One band that has changed the sound of the underground is ALTARAGE. Now watch their outstanding live performance at this year’s SWR.     Live in Barcelona at Catalonia Extreme Winter III 2018. Photo by Irene Serrano    

Sentient Ruin Laboratories stands as one of the most eclectic independent metal/extreme music labels as well as one of the most consistent roster of releases. Glancing at their discography is basically a culling of the last few years’ standout releases: Vastum’s Hole Below, Altarage’s Nihl, Necrot’s Blood Offerings, and Hell’s

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

The world is a fucked up place right now, and we all know it! Which is why I need bands like ALTARAGE in my life as a soundtrack for all of the fucked up shit I see around me. There soon to be released LP Endinghent is a storm of

TEN – TEMPLE NIGHTSIDE The Hecatomb The Hecatomb sounds a bit like early Encoffination with occasional tremolo riffs scattered about. Dark, eerie, and obscure, The Hecatomb is clearly Temple Nightside’s magnum opus, and mainstream fans will expectedly scratch their heads at a listen to this record, because clearly, obscure ritual blackened

Photos: Pedro Roque One of these days, CVLT Nation is going to get our envious asses over to Porto in Portugal so that we can witness one of Europe’s finest underground music, art and culture festivals, AMPLIFEST! Once again, the Amplifest crew killed it this year, and we had Pedro