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Last month, Brighton played host to one of most festive metal fests around, Riffmass 2017. Terrorizer’s Jay Hampshire was there to document all the loud noises… November 25th is too early to put up your fucking Christmas decorations, don your not-so-ironic Christmas jumpers and start blaring out Cliff Richard. It’s not too early to throw on your battle jacket, throw up the horns and indulge in a…

More Bands Announced For Roadburn 2018 @roadburnfest @walterroadburn

After recently announcing that Converge‘s Jacob Bannon will be curating next year’s event, Roadburn Festival has just announced a whole host of new additions to the lineup, including this year’s artists in residence Earthless, Crowbar (performing ‘Odd Fellows Rest’ in full), The Ruins Of Beverast, Årabrot, Big Brave, Dawn Ray’d, Zola Jesus, Wiegedood, Yellow Eyes, Wrekmeister Harmonies and many…

Damnation 2017: Who To Watch @damnationfest

Damnation Festival is great, isn’t it? It’s kind of like the UK metal contingent’s equivalent of Christmas: it’s the end of the year, you get to let your hair down with a load of good friends and family you haven’t seen in ages, a heroic quantity of booze is consumed… The only difference is, instead of sitting round a tree and unwrapping pairs of novelty socks, you get to watch Sodom unleashing…

Watch Video Nasties’ New Video ‘Transvoltum’

Liverpool metal supergroup Video Nasties have just released their debut single ‘Transvoltum’, and you can see it here first, exclusively with Terrorizer… Featuring members of Iron Witch, Magpyes, SSS and The Bendal Interlude, Video Nasties are certainly more than the sum of their parts, marrying Stockholm style melodic death metal to thick, NOLA sludge in a refreshingly original manner. We caught…

Listen To Watchcries' New LP 'Wraith' In Full @watchcries_ @holyroarrecords

Brighton hardcore quartet Watchcries have just released their debut album ‘Wraith’, and Terrorizer is proud to be streaming it in full. Featuring former members of Torpor, Dopefight, War Wolf and Teef, Watchcries’ caustic blend of hardcore, sludge and grind made their incendiary self-titled EP one of our favourite demo releases of last year, and they’ve stepped things up again for this brutal…

Sikth, Carnifex, John Frum & More Confirmed For Complexity Fest @ComplexityFest @SikthOfficial @carnifex ‏

Dutch festival Complexity Fest has recently announced that Sikth, Carnifex, John Frum, Three Trapped Tigers, God Mother and Ulsect will be performing at the 2018 edition of the festival in February. Entering its third year as a festival, the Haarlem based event will be expanding to two days this time round, taking place from February 23rd to 24th. First phase weekend tickets are now on sale for €…

Listen To Slabdragger & Wren Covering Frank Zappa & Captain Beefheart @holyroarrecords

UK sludge acts Slabdragger and Wren have teamed up for a new split release, transforming Frank Zappa and Captain Beefheart classics into towering doom monoliths. It’s out this Friday, but you can hear the whole thing right here, right now… The split goes by the rather fantastic name ‘Mothers Of Beef And The Magic Of Invention’, and will be released on 12″ vinyl, CD and digital download, complete…

Cult Of Luna & Julie Christmas, Weedeater, Grave Pleasures & More Confirmed For Roadburn 2018 @roadburnfest

Cult Of Luna and Julie Christmas have confirmed they’ll be performing ‘Mariner’ for the final time at next year’s Roadburn, with artists like Grave Pleasures, Weedeater (performing all of ‘God Luck And Good Speed’), Greenmachine, Årabrot, Hell, Mizmor, Wrekmeister Harmonies, Sannhet and Uniform joining them too. Artistic Director, Walter Hoeijmakers commented: “We’re thrilled to bring you this…

Writing this in July, it’s safe to say most of the writing team this month are suffering post-Roadburn blues. It happens every year without a shadow of a doubt. If you want to read up on all the fun you either witnessed yourselves or sadly missed out on, for whatever reason, please turn to the live section of the magazine and bathe in some of the highlights of this year’s event.

We also have some killer features in this issue, and as always, it’s a battle to feature every band Team Terrorizer loves. The good news is, what’s inside is a broad spectrum of bands who have long-established relationships with the magazine and with you guys too. Dying Fetus grace the cover, which we are very honoured about, and elsewhere there’s some killer interviews with Oxbow, who have returned after a decade; horror rocker Wednesday 13, Schammasch talk about their new opus, VoiVod get nostalgic with us and Vallenfyre have frankly blown the roof down at Tezza Towers with their album of the year contender. So what are you waiting for – stop reading my notes and get to the real action!

See you next month!

Adios

Darren Sadler

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Dawn Ray’d: “To be anti-fascist and to be into metal go hand in hand”

Photo: Rob Adamson With their unique, evocative take on the genre’s tropes and outspoken anti-fascist stance, Dawn Ray’d are arguably the most refreshing and important black metal band around today. Following their sterling debut EP ‘A Thorn, A Blight’, the Liverpudlian trio have just released one of our favourite albums of the year in ‘The Unlawful Assembly’, combining the atmospherics of Wolves…

Converge, Bell Witch, Panopticon & More Confirmed For Roadburn 2018 @roadburnfest @Convergecult @BellWitchdoom

Roadburn Festival has just announced that Converge‘s Jacob Bannon will be curating next year’s event. The band will also perform two special sets (including ‘You Fail Me’ in full) alongside acts like Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Bell Witch, Panopticon, Warduna/Enslaved collaboration Hugsjá, Ex Eye, The Heads, Igorrr and Aerial Ruin. Artistic director Walter Hoeijmakers had this to say about the…

Listen To Drore’s New EP ‘Tape Two: Life Regrets’ In Full

Noisy Oxford quartet Drore (featuring members of Undersmile and Crippled Black Phoenix) release their new EP ‘Tape Two: Life Regrets’ this Friday, but you can listen to the whole thing right here, right now, exclusively with Terrorizer… Far removed from both Crippled Black Phoenix’s proggy soundscapes and Undersmile’s slo-mo elegance, Drore’s sound is filthy, immediate and punk as fuck. “I think…

Crypt Rot: “I savagely attacked a filet mignon with my bare hands” @TwatterLord

(Photo: Ed Battes) Crypt Rot provide an incredibly fresh take on old-school death metal, infusing it with a righteously punky energy and vibrant, almost proggy feel in places. Though they may have been born out of Ohio’s punk scene, (and count three former Homewrecker members amongst their ranks, including vocalist/guitarist Ryan Spositois), they’ve some choice words for modern ‘tough guy’…

Crypt Rot: “I savagely attacked a filet mignon with my bare hands” @TwatterLord

(Photo: Ed Battes) Crypt Rot provide an incredibly fresh take on old-school death metal, infusing it with a righteously punky energy and vibrant, almost proggy feel in places. Though they may have been born out of Ohio’s punk scene, (and count three former Homewrecker members amongst their ranks, including vocalist/guitarist Ryan Spositois), they’ve some choice words for modern ‘tough guy’…

Archspire release new track ‘Remote Tumour Seeker’

Tech death metallers Archspire have released the track ‘Remote Tumour Seeker’ taken from the band’s new album ‘Relentless Mutation’, which will be out on 22 September on Season of Mist. You can buy a copy of ‘Relentless Mutation’ here. The band commented: “We are proud to release ‘Remote Tumour Seeker,’ a track from our upcoming album ‘Relentless Mutation.’ Neo-classical sections overtop fast…

Listen to new track ‘haben sie angst’ from Grant the Sun

This new track ‘haben sie angst’ from Grant the Sun is taken from the project’s eponymous EP released 11 August on Mas-Kina Recordings. You can buy a copy of ‘Grant The Sun’ here. Featuring members of Insense and Beaten To Death, Grant The Sun is a brand new trio from Norway playing an instrumental metal sound influenced by names such as Devin Townsend, Extol and Meshuggah. The band began when…

Vulture Industries Release Live Video for New Track ‘Strangers’

Vulture Industries have released a live video for the track ‘Strangers’ which itself is taken from the forthcoming new Vulture Industries album, ‘Stranger Times’, which will be out on 22 September on Season of Mist. You can buy a copy of ‘Stranger Times’ here. Speaking about the track ‘Strangers’, the band released the following statement: “The song ‘Strangers’ defined the sound for our new…