Testimonials from VileMetalVids community members: Kamarul, Ronald, Sheldon, Stepy, Dennis, Chard, Corey, Shanon, Rahual, KateEternal, Tenaya, and Eliseo.

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(written by Islander) Shades of mental and emotional darkness have been features of heavy metal in general, and extreme metal in particular, for a very long time. Sometimes it’s been represented...

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(written by Islander) On August 28th Transcending Obscurity Records will release Damnation’s Veil, the second full-length from Maryland-based Ninth Realm. The label rightly describes it as “a...

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(On June 10th the Antiq label released Assiégé pour l’Eternité, a special recasting of the influential debut album by the French medieval black metal band Véhémence. In the following very interesting...

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(written by Islander) Entropist is a Colorado progressive metal band primarily composed of people who have been friends since college days more than a decade ago. After many years of effort, they...

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(Andy Synn presents three recently-released albums from the stranger end of the Black Metal spectrum) When I told you I was switching my focus to Black Metal… for this week, anyway… what I didn’t...

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(Here is Daniel Barkasi’s review of a new album by the Icelandic black metal band Forsmán that will be released on June 26th via Vesperian through Metal Blade Records worldwide.) To any black metal...

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(written by Islander) Four years after their debut album, Sickness Define: Society, the Belarusian black/thrash band Wormquizitor have completed their second full-length, Esthetic of Fear, which will...

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(written by Islander) On May 29th of this year Cursed Monk Records released Karst, the powerful second album from the Irish sludge metal band Tooms. Leading up to the release we premiered a song from...

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(written by Islander) At the end of this week, on June 26th, Time To Kill Records will release Filth Majesty, the debut album of the Finnish band Hoc Est Bellum. That name means This Is War, and as a...

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(Denver-based NCS writer Gonzo enjoyed a glorious couple of nights at the inaugural edition of Flatline Fest on June 13-14, and delivered to us the following enthusiastic report, accompanied by...

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Artist: Veilburner | Album: The Three Lightbearers | Rating: 5/5

Once again, Pennsylvania has sprouted up yet another spectacular band, called Veilburner. This album was sent to me before its release date in August so I could give it a listen and do an initial album review on it. What seemed like just another album review to me, actually turned into two weeks of constant listening...

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ORIGIN / KING PARROT / BEYOND CREATION / YOUR CHANCE TO DIE / OMNIHILITY / ONLY ZUUL

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May 16th @ Slabtown, Portland, OR

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Artist: Decaysia | Album: From Chaos to Creation | Rating: 5/5

Just when you thought Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania had nothing else to offer you besides Dutch Country and the Liberty Bell; from the city of Allentown hails a hidden gem who call themselves Decaysia...

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Once again... HEADSPLIT RECORDS COMES MUTHAFUCKING CORRECT!!! What a killer night bands solid the whole time, Pit was fucking off the CHAIN!

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May 3rd @ Slabtown, Portland, OR

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Children of Bodom have announced the dates for the North American leg of the band's 2011 world tour, which kicks off on June 24 in Los Angeles...

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W/ Ex Deo, Psycroptic, Keep of Kalessin & Pathology

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Join The Army / Deja Vu Tour

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SUFFOCATION, THE FACELESS, THROUGH THE EYES OF THE DEAD, DECREPIT BIRTH, FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE

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