Localized – June 2011

Localized – June 2011
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On Friday, June 10, come out to The Urban Lounge to give your aural senses a swift thrashing on all accounts. Prep your ears for the blackened atmospherics of Moon of Delirium and the rolling, uncontainable stomp of IX Zealot. The auditory assault launches at 10 p.m. with Beyond This Flesh, and $5 gets you in on the action. … read more

Localized 8

Localized 8
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On Friday, June 10, come out to The Urban Lounge to give your aural senses a swift thrashing on all accounts. Prep your ears for the blackened atmospherics of Moon of Delirium and the rolling, uncontainable stomp of IX Zealot. The auditory assault launches at 10 p.m. with Beyond This Flesh, and $5 gets you

Dead But Dreaming: Winterus Interview

Dead But Dreaming: Winterus Interview
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As summer descends upon us, dear star-spawns, I bring you chilly tales from the great white north: an interview with vocalist Christopher Erich Neu of black metal band Winterus, hailing from Kalamazoo! I  also have some web-exclusive reviews, and a rundown of this week’s metal events. … read more

Napalm Flesh: Dornenreich – Interview with Eviga

Napalm Flesh: Dornenreich – Interview with Eviga
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This week we have an interview with Eviga, who handles the bass, vocal and guitar duties for Austria’s all killer-no-filler Dornenreich. We also have a rundown of this week’s metal shows, links to new music from Boris, Enslaved and more, and a few blog exclusive reviews. If you read all the way to the end you get a special surprise of awfulness! … read more

Dead But Dreaming – Local Artist Spotlight: Arsenic Addiction

Dead But Dreaming – Local Artist Spotlight: Arsenic Addiction
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Cthulhu fhtagn, beautiful star-spawns! Dead But Dreaming is glad to have you on this rainy spring day as we have a spot of tea (and brutality) with local spotlight artists Arsenic Addiction! And as always I’ve got some a rundown of this week’s metal events and some web-exclusive reviews for you, this week from Arsonists Get All the Girls, Forgotten Tombs, Gates of Slumber, Jesuit, Polkadot Cadaver and Zombi. … read more

This Will Destroy You – Extended Interview

This Will Destroy You – Extended Interview
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Perhaps it’s blasphemy, but Texas-based This Will Destroy You are what I imagine god would sound like if he were real and in an instrumental rock quartet. Their name may be just as pretentious as that statement, but once you hear any of the powerful tracks off their upcoming album Tunnel Blanket, to be released May 10 on Suicide Squeeze, it’s clear This Will Destroy You are not feigning ambition. Read on for an extended version of the interview with drummer Alex Bhore running the May 2011 issue of SLUG. … read more

Napalm Flesh – Local Artist Spotlight: Sonic Prophecy

Napalm Flesh – Local Artist Spotlight: Sonic Prophecy
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It’s maximum metal Wednesday today! this week’s blog features an interview with Utah metal crew Sonic Prophecy along with the usual lowdown of concerts for the week. Add on top of that a massive breakdown of album reviews from Satan’s Host, While Heaven Wept, Argus, Before the Dawn, Hrizg, Leave’s Eyes, Midnattsol, Samael, Shakra, Suidakra, Twisted Tower Dire, and Voodoo Circle, offering the first glimpse of future Napalm Flesh and Dead But Dreaming blogs to feature reviews of all the metal you can handle! … read more

The Dwarves: Back at It… and Still the Best

The Dwarves: Back at It… and Still the Best
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Anyone who has ever been a fan of The Dwarves knows that they are true originals. The band’s two staple members, guitarist HeWhoCannotBeNamed and lead singer Blag Dahlia, are anomalies all their own. Somehow, this highly explosive punk rock outfit has lasted for 25 years, and to mark that occasion, they have released their twelfth full-length record Born Again. I had a chat with Blag about where the band is now and what they want out of the future. … read more

This Will Destroy You

This Will Destroy You
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Perhaps it’s blasphemy, but Texas-based This Will Destroy You are what I imagine god would sound like if he were real and in an instrumental rock quartet. Their name may be just as pretentious as that statement, but once you hear any of the powerful tracks off their upcoming album Tunnel Blanket, to be released May 10 on Suicide Squeeze, it’s clear This Will Destroy You are not feigning ambition. … read more

Sympathy for the Recording Industry: Midnight Records

Sympathy for the Recording Industry: Midnight Records
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Founded in 2008 and located in the back of the Utah Arts Alliance on 127 S. Main Street, Midnight Records has beaten the odds by flourishing and growing in this incredibly volatile time of transition in the music industry. Midnight charges a flat, $75 rate per song, which includes mixing, mastering and a CD, or a $45 hourly rate, which includes mastering. The flat-rate pricing allows a more relaxed and interactive recording environment. … read more