Text and Photos from Charles Nickles aka @kidswinging After you’ve found yourself peaking on some seriously speedy gel tabs at dawn, getting a handjob from an eight-eyed, Double-D’ed beast of a bad idea who keeps calling you “faggot” for going limp in her murderous grasp while your mother putters about the

Another year of desert debauchery is upon us! Heshers, rave dorks, art school dropouts and punx will make their pilgrimage to Tucson, Arizona for another instalment of HOCO Fest. Like any fest with mixed bill mania, it can be hard to narrow down what bands you want to see in

I am so excited to brave the sweltering Arizona heat at the end of this month for HOCO Fest 2019! This is a beautifully curated fest put on by the oldest hotel in Tucson, Hotel Congress, which is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year. CVLT Nation is very honored to

DEAF KIDS have been one of our favorite bands since we heard 6 Heretic Anthems For The Deaf for the first time. Flash forward to 2019, and they have released METAPROGRAMAÇÃO which is out now via Neurot Recordings – it’s one of our top picks of the decade! DEAF KIDS and

In recent years there has been a number of bands trying to redefine the boundaries of extreme music. Death metal acts will usually dive more into the orthodoxy of the genre, while hardcore acts usually travel back to the genre’s origin point to find its core aggressive attributes. But then

Heavy music comes in many different forms, and it can be more challenging then any other form of music. Case in point is Brazil’s Jesus Cremoso whose musical compositions have more creative courage than an Evel Knievel stunt. His music is complex and changes sonic shapes within seconds. Every time you listen