The sun rises, the sun sets; the tides ebb and flow. Like death and taxes, some things are inevitable – and inevitably reliable. Along those lines, you can always rely on Crowbar‘s Kirk Windstein to bring a 55-gallon drum of sludge to anything he touches. Is that reliability a help or hindrance for their 12th…
Preview: Wacken Metal Battle 2022 @ Brick by Brick (25-26 FEB 2022)
The Wacken Metal Battle USA is part of an international competition where ultimately one independent metal band is selected to play the infamous international Wacken Open Air festival. The mighty Brick by Brick is once again hosting a two-night battle of the bands, with only two of the twelve bands moving on the Finals…! SDMetal.org‘s…
Immolation – “Acts Of God” Review
Robert Vigna Immolation has been creating high quality death metal since 1988 with their first full length, “Dawn Of Possession” released in 1991. Ten full length records later, Immolation have stuck to their tried and true formula for their latest metal of death, “Acts Of God“, released February 18, 2022. Let’s discuss. I have listened…
The Gene Hoglan Experience comes to San Diego
Legendary drummer to crush Metal Swap Meet There are legendary metal drummers, and then there’s Gene Hoglan. What more can be said about someone who set the standard for thrash and death metal drumming? From his early years in the legendary Los Angeles thrash metal band Dark Angel, to his classic albums Individual Thought Patterns…
Voivod “Synchro Anarchy” Review
So it’s no secret that I’m a Voivod fanboy. They have been my favorite metal band longer than some of you have been alive lol! And yeah, I even have Voivod in the coveted back patch position on my metal vest. Can I post a truly fair review of their latest platter? All systems go…!…
Tymo “The Art of a Maniac” Review
Tymo is a rather unknown oddly named Western Canadian Thrash Metal band that has been around off and on since `14. With several releases under their bullet belt, their newest album hit the streets yesterday. With an odd “Aliens meets zombie Bob Ross” art fetish, well, let’s see what these Canucks are all aboot, eh?…
Damn The Machine: Self-Titled (1993) and “Day One” (2021)
Of the various post-Megadeth projects that Chris Poland was involved in, Damn The Machine is perhaps his most perplexing effort. The fact that it came out on a mainstream music label in 1993, and it’s 1991 “Day One” demo was then re-released in October 2021, is also a bit perplexing. A forgotten prog-metal gem from…
Nightshadow to play Metal Swap Meet 2022
Local speed metal band Nightshadow to open an all-star lineup San Diego’s own Nightshadow will play Metal Swap Meet 2022. We are proud to have offer this spot to one of the best local metal bands in San Diego. If you haven’t listened to Nightshadow, they are a very professional band that at moments remind…
Bandcamp Bonanza: Four Random Things to Check Out in 2022 (and One To Ignore)
For laughs sometimes I go to the Metal section on the main page on Bandcamp, and randomly poke around. It is organized and updated continuously to always show the latest releases first, so there is always something new to check out there. Huge big-name bands, one-shot demos from broken up bands, mainstream acts, underground groups,…
Stygian Crown to perform at Metal Swap Meet
Slough Feg lebelmates added as support Doomies, and Metal Swap Meet diehards: Stygian Crown will be playing at Metal Swap Meet 2022! They are a band that plays epic music, with epic lyrics. They are not afraid to play music with epic high fantasy themed lyrics. Their latest self-titled album is out on Cruz Del…
