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NEST To Join Goblin Legacy On US Fall Tour This November; Tickets On Sale Now

St. Louis metal trio NEST, spearheaded by Scour and Agoraphobic Nosebleed bassist John Jarvis, will join Goblin Legacy for a special two-week run of live dates this November. Goblin Legacy is an Italian progressive rock band renowned for their haunting and atmospheric film scores, particularly in the horror genre. Formed in the early 1970s, they gained international acclaim through collaborations with director Dario Argento, scoring cult classics like Profondo Rosso (1975) and Suspiria (1977). Their eerie, synth-heavy compositions became synonymous with Italian cinema and influenced horror soundtracks for decades. Known for their feral intensity and genre-defying heaviness, NEST is dragging […]

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Album Review: King Parrot – A Young Person’s Guide To King Parrot

The PARROT squawks again! I thought this bird had almost ceased to exist (there’s a comedy sketch in here somewhere!) but it’s just too mean to die! Not only that, but A Young Person’s Guide To King Parrot shows that they are angrier, louder and more vitriolic than ever. If there was ever such a thing as a bird that could get rabies, KING PARROT would be that bird! The band has always been manic and violent, but this new one pushes them further than ever. I would still call them grindcore, but there’s no band that sounds quite like […]

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KING PARROT To Release Limited Edition Holed Up In The Lair EP Next Month

Stream / Share KING PARROT’s ‘Banished, Flawed Then Docile’ HERE Australian grind legion KING PARROT is back with a blistering four-track EP of their signature brand of uncompromising thrashy, punked out grindcore chaos. Entitled Holed Up In The Lair, the EP was recorded during some time off between tours, and the intention was simple: “Four days, four tracks, write em’, record em’, and be done with it.” This was the result. With engineer Steve “Big Fella” Berrigan at the helm, Holed Up In The Lair came to life at Nodferatu’s Lair in Louisiana in late 2017. After recently remixing and […]