Ringworm's Metallic Hardcore Burns Eternal on "Seeing Through Fire" (Interview)
There’s no homework necessary to prepare for Ringworm’s recently released Seeing Through Fire. If you’re at all familiar with them across their 30-year history then you know their metallic hardcore is more riffs than breakdown, equal parts thrash and grindcore, and purely vitriolic. The group’s evergreen quality is in part due to their stubbornness and...
Nixil Pursue Gnosis and Curse Fascists on "From the Wound Spilled Forth Fire" (Interview)
As any fan knows, black metal’s exploration of evil sometimes coincides with toxic politics. Bands interested in the occult all too often reveal themselves to also be interested in retrogressive ideas or outright chauvinism—it can be a tiring process to separate the corpse-painted wheat from the chaff. Enter Nixil. Working with weapons from the trve...