Reviews, Interviews, and Podcasts celebrating the best Extreme Metal music

  • Harsh Vocals – An Interview With Christian Larson of Hell’s Heroes & Necrofier

    Harsh Vocals – An Interview With Christian Larson of Hell’s Heroes & Necrofier

    On this special episode, we had the opportunity to interview Christian Larson – The man behind Hell’s Heroes music festival in Houston Texas, as well as the guitarist/vocalist for black metal band – Necrofier! We talk about everything that goes into making a festival like this work, how he plans the lineup, some of the…

  • Black Metal 2024

    Black Metal 2024

          The past year was quite honestly a problem. So many albums came out every week that were just flat out GOOD. I’m someone who will bail on something if it doesn’t keep my attention and while I did plenty of that this year I still managed to listen to probably around 350 BM Demo’s,…

  • OPEN KASKET – “Trials of Failure” Review

    OPEN KASKET – “Trials of Failure” Review

    Ever hear a band and know exactly what they are going to be like to see live? That happened to me with Open Kasket. They’re the ones you’ll be sorry you missed the opportunity to see perform. While this group hailing from Arkansas, USA, Is a “new to me” band, I believe they might be…

  • Lacuna Coil – “Sleepless Empire” Review

    Lacuna Coil – “Sleepless Empire” Review

    LACUNA COIL- Sleepless Empire Review “Run.” Myself and this band took different paths long ago. I’ve got a great “Once Upon a Time” story that I’ll save for another article. My golden days with this band start way back when they were fresh faces on the Ozzfest tours and Metalcore scene. They had a unique…

  • Saor – “Amidst the Ruins” Review

    Saor – “Amidst the Ruins” Review

    Five tracks. That is all you need to fall in love with the beauty of Saor. The Scottish project’s sixth album, Amidst the Ruins, will have you hooked from the very first melody and will take you through an entire spiritual journey in a little less than an hour, and it will be worth every…

  • Harsh Vocals – Episode 27 – Our Favorite Live Albums

    Harsh Vocals – Episode 27 – Our Favorite Live Albums

    Welcome to 2025! For our twenty-seventh episode, we decided to discuss our top five favorite Live albums. Some of these should come as no surprise to longtime listeners, but there are a couple of surprises! Of course, we also discuss each of our top three albums from the past two weeks as well as several…