Rebel Extravaganza

Heavy Metal And Other Occasional Musics And Cultures

Album Reviews

Album Review: Beast Of Revelation – The Ancient Ritual Of Death

There’s some high-powered veteran offense on display in BEAST OF REVELATION. Vocals and bass are delivered by no less than John McEntee of INCANTATION and FUNERUS fame, a man who’s had his gnarly finger on the pulse of rotten death metal for about three decades now. That’s a major component right there. Adding drumbeats to the BEAST is Bob Bagchus once of ASPHYX, now a part of INFIDEL REICH, HELLEHOND and more…another solid veteran. The agonizing guitars come from A.J. Drenth from the bands TEMPLE and THRONE. I’m not too familiar with them, but I’m guessing they don’t play pop […]

Music News

BLOOD AND SUN reveal first track from new NORDVIS album

Today, dark folk maverick BLOOD AND SUN reveal the new track ‘Dusk Century’. The track is the first to be revealed from the band’s highly anticipated second album, Love & Ashes, set for international release on February 28th via Nordvis Produktion. Hear BLOOD AND SUN’s ‘Dusk Century’ across all digital platforms HERE. With might and heart, BLOOD AND SUN return. With resonant eloquence, Luke Tromiczak and friends plant a new seed into the murky soil of dark folk, birthing the heartfelt new album Love & Ashes. Nine fresh songs lit a beacon of inspiration and knowledge into the desolate nights […]

Music News

Gates Of Hell Records to Release 7″ Vinyl Version of ORPHAN DEVIL’s Victims Of The Night/Drifting Away EP on February 21

Gates Of Hell Records will release the two-song EP Victims Of The Night/Drifting Away from upstart Finnish Metallers ORPHAN DEVIL on 7″ vinyl format on February 21. The EP showcases a deft blend of classic metal with a dose of speed. Formed in 2016, ORPHAN DEVIL is prepared to emerge from the Finnish metal underground with a pair of songs that showcase their unique influences and stellar songwriting. The self-released digital version released is available to stream HERE Named after a 1982 single from the obscure Swedish band Shakespeare, ORPHAN DEVIL was formed in 2016 by a group of old […]

Album Reviews

Album Review: Annihilator – Ballistic, Sadistic

When a band hits something like their seventeenth album, I feel like too much time can be spent comparing it to their older material while not focusing on what is being currently presented. So, I decided to challenge myself and handle this album as a standalone experience as possible. Without further ado, here are my thoughts on ANNIHILATOR’s Ballistic, Sadistic. Jeff Waters really knows how to crank one out in many ways, whether it be quips, riffs, solos, or innuendos (I’m looking at you ‘Lip Service”). This album has so much of that fun, tongue-in-cheek thrash metal attitude that makes […]

Music News

DOOM SLAYERS YATRA TO RELEASE NEW ALBUM, BLOOD OF THE NIGHT, ON JAN 31ST

Maryland’s monolithic purveyors of doom YATRA will release their second album, Blood Of The Night, on January 31st with STB Records. Today, the trio has debuted the record’s first new song titled ‘Blood Will Flow’. Pre-orders for the album start Friday. STREAM ‘BLOOD OF THE NIGHT’ HERE “We are extremely proud of the content on Blood Of The Night! We got to play most of these songs for an entire three-week US tour right before going in the studio to record them, which gave us time to really feel out all of the songs which lead to us really finding […]

Album Reviews

Album Review: T.O.M.B. – Thin The Veil

T.O.M.B., aka Total Occultic Mechanical Blasphemy, adds to their expansive discography with their sixth full-length release, Thin The Veil. They are labeled as avant-garde black metal that includes a mix of styles including noise, industrial and doom. This album oozes atmosphere like blood from a freshly opened wound, and it cements T.O.M.B. even more as a top innovator in modern day black metal. The album rips open with ‘No Return’. It is really a wall of sound that grabs your attention, but it is very much a very straightforward black metal track. The only notable thing for that track is […]

Music News

Behemoth release official video for ‘Rom 5:8’

Having released their most gripping album to date, I Loved You At Your Darkest, BEHEMOTH return once again to spread the word of the unholy. On January 24th, the band releases the I Loved You At Your Darkest Tour Edition – an obsidian gem in their discography, including the original track-listing with brand new, alternate artwork by Nicola Samori; plus, an exclusive BBC Radio 1 session and unreleased documentary, Thou Darkest Art, taken from the band’s career affirming art gallery exhibition in London last year. Pre-order the I Loved You At Your Darkest Tour Edition HERE Today, the band has […]

Music News

MATT HECKLER: Appalachian Folk Soloist Begins Winter US Tour This Week; After The Flood LP Out Now On Anti-Corporate Music

Following a rigorous 2019 touring schedule, Carolina Appalachian folk soloist MATT HECKLER embarks on his first tour of the year this week. MATT HECKLER continues to tour in support of his latest LP, After The Flood, which saw release last year through Anti-Corporate Music in conjunction with tour dates supporting labelmates Lost Dog Street Band. The new tour sees MATT HECKLER supporting Santa Cruz bluegrass/country outfit Devil Makes Three. Beginning this Thursday, January 16th, the tour will run the Eastern US Coast from New England into the Southwest with eighteen performances through February 8th. See all currently confirmed performances below […]

Music News

Maine’s Eave sign with Bindrune Recordings

Thank you one and all for sticking with us as we now enter the label’s 20th year of existence!!! We are swinging into the new year ready to introduce to you even more passionate woodland purveyors of the metal craft! Having said that, we are pleased to announce the signing of Maine’s excellent quartet, EAVE! Once we heard the bands impending full-length release, Phantoms Made Permanent, EAVE’s atmosphere and powerful sculpting of melody meets harsh sonic connection with the Earth, captivated us. We think this band will also find their way into your appreciation as well. Phantoms made Permanent will […]

Music News

BLOOD SPORE set release date for BLOOD HARVEST debut EP, reveal first track

Blood Harvest Records sets February 28th, 2020 as the international release date for BLOOD SPORE’s striking debut EP, Fungal Warfare Upon All Life, on CD, 12″ vinyl, and cassette tape formats. BLOOD SPORE are a four-piece extreme metal act that spawned in Philadelphia in the human year 2018. The band came together under the unifying vision of the ancient, immortal, conscious fungal mass that is hellbent on consuming and repurposing all life that roosts upon the Earth. With almost preternatural ease, BLOOD SPORE combine pummeling death metal with somatic doom, chaotic black metal, and malevolently more to create a highly […]

Older Posts