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Terror Defends The Faith In London

New York may have the biggest reputation when it comes to hardcore music in the modern sense but there are so many great bands in the genre from all across America. If we travel from the East Coast to the West Coast, we'll find one of the most popular hardcore groups in recent times in the guise of Terror from Los Angeles. Fronted by the charismatic Scott Vogel and having built up a fearsome live reputation over nearly seventeen years, Terror has gone from strength to strength. Now with the release of their seventh full length album, "Total Retaliation," the quintet has been back in Europe, decimating stages once more. I went along to their performance at The Underworld in Camden, London to experience Terror first hand in an intimate setting.

Though there were four support acts, a combination of things, including an interview with Terror drummer Nick Jett (which can be watched or read here,) meant that I barely caught the very end of the third band of the night. My first full set came from the tour's main support band, Deez Nuts, all the way from Australia. Forming from the ashes of I Killed The Prom Queen, this quartet has all the familiar traits of the average hardcore band, but with a bit more emphasis on rapping than many other groups.

They're frankly quite a difficult band to judge, as one song may sound very mediocre, but the next could be an absolute barn burner. Add to this the likeability of vocalist JJ Peters, who thanked the audience constantly throughout the show and ultimately you have a band which rises above their faults to endear themselves to the neutral attendee. Some may find their name offputting, but I would recommend looking past that and giving them a serious try, because they clearly care about and work hard at what they do to deserve attention. More...

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Interview

Skeletonwitch Guitarist Connecting Jazz And Metal

Fifteen years after forming, Athens, Ohio's own Skeletonwitch has become one of the most beloved bands in the metal underground. After making the difficult decision to replace their vocalist, they released their first full length album with new singer Adam Clemans, "Devouring Radiant Light" in July of this year. While there will always be fans who are put off by changing the frontman, the heart and soul of Skeletonwitch is still very much there. The band is still a force to be reckoned with both live and when it comes to new material and will keep on thrilling fans who come out to see them.

At their recent show in London, I had the pleasure of sitting down with guitarist Scott Hedrick to discuss the changes in the band, the "Devouring Radiant Light" album, the influence of jazz on their music and how their appearance in the Get Thrashed documentary affected their career. You can listen to it in full below.

Diamond Oz: Straight into it, the new album, "Devouring Radiant Light" is out now. It's been quite a gap between this and "Serpents Unleashed." Obviously you've had the new vocalist come in but aside from that, why has it taken so long for a new album?

Scott Hedrick: Well, we've also done an EP, "The Apothic Gloom." That would be the biggest thing, changing singers, in between that we wrote and released an EP, then we wrote and released a record so it just took time to regroup, to figure out what we wanted to do and there's been an overhaul in the sound of the band too. You can hear it progress from "Serpents Unleashed" to the "Apothic Gloom" EP to "Devouring Radiant Light," I think if you listen to those three in a row, even with the vocalist change, you can hear the music going in the direction that it's currently in. But yeah these things take time, we just don't want to rush anything, we wanna make sure that we're happy first and foremost because we're doing it for ourselves, so if other people think that it took a long time then we don't really care!

Oz: Well, you can't rush quality! Like you said, this is your first full length with Adam, how was recording a full length album different from recording an EP?

Scott: It was great. There wasn't much of a huge difference between those two, more of a difference between him and the former vocalist. Adam listens to so much more music and has better taste and a wider variety of music that he listens to. Within metal and outside. So he's got more of a palette to work with and he knows more references, so I can reference non metal bands and if I'm talking about a certain part that we're working on. In addition to that, it's much easier to collaborate with him.

There was a time in the past where I was told, "I'm the singer, don't tell me what to do," when we were just trying to work together, which was something I feel we wouldn't do. It was kind of like: Write music, give it to the singer, he'll do what he does and there's not very much back and forth. With Adam it was completely different, he's open to working back and forth with ideas and he can handle constructive criticism and I think ultimately that's one of many factors which led to "Devouring Radiant Light" being, I think our most developed and mature album yet.

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Acheronte Premiere New Song "Son Of No God"

Italian black metal band Acheronte have teamed up with Metalundergound.com to exclusively premiere the title track of their impending new album "Son Of No God", which will be jointly released on December 11th by GrimmDistribution (Ukraine) and The Triad Rec (Italy).

Check out now "Son Of No God" below.

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Nightrage Premiere New Track 'By Darkness Drawn'

Greek/Swedish metal outfit Nightrage premiere their new single, "By Darkness Drawn". The track is taken from the group's forthcoming album, "Wolf To Man", which will land in stores on March 29, 2019 via Despotz Records.

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Thulsa Doom Premiere Full-Album Stream

Thulsa Doom premiere the full-album stream of the band's brand new album "Realms of Hatred", which was released December 7 via Invictus Productions.

Check out now "Realms of Hatred" in its entirety below.

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Olkoth Premiere New Song "Imperfect Reanimation"

American blackened death metal band from South Carolina Olkoth premiere a new song entitled "Imperfect Reanimation". The band boasts Nile bassist Brad Parris and members of Rapheumets Well and Xael among their ranks.

Check out now "Imperfect Reanimation" below.

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Incite Premiere New Song & Music Video

A music video for the title track to Incite‘s impending new release “Built To Destroy” has received its online premiere. The new album will meet a January 25th release via minus HEAD Records.

The group’s vocalist Richie Cavalera says of it: More...

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Altitudes & Attitude Premiere New Single “Late”

Altitudes & Attitude premiere a new song titled “Late“. The project features Megadeth‘s David Ellefson and Anthrax‘s Frank Bello. A January 18th release date has been scheduled for their upcoming new album, “Get It Out“.

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Emmure & Fit For A King European/UK Tour Announced

Emmure will be out across Europe and the UK this spring with support coming from Rise Of The Northstar, Obey The Brave, Fit For A King and Alpha Wolf. Check out all confirmed dates below:

04/05 Paris, FRA – Gibus (no Rise Of The Northstar)
04/06 Leeds, UK – Key Club
04/07 Bristol, UK – The Fleece
04/08 Nottingham, UK – Rescue Rooms
04/09 Manchester, UK – Rebellion
04/10 London, UK – O2 Islington Academy
04/11 Wiesbaden, GER – Schlachthof
04/12 Zurich, SWI – Impericon Festival (no Obey The Brave/Alpha Wolf)
04/13 Oberhausen, GER – Impericon Festival
04/14 Copenhagen, DEn – Richter Gladsaxe
04/16 Warsaw, POL – Proxima
04/17 Munchen, GER – Backstage
04/18 Prague, CZE – Futurum
04/19 Vienna, AUT – Impericon Festival (no Obey The Brave/Alpha Wolf)
04/20 Leipzig, GER – Impericon Festival (no Alpha Wolf)
04/21 Hannover, GER – Faust
04/23 Hamburg, GER – Markthalle
04/24 Utrecht, NET – Tivoli
04/25 Stuttgart, GER – Wizemann
04/26 Meerhout, BEL – Groezerock (no Rise Of The Northstar/Fit For A King/Alpha Wolf)

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