Debemur Morti: Take Five
If you know black metal, you probably know Debemur Morti. The French label, along with its distro Eitrin Editions, has been a bastion of quality, with bands including Horna, Archgoat, Spektr, and Old Wainds. It also handles European distribution for many Moribund releases. Debemur Morti recently put out five records which amount to an embarrassment...
The Red Chord - Fed Through the Teeth Machine
Mixing genres has been a metal mainstay since the beginning, whether it’s thrash combining NWOBHM and punk or death ‘n’ roll matching groove with guttural growls. As of late, cross-genre pollination has produced some horrid stuff — “crunkcore” still makes me shudder — but luckily The Red Chord have returned with their special brand of...