Water Torture

Mobb Deep added to Maryland Deathfest (seriously), playing other shows too (including NYC this Sunday)

Maryland Deathfest is less than a month away (May 21-24), and the lineup was already stacked with Neurosis, Napalm Death, Yob, Triptykon, Primordial, Inter Arma, Tombs, D…

Water Torture playing shows before MDF (one with Full of Hell and The Body)

Buffalo, NY’s two bassist, one drummer powerviolence trio Water Torture are on this year’s Maryland Deathfest (browse the schedule), but ahead of that, they’ll play NYC…

Portal playing NYC w/ Impetuous Ritual after Maryland Death Fest, which added Gnaw Their Tongues & Blood Red Throne

Australian death metallers Portal are coming over to the US for Maryland Deathfest in May, and not long after that they’ll play an MDF-presented NYC show on May 27 at Saint Vitus with MDF-mates and related band Impetuous Ritual, plus Negative…

Maryland Deathfest adds a few more bands

Tombs at Saint Vitus in July (more by Greg Cristman) Maryland Deathfest is getting a little more New Yawk with the late addition of NY old-school death metal band Suffocation and Skinless and Brooklyn’s own post-metal greats Tombs…

Water Torture released 'Pillbox,' playing shows w/ Punch and more (dates & LP stream)

Rapid-fire blasts. Sustained, grinding crawls that shake the floor thanks to the two bass set-up. Wild gales of feedback and lashes of noise…

Punch ready new LP, touring, playing NYC w/ Curmudgeon and Water Torture (who have a new LP too) (dates, stream)

California fastcore outfit Punch will be heading out on the road in September to support their new album, They Don’t Have to Believe. The “mini-tour” swings in to places such as Boston, Chicago, and San Francisco…

Maryland Deathfest 2015 adds more bands (Napalm Death, Anaal Nathrakh, Sodom, Martyrdod, Mother Brain, more)

Napalm Death at Hardcore Activity In Progress (more by Greg Cristman) Maryland Deathfest 2015 recently announced its initial lineup, and now more bands have been added, including Sodom, Demlich, Napalm Death, Anaal Nathrakh, Primordial, Martyrdod…

Don Giovanni bands list favorite LPs of 2013 (California X, Screaming Females, Priests, Tenement, Worriers & more)

Screaming Females at Bowery Ballroom in September (more by Amanda Hatfield) We’ve been asking around for artists to tell us their favorite albums of 2013, and the people at NJ punk/indie rock label Don Giovanni Records sent over some lists from a few of their artists…

Evillive (Unearthly Trance, Noisear, Horseback, Slices & more)

DOWNLOAD:Noisear – “Endless Reincarnation” (MP3) Unearthly Trance at Saint Vitus (more by Greg Cristman) Unearthly Trance shows are few and far between nowadays, but the band will awaken from their live slumber to play Acheron on March 1st as part of a bill that includes The Communion, Water Torture, and Syphilitic Lust…