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Is independent, unsigned, and underground metal what you seek? Weary traveller of the metal world, rest a while here. Clandestine Cuts are the best demos and EPs from these bands, the heart and soul of metal music. These musicians are slaves to their passions, and their blood keeps the metal machine…

It's been a while. Though my first festival-less summer in a very long time, it seems like some events are coming back this autumn. I managed to catch two of those (and hopefully nothing else).

Down Presents: Quarter Century Throwdown - Live From New Orleans: Nola's 25th Anniversary Livestream. Performing Nola in its entirety? Well, nothing can go wrong except for some broken necks, right?

Well rested and ready to tackle another day of awesomeness; bring it 70000 Tons Of Metal.

We here at Metal Storm pride ourselves on our thousands of metal reviews and interviews and article; metal is our collective soul and passion, which is why we bother with this junk. That being said, we'd be lying if we stuck to our trve-kvlt guns and claimed that metal is the only thing we ever…

Is independent, unsigned, and underground metal what you seek? Weary traveller of the metal world, rest a while here. Clandestine Cuts are the best demos and EPs from these bands, the heart and soul of metal music. These musicians are slaves to their passions, and their blood keeps the metal machine…

Are livestreams a good alternative to physical concerts in a pandemic?

For a genre as hard to get into as drone metal, it is surprising how much of a household name Sunn O))) have become. Though with a fairly limited but devout fanbase, most people still see them as that band that plays only one note slowly. But the O)))-verse is large and includes a lot of sounds, experiments…

30 years of Painkiller. This is an account from someone that has been listening non-stop since the day it was released.

It's the segment you've all been waiting for, I guess: Devin Townsend's career in the 2000s, one of the most eclectic and high-quality production runs we've yet seen in the world of heavy music. You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll spit out your coffee. It's great.

We here at Metal Storm pride ourselves on our thousands of metal reviews and interviews and article; metal is our collective soul and passion, which is why we bother with this junk. That being said, we'd be lying if we stuck to our trve-kvlt guns and claimed that metal is the only thing we ever…

Is independent, unsigned, and underground metal what you seek? Weary traveller of the metal world, rest a while here. Clandestine Cuts are the best demos and EPs from these bands, the heart and soul of metal music. These musicians are slaves to their passions, and their blood keeps the metal machine…

So, the time has come. Live gigs are happening and I'm back in action. Although the first metal gig is about to come, this was still a very pleasant way to cut the (live) silence and just feel the enjoyment of going to a music event.

The Getting Into series returns with an artist most definitely worth getting into, and one for whom you may well need a roadmap: the eclectic Canadian prog maestro Devin Townsend.

For a genre as hard to get into as drone metal, it is surprising how much of a household name Sunn O))) have become. Though with a fairly limited but devout fanbase, most people still see them as that band that plays only one note slowly. But the O)))-verse is large and includes a lot of sounds, experiments…

We regularly review full lengths, collaborations, sometimes even live albums. EPs and demos often get love in our Clandestine Cuts series. Heck, we even review a bunch of stuff that isn't metal. But when was the last time you saw a review of a split album (that Spectral Lore/Mare Cognitum behemoth…

We here at Metal Storm pride ourselves on our thousands of metal reviews and interviews and article; metal is our collective soul and passion, which is why we bother with this junk. That being said, we'd be lying if we stuck to our trve-kvlt guns and claimed that metal is the only thing we ever…