Authors: Bryer Wharton
Napalm Flesh – Local Spotlight: Ravings of a Madman
This week the blog features an interview with local metal group Ravings of a Madman. Read on for a review of their self-titled album and to find out when and where the band is playing this week and for some blog exclusive CD reviews. … read more
Napalm Flesh: Best Metal of 2010 You Might Not Have...
I’ve never been one for “best of” or year end highlight lists. The main reason is because I can rarely choose such a small amount of albums from the plethora of damn good metal released every year. Also, even though every metal publication or blog you read may claim to have their own original thoughts, many of the year-end lists I’ve seen mostly contain the same releases. I’m a pretty cynical guy about half the time, so this also serves as a spouting off point for myself to give a platform to some lesser promoted and lesser heard albums from 2010. … read more
Napalm Flesh: Acoustic Madness
Since the term heavy metal was first conceived, it’s always been a subjective genre of music. Purists of the genre will say it has to have a distorted guitar to be metal, but really it’s all in the eyes of the beholder. These four releases all have extremely dark qualities to them, which is something generally associated with metal. Enjoy the extended reviews of these four acoustic releases from Prophecy Productions—they’re all worthy of any music lover’s exploration. … read more
Napalm Flesh: Local Band Spotlight: Shadowseer
This week’s blog features a local band spotlight on Shadowseer, an exclusive CD review from Rise Above Record’s Swedish doom/stoner crew Ghost and some metal CD review goodies that didn’t make the print issue for January. … read more
Napalm Flesh: To Hell We Go! Hells Headbangers
The US based record label and distro known as Hells Headbangers is quickly becoming a bastion of underground metal. Last year Hells Headbangers released highly lucrative offerings from the mighty Profanatica, Denouncement Pyre, Drunken Bastards and Nocturnal Blood. The label kicked off the new year with four releases last week, three of which are reviewed exclusively here. … read more
Napalm Flesh: Business As Usual
This week’s blog features exclusive reviews of new albums from Ulcerate, Abysmal Dawn, Psycho and Tuck From Hell. Also featured is a rundown of this week’s metal happenings and a link to hear the latest from experimental/drone/doom favorites Earth. … read more
Napalm Flesh Label Spotlight: Transcendental Creations
This week’s blog contains a rundown of the metal concert happenings of the week, plus a spotlight of the record label Transcendental Creations with reviews of two albums released this week. Also included is a review of the new album from Austrian black/death band Belphegor. … read more
Napalm Flesh: Eluveite-Folk on!
This week’s blog is chock full of stuff, from an Eluveite concert review to a rundown of the weekend’s local metal happenings and a slew of CD reviews. Reviews include folk metal new releases from Falkenbach and Korpiklaani as well as new releases from Impiety, Infernal War/Kreigsmaschine, Misery and Neuraxis. … read more
Napalm Flesh: Local Band Spotlight – Moon of Delirium
This week’s blog features an interview with Alex Jorgenson of Salt Lake City’s relatively new Moon of Delirium, a rundown of shows happening this week, exclusive CD reviews from Necronoclast, Evoken/Beneath the Frozen Soil, Woebegone Obscured and Tankard. Also in the blog is a link to download a free EP from Season of Mist recording artist The Southern Cross. … read more
Napalm Flesh: Grimm Scary Tales – Interview with Macabre
This week’s blog features an interview with Corporate Death of Macabre, who released their new album Grimm Scary Tales last month. Get your old school serial killer, mass murder or just plain weirdo fetish on and check out the bands tales of notorious characters done in only the way Macabre can. Also check out the run down of upcoming shows and CD reviews of new albums from Lifelover and W.A.I.L. … read more