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The Chasm have made superlative Metal of Death for almost two decades, yet they remain obscure. This isn’t for a lack of hard work. In this interview with Anthony Eastman at Metal Nightmare, guitarist/vocalist Daniel Corchado is down-to-earth and thorough. His answer to the last question: “If you don’t feel what you play, retire, motherfucker. […]

Above: metalheads in Mexico City last week. Note the Tsjuder shirt. My mother is telling me not to go outside. This is New York Fucking City. If everyone followed her advice, nothing would get done. Or perhaps everyone would be alive. WHO knows. Supposedly an industrial pig farm started all this. One level below pandemic, […]

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSwCRgDCH4w] Not new news, but this can’t not be seen – Mexican guitar duo Rodrigo y Gabriela have been turning heads with their nylon-string cover of Metallica’s “Orion.” Rodrigo’s flatpicking makes an interesting contrast with Gabriela’s percussive rasgueado technique. Evidently, the couple cut their teeth in metal bands in Mexico (they’ve also covered Metallica’s “One”) […]

I’ve been impressed by the recent output of Spain’s Xtreem Music, the imprint of Avulsed frontman Dave Rotten (the label recently signed Obscene Gesture, whose demo I reviewed here). Disgorge (not to be confused with Austrian, German, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish, and American bands of the same name) rolls out brutal, gore-oriented death/grind with an old-school […]