Total Fucking Destruction

Vektor at Saint Vitus, Aug 2012 (more by Fred Pessaro // BBG) Always something up their sleeve, Saint Vitus has rolled out another set of bangers for the new year...

DTV (Direct to Video) packaging for the novel and the disc Soundtracks were all the rage in the 90s. Many of them left much to be desired, but a select few left an indelible mark on my young mind...

DOWNLOAD: Abbadon Incarnate - "Cthonic Sacrifice" (MP3) Brutal Truth at Brooklyn Masonic Temple (more by Justina Villanueva) The previously discussed Phobia show at The Charleston on March 10th just got a little more interesting with the addition of Total Fucking Destruction, aka the Richard Hoak of Brutal Truth project...

Torche at Beerland during SXSW (more here) After their recent van robbery in Chicago, Hydra Head Records said that, "Torche is already sorting out potential DIY gigs in the states...

The oh-so-Brutal Truth Pummeling, fist-pumping, extreme grindcore was the order of the day at Europa in Brooklyn on Sunday (5/17). It was day two of the Auditory Assault Festival, and the godfathers of modern grind, Brutal Truth, met up with the mighty Misery Index, Rotten Sound (who released one of my fave records of 2008), Crowpath (them too), Total Fucking Destruction (with Richard Hoak of BT), Pigsty, Jig-ai, Sulaco, and others...

Brutal Truth @ Maryland Deathfest 2007 Maryland Deathfest's belligerent younger sibling, Auditory Assault Fest, takes place THIS WEEKEND in Brooklyn on May 16th and 17th At Europa...

Swede badasses GADGET in 2007. I definitely have been going on and on and on about the awesome Maryland Deathfest, and while my stoke-ability level is still tres tres high, we now have have something closer to home to look forward to from the very same team behind MDF...

DOWNLOAD: Vitamin X - "Deal With It" w/ John Brannon of Negative Approach (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Vitamin X - "You Suck" (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Hooded Menace - "Grasp Of The Beastwoman" (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Mammoth Grinder - "God is Stuck in a Black Hole" (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Saros - "Reversion" (MP3) Cattle Decapitation live @ Gilman, photo have announced dates in support of their new record, The Harvest Floor due on 1/20/09...

DOWNLOAD: Bloodbath - "Slaughter The Will To Live" (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Samothrace - "Slaughter The Will To Live" (MP3) DOWNLOAD: North - "Eidolon" (MP3) Attila Csihar of Mayhem, The Winterdemon (metalnorge) Highly influential black metallers Mayhem have announced that they will tour the US in spring of 2009...

The Arcade Fire's sophomore album heads a strong music release week in the US, followed closely by US releases of the solo albumsfrontman Gruff Rhys and guitarist Albert Hammond Jr...