Rotten Sound

“Seeing as Sonic Youth mash chords like few others, this cover of 'White Kross' just seemed to lift itself beyond the constraints of cover - or filler - song into a bit of a rumbling wall-of-sound epic,” Barney says.

The original lineup of Swedish death metal OGs Dismember, the one responsible for their classic and super influential 1991 debut Like an Ever Flowing Stream, have officially announced a reunion...

Veteran death metal outfit Darkest Hour are prepping a new, Kurt Ballou-produced album called Godless Prophets & The Migrant Flora, due out on March 10 via Southern Lord. In preparation for that release, they've announced a big, stacked tour...

Many of Friday’s big draws played on one of the two large Edison lot stages, with bass-heavy mixes meant to carry their sound over long distances while audiences watch in sweltering heat. It’s a tough stage to succeed on. But Horrendous did...

Check out the updated schedule for Maryland Deathfest (including some cancellations/replacements since we last spoke), plus a handful of upcoming NYC metal shows (some related to MDF, some not).

Finnish grinders Rotten Sound have a new LP called Abuse To Suffer on the way. They'll be touring Europe extensively with Primitive Man and Abigail Williams around that release, and they'll hit the US to play Maryland Deathfest in May...

As always, there's a ton of metal and hardcore stuff happening in the NYC area. Here's a roundup of some of the latest. As we get ready for the annual giant Decibel tour that this year features Abbath, High On Fire, Tribulation and Skeletonwitch, we recently found out that, following the sad departure of longtime Skeletonwitch frontman Chance Garnette, the new vocalist on this tour and beyond will be Adam Clemans of the great Wolvhammer...

Finnish grindcore monsters Rotten Sound have released a new song and are prepping a new album. The album is called Abuse to Suffer, and it hits on March 24 via Season of Mist...

Maryland Deathfest 2016 already announced two rounds of bands, and today they added a bunch more. Additions include Testament, Discharge, Repulsion, Paradise Lost, Ringworm, Severed Head of State (who also play NYC soon), Buzzov'en, World Burns to Death, Tragedy, Satan, DOOM, Crypt Sermon, Claudio Simonetti's Goblin, Horrendous, Infest, Nuclear Assault (who are supposedly breaking up soon), Weedeater...

Keijo of Rotten Sound, MDF 2012 (more by Fred Pessaro // BBG) On their way to dates at Maryland Deathfest and Chaos in Tejas, Rotten Sound will team with an amazing bill in NYC: Hellshock, Kromosom and Nomad to headline Acheron on May 22...