tejas 2010. Luckily for the rest of us, these headcases will hit the road for a string of dates including NYC twice as part of the ongoing Hardcore Gig Volume series…

Sourvein at BV-BBG/Northside (more by Jason Walker) Sourvein has scheduled a new NYC show for 2/6 at The Charleston with Bezoar. The band is currently working on new material, and recently announced a new split 7″ with Japanese greats Coffins on Forcefield Records…

DOWNLOAD: Coalesce – “Questions To Root Out Fools” (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Brutal Truth – “Sugardaddy” (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Agoraphobic Nosebleed – “Agorapocalypse Now” (MP3) DOWNLOAD: General Surgery – “Restrained Remains” (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Lord Mantis – “Lord Mantis” DOWNLOAD: Mournful Congregation – The June Frost Medley (MP3) DOWNLOAD: The Atomic Bitchwax – “Revival” DOWNLOAD: Weekend Nachos – “Pain Over Acceptance” (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Weekend Nachos – “Shot In The Head” (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Ruins – “Suicidal Pulse” (MP3) Coalesce LIVE at Scion Rock Fest (photo by Mike White) Relapse is KILLIN’ IT in the 09 so far…

sunn o))) @ Knitting Factory (more by Damien Neva) Ya hear that rumble? Thats the sound of great records perched in the distance waiting to descend on 2009 (more on that later)…