Metal Mixtape: Fenriz - Trapped Under Vice, Vol. I
Fenriz is the metal friend you wish you had. He’s funny, his band Darkthrone rules sometimes, and he makes great mixtapes. For Vice‘s website, he’s made a thrash mixtape called Trapped Under Vice, Vol. I. It is 79 minutes of banging, polka beaten filth, with Metallica and Slayer nowhere in sight (though some Slayer riffs...
Magrudergrind - Self-Titled
Magrudergrind kick faces on this Willowtip debut, their second full-length. The 16 tracks of abrasive grind is a big swallow. Executing grit with force, Magrudergrind don’t sound like pimpled youth as on 2007’s Rehashed. These aren’t the same kiddies smashing blastbeats and freakouts every 20 seconds. Substance reels this trio into a meatier core. Drums,...