August 20, 2009

Pay what you want

Bindrune Recordings is now offering downloads on a “pay what you want” basis. The label, which is affiliated with the Worm Gear zine/distro and Crionic Mind label, favors doom and black metal with a deep, ritualistic bent. I tested out its downloads store by buying Celestiial’s Desolate North. (Thanks to Dave of Metal Flows in...

Sign them already: Stonecutters

Here’s another band that strangely remains unsigned: Stonecutters. They’re sludgy yet technical, like early versions of Kylesa, Baroness, and Mastodon. But Stonecutters are thrashier and more shredtastic. The Louisville, KY band includes guitarist/vocalist Brian Omer, who was in a ’90s hardcore band on Century Media called My Own Victim. Christhammer Their second full-length, Christhammer, is...