Triptykon

Triptykon's set was one of the most highly-anticipated of the entire fest. Would Tom G. be able to pull it off? As the curtains lifted and the first few notes were struck, my fears were immediately laid to rest...

It's been a long few days for Kim Kelly, who is currently gallavanting around Europe with Mike Scheidt and YOB, but the metal maven filed the below Roadburn report to tie up the rest of her time at the 2010 edition of the epic festival that took place during an equally historic time...

DOWNLOAD: The Howling Wind - "Teeth of Frost" (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Palace of Worms - "Rite of Blood" (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Unholy Grave - "Little Bastards" (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Coffinworm - "Start Saving For Your Funeral" (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Darkthrone - "Eyes Burst At Dawn" (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Wolvhammer - Dawn Of The 4th (Zipped MP3, Mediafire) DOWNLOAD: Panopticon - "Beginning Of The End" featuring Rob "The Baron" Miller (MP3 Snippet) DOWNLOAD: From Ashes Rise - "All In Due Time" (Live) (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Alcest - "Percées De Lumière" (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Wormrot - "Indonesia" (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Jucifer - "Rifles" (MP3) Ryan of The Howling Wind w/ Unearthly Trance (more by Samantha Marble) Ryan Lipynsky probably best known for his role as doom-destroyer in Unearthly Trance, but he's been around the block with projects as varying as Motive, Pollution, Thralldom and The Howling Wind, who will release their latest LP Into The Cryosphere via Profound Lore in April...

Rwake (more here) How do you improve on Shrinebuilder in the flesh? Rwake and Liturgy have been added as support at the upcoming Shrinebuilder show at Le Poisson Rouge on 11/15...

My favorite of the two Oceans, the one missing a definite article in front of their name (Ocean of Maine), will be the next heavy band to headline Show No Mercy at Public Assembly (Feb 15th)...

Cursed are through. From their blog:"Yeah, you heard.... We got robbed at the very end of tour in a totally unreal, extremely sketchy series of events that still makes no sense at all, only leads to paranoia, anger and a total loss of faith...