turn your attention to Thevetat

NYC is currently swarming with quality old school death metal bands. After raw maggot ridden offering from Mutant Supremacy earlier this year, now Thevetat has arrived with bone wrecking classic death metal in the vein of Bolt Thrower, Malevolent Creation, Possessed etc. Not much is known about the band yet but they are all set for a Demo Rehearsal Tape release which will contain three songs. The band described, "Songs were crafted to unleash the ultimate death metal with intensity and dark feelings." So far they have released one track Lifeless which you can listen above. For more info, visit here.

Hellvetron draft

The duo, X.S. and Alal'Xhaasztur, of Hellvetron who are also the members of Nyogthaeblisz which is a band noted for controversial contents over the years. But the people who ripped them off purely on the basis of their anti- semitic and chaotic lyrical possession and mere a thought given on the musical creativity and innovation. Generally Black metal has never been free off stirring up controversies among the media and definite group of people which led to banning bands in certain venues and also countries which is a haphazard and unnecessary prospect. It looks like these things do not affect X.S./A.X. as they continue to expand. Nyogthaeblisz has a split coming up with GoatPenis and under the other project Hellvetron, they have unleashed a new album Death Scroll of Seven Hells And Its Infernal Majesties which explores into a different kind of territory of black/death metal shredding off those controversial constitution to some extent. 

Full review coming soon.

doom on : PAGAN ALTAR, OM, BONGRIPPER

Many of you already know the internet riot thing that took place on Hellride Forum between Terry Jones and the bassist blaming each other for many things followed by cancellations of shows which naturally many thought because of the departure of  bassist but Terry later announced the original reason as his daughter had to undergo open heart surgery (hope all is good). Now it looks like things have finally been settled inside Pagan Altar camp and they added a new bassist to the line up. Recently Pagan Altar has released an exclusive preview of the upcoming album Never Quite Dead scheduled for Summer release.

Al Cisneros is indeed a busy man and it does not look like he's going to have a free time anytime sooner this year- Sleep's Dopesmoker reissue, tours and now his project OM is all set for the release of a new album on July 24 entitled Advaitic Songs which will be available as 2LP/ CD/ Digital Version. You can watch the teaser for the album below.

Do you remember that post about the longest stoner doom tracks where Bongripper snapped the first place? If you missed the list, visit here. Recently Bongripper has uploaded a new track Fisting (Unmastered) from an upcoming split on the Bandcamp Page which also will be played on April 14 at Roadburn Festival. Listen to the track below.

Preview of Never Quite Dead


Pagan Altar- Dance of the Vampires


Om- Advaitic Songs (teaser)


Bongripper- Fisting (Unmastered)

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goodbye "The Father of Loud"

Jim Marshall w/ Kerry King

How many times the eight- letter word Marshall devastated your ears? How many times did you almost faint? How many times you watched those towering amps, the walls of Marshalls, in concerts/shows? Countless times, right? The creator of Marshall Amplifiers, Jim Marshall, has died April 5 at age 88. Surely, Marshall played a very important role in the history and can't be emphasized with words. Who knew it would change the face of  music when The Who's Townshend asked Marshall to produce a louder amp? Let's crank up the gain in the honour of Jim Marshall one more time. 

R.I.P. Layne Staley (22 August '67- 5 April '02)

Weapon's Vetis Monarch : ALBUMS IN HEAVY ROTATION

As many of you already know that at the end of last month, Weapon entered studio to record the third full length and Relapse debut Embers And Revelations with producer Terry Paholek scheduled for the Fall of 2012 release. In an official press statement, guitarist/ vocalist Vetis Monarch commented, "Weapon loyalists can expect no-holds barred, satanic death metal that the band displayed on it's previous work, but further refined and sharpened to ferocious perfection. Embers And Revelations will be the apex of malice via music." Around two weeks back, I had an opportunity of contacting Vetis Monarch and despite his busy schedule, he arranged some of his recent favourite albums for Grave Dig readers. Enjoy!

Lvcifyre- The Calling Depths

Hail of Bullets- On Divine Winds

Rudra- Brahmavidya: Immortal I

Origin- Entity

Loss- Despond

Nightbringer- Hierophany of the Open Grave

Absymal Dawn- Leveling The Plane of Existence

Mitochondrion- Parasignosis

Aosoth- III

Nader Sadek- In the Flesh

Weapon will be touring with Marduk, 1349 and Withered throughout the month of June. For more information, visit here.

new Saint Vitus video

An emotionally draining new video of the song Let Them Fall by Saint Vitus from the latest Lillie F-65 directed by Michael Panduro.

let's take a look at some EPIC Black Metal videos

The Black Satans- The Satan of Hell
Nothing can't be more interesting than some black metal going hand in hand with snow fight. Extreme cold or anything like that does not affect these dudes, they like to play when shit is RITE and white. The main guy does not care whether he looks like Mikael Akerfeldt or not, he is in the hunt. When you are in frustration and depressed, don't cut up, just beat the hell out of a tree. Pause at around 2:44 when snowballs get thrown at you or else you might have to run for shelter.


Trollech- Ve Stinu Starych Dubu
Long gone those times of playing guitars on stage. It's more sexier over water. You have to play the power chords in such a style that at first people think it's Metallica but then throw some Iron Maiden leads just to create more confusion. Finally add the vocals and show your corpse paint in full. Hug the trees like you are leaving someone eternally and cover yourself with leaves for more sympathy. Pretend you are dead and buried with the best guitar in the world Apollo.


Dark Kirchensteuer- Leb Doch Selber
Hanging from a tree is the best METAL method of suiciding. You might jump off a cliff but that wouldn't help your cause. DK shows you how to cross the street everytime without having the fear of getting run- over. Play an acoustic guitar like it's electric guitar- sounds better. Finish it off with the kind of tapping that even Michael Romeo would have been proud of. Finally introduce your celebrity drummer who got thousands of fans in myspace and the camera crews who are known for the visual effects in Avatar.


Ancient- Lilith's Embrace
Who said MTV does not air black metal videos? Join the forces with blue angel. Don't walk around the forest half naked; kneel down and beg for some clothes.


Immortal- Call of The Wintermoon
The infamous Immortal video!

Proceeds The Weedian, Nazareth!

New cover art for Sleep's Dopesmoker Reissue (by Arik Roper)

listen to a new Anatomia track

Anatomia is on the verge of releasing a new LP Decaying In Obscurity on NWN Productions, the word "verge" might be the greatest cliche as NWN, which is one of the greatest metal labels, is also notorious for delaying albums, all in a good sense though as the finished product matters most. Now Anatomia teases us with a new track Consumed In Darkness which is the 9th track (?) of the album  following the unleashing of Cadaveric Dissection as already posted before. Blast the song in full volume and pray the album comes out anytime sooner.