For when someone who doesn't listen to metal asks what bands you like, but you aren't trying to introduce them to Dragged Into Sunlight.

Alcest, Kyuss, Warning

So I just saw a post about trash metal and instantly remembered about Municipal Waste I like them and want to know does anybody know them? I think they pretty good and also if you want can you recommend me some thrash metal bands?

Just got back from seeing a Canadian band called Vaegon in Sydney, and tonight's turnout was rough. They are an incredible tech-death band that somehow seem to have flown completely under the radar on this Australian run, mainly due to poor promotion.

The attendance was ABYSMAL (fewer than 30 people, including supporting band members + their GFs, and venue staff), that means there were fewer than 15 paying customers. Usually, Sydney is a yardstick that indicates how the rest of the tour goes, so if tonight's attendance is any indication, the remaining dates could be in trouble too (with Melbourne hopefully being the exception).

The band absolutely crushed it regardless. They played like they were headlining a packed venue and deserved a hell of a lot better.

So if you're in Brisbane / Melbourne / Adelaide / Perth, please consider coming down to a show. I'd hate for these guys to leave our country thinking nobody here cares.

Let's give our Canadian friends the welcome they deserve and show them that the Australian metal community actually turns up when it counts. Tickets are only $25. BRING A MATE!

Vaegon - Humanity's Final Stand

(Lordi)

- Der Weg einer Freiheit

I just came from a concert and thought it was really awesome!

this is the album that really got me into slam death metal (or is it brutal death? i have no clue). i do like what i've heard from Prophecies Foretold so far more than this but its still pretty good

what do you think of it?

The instagram post https://www.instagram.com/p/DeJGQqGS3x5/

Marcelo Pérez Schneider had actually built a reputation in the underground prog scene: his band Presto Vivace have opened for bands like Leprous and Dream Theater in Argentina and he has played on stage with musicians as Anette Olzon (Ex Nightwish).

Context of the controversy: https://www.reddit.com/r/MetalForTheMasses/s/IqxWyiYaJZ

*We don't know if Rex took the time to watch the video by Danny Sapko.

Düsseldorf, Germany 🇩🇪

Genre: Thrash Metal, Progressive Metal

FFO: Anacrusis, Coroner, Sodom, Voivod

Germany’s answer to Coroner and Voivod. Meaning they’re extremely technical players. Even on their first couple albums which are more straightforward Thrash - excellent playing. Raging Steel is my favorite album from them. It’s really raw and the production is so-so, but man does it absolutely rip. Second would be Deception Ignored. I have to be in a certain headspace before conquering this mental mountain of an album, but it’s always a good listen.

Recommended Tracks:
“Riders of Doom”
“Dragon’s Blood”
“Machinery”
“Suicide Arena”

That is one hell of a bill!! Anyone else excited for these US shows next year? Praying they bring that bill to Europe.

I personally think The Chemical Wedding is an underrated masterpiece up there with Maiden's best. Tyranny of Souls and Accident of Birth are magnificent too. Mandrake and Balls to Picasso I'm indifferent on, though I like some songs and Tattooed Millionaire is not for me. Skunkworks kinda sucks though.

His name is Marcelo Pérez Schneider. The video was made by the youtuber Danny Sapko, but it was taken down by Marcelo through a copyright claim. Sapko's new video about this case https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVZfzcrd0NQ

The instagram post where Nuno Bettencourt praises him https://www.instagram.com/p/DeJGQqGS3x5/

[eng] Can you recommend any independent Italian underground webzines that review and recommend albums, etc.? I only follow Aristocrazia Webzine, which is very good but limited in terms of content. Thank you so much, everyone.

[ita] Mi consigliate webzine italiane undergorund indipendenti che recensiscano e consiglino album etc? seguo solo Aristocrazia Webzine, molto valida ma limitata come quantità. Grazie mille a tutti

Unfortunately, Hellripper was not there because they couldn't get into the US

But all the bands killed it and it was a very fun show

Highly recommended to anyone who likes thrash, and groove metal for Slackjaw

Another shoutout to the Canadian extreme metal legends Strapping Young Lad 🤘This shirt of mine is dope!

I want to compile a list of doom/doom-adjacent songs by artists that are not themselves a doom band. I like all shades and colors of doom, so hit me with some good stuff!

Illustration by me

A very original and quite innovative approach to death doom. Although they had always experimented quite a bit musically since their first album, on this record I think they go one step further than they did with their last release, Starpath, and include jazz and Americana passages.

This may be my top choice for AOTY in 2026. Incredible artistry and vision and sonically brilliant. Cannot seem to get it off of repeat!

I still like the first one but the second one is so much more imposing and oppressive in my opinion. I especially like how it looks on albums like Close to a World Below. I found it a shame when they repressed those shirts with the first logo.