I fucking love the Bay Area. There is a truly amazing amount of artists that live out here. For the music that I am interested in the most, this area is the best in the world. There is some great scenes scattered around the globe, but within this particular area

TEN – CONTAMINATED Final Man From the moment you press play on Final Man, this band will drag your eardrums down into a HUGE pit of filth and choke you with riffs covered in uncut sickness!!! Something about the way they play their brand of Death Metal, you can almost hear

What’s up ACEPHALIX! How are you brothers feeling? Kyle: Like there is a cold cavernous depth inside surrounded by an expansive warm sense of being. Dan: Like an animal. Let’s get right to it – why did you have to break up in the first place? Kyle: We did not “break

Melting Across America Tour was an offering of two of the best Underground Death Metal bands in the world presented by Signature Riff and Dark Descent Records, pairing Undergang from Copenhagen(((Denmark))) alongside Spectral Voice from Denver(((Colorado))). This month long hellride through America wrapped up in the Bay Area, strategically planned so that the

My initial exposure to San Francisco’s old school death metal overlords NECROT was, fittingly, the most old school introduction possible. Flicking through the cassette sale bin at the record store near my house, I stumbled across a gruesome looking tape with an impaled, armored skeleton on the cover and some

Unholy triple fucks – it all went down in Oaktown on March 12th for the ATRAMENT record release show for their new LP Eternal Downfall. Rounding off the bill was the headliner ACEPHALIX along with DEATHGRAVE, and the word on the street is that chairs were flying – some band members