Mike Smith's rap album
Did you know that Suffocation drummer Mike Smith made a rap album? Neither did I until recently. As “Grimm Real,” Smith made Demise of the Clone in 1999, when he was out of Suffocation. Here’s an excerpt from an interview from several years ago. I’m a lyricist so I had a lot of time on...
Batillus + Salome + Hull = heavy
Flyer by Atsuhiro Saisho Tonight Batillus begin an Eastern/Midwest US tour alongside Salome and Hull. (See dates below.) I first wrote about them here. Now they have a new track, “The Division,” that really excites me. It features the addition of vocalist/keyboardist Fade Kainer, with black metal influences coming to the fore. Distant caveman vocals!...