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

Author: Justin Corbett

  • Harsh Vocals – Episode 29 – Metal in Gaming

    Harsh Vocals – Episode 29 – Metal in Gaming

    For our twenty-ninth episode we decided to discuss our favorite metal inspired video games, or games that feature some very cool metal moments. This is definitely not a comprehensive list, so if there’s any you think we’ve missed or should play, please let us know! Of course, we also discuss each of our top three…

  • Harsh Vocals – Episode 28 – Starting a Band (With Bleak Barrow)

    Harsh Vocals – Episode 28 – Starting a Band (With Bleak Barrow)

    For our twenty-eighth episode, we decided to bring on a great group of guys who happen to live in Houston – The boys from Bleak Barrow! As you might remember, we featured their first single “Inviscerate” as an extreme submission on Episode 25 of the show, and they’re coming on and sharing another killer track…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Harakiri For The Sky – “Scorched Earth” Review

    Harakiri For The Sky – “Scorched Earth” Review

    Harakiri for the Sky is my favorite band. Not just recently, but all-time. Throughout my life I’ve likely listened to over a hundred thousand of hours of music, and throughout that entire journey, I’ve been on a constant hunt for bands and music that make me feel things. I’ve found many truly exceptional emotionally-driven bands,…

  • Am I in Trouble? – “Spectrum” Review

    Am I in Trouble? – “Spectrum” Review

    Am I Trouble is the solo project of Steve Weiner, who is also behind the project Negative Bliss, which put out an EP that I reviewed late last year. While it is a solo project, where Steve recorded all of the lead vocals, guitars, bass, keyboards, and probably most other sounds you’ll hear, he did…

  • Justin’s 2024 in Review

    Justin’s 2024 in Review

    Wow, it’s New Year’s Eve already! I can’t believe 2024 is about to end. Back in December 2023, I made the decision to start HarshVocals.com as both a written review site, and a podcast. I had many years of experience podcasting, and writing for various movie review sites, but I had never had my own…

  • Harsh Vocals – Episode 26 – The Best of 2024

    Harsh Vocals – Episode 26 – The Best of 2024

    I can’t believe it’s been a whole year already! For our twenty-sixth episode, we discuss the highs and lows of 2024, and recap all of our favorite things, including both of our top30 albums for the year. Of course there is a little overlap, but there’s a few surprises too! It’s a long journey, but…