Obliteration

Maryland Deathfest 2019 happens Memorial Day Weekend in Baltimore with Voivod, Anaal Nathrakh, Primitive Man, Spectral Voice, Borknagar, Unleashed and more.

Our metal sister site Invisible Oranges ran down the best albums of the year. Plus, see new lists from Thou, Outer Heaven, Evoken, The Obsessed, Khemmis, CHRCH, and other metal bands.

The Mountain Goats' leader's unique year-end list includes Janelle Monae, Royce Da 5'9", Kamaal Williams, Sons of Kemet, and lots of metal.

Tormentor, the Hungarian black metal band that Attila Csihar fronted before going on to become the vocalist on Mayhem's classic De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas and make albums with Sunn O))) and tons of other projects, are back and just announced their first US reunion show...

Listen to new songs by Yaeji, Westerman, UMO, Matthew Dear remixing MGMT, Mono, Gouge Away, Horrendous, and more.

There's still a few more bands TBA too.

Maryland Deathfest 2019 has once again added more bands to its lineup...

New additions include exclusive US appearances by Messiah, Naglfar, Disharmonic Orchestra, Rippikoulu, and Obliteration, plus one of only two US shows from Cryptic Slaughter.

Absu, Slagmaur, Aluk Todolo, Blood Incantation, Obliteration, Insect Ark, Young and in the Way, Lycus, Spectral Voice and more are playing.

and Zach Pollack

Kurt Vile in Austin in 2013 (more by Glen Brown)

South by Southwest. Maybe you've heard of it. Anyway, it starts in about a week, turning Austin, TX into one giant cacophonous concert where you can't swing a free canvas tote bag full of complimentary energy drinks …