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Dave Witte lists his 10 favorite crossover thrash albums

The great metal/punk drummer Dave Witte (Municipal Waste, Discordance Axis, Burnt by the Sun, and many others) has made a list of his favorite crossover thrash albums, including Ludichrist, Nuclear Assault, D.R.I., and more…

stream Iron Reagan's "The Devastation" from new EP on Pop Wig

Iron Reagan are also playing LA’s Show Your Scars Fest in January with Cryptic Slaughter and more.

Maryland Deathfest announces venue details, tons more bands

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…