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TITVN Band Interview
TITVN
Sacramento, CA
Ryan Brown, Hugo Pulido, David Wilke-Taylor, Michael Croce, Hector Garcia
MPM: How long has the band been together?
Ryan: 2 1/2 years
MPM: When is the new material coming out?
Ryan: Our album “The Human Experience” came out on June 12th, 2024. 10 songs.
MPM: Do you have any shows or tours coming up?
Ryan: We have quite a few things!
4/20/24 – Local showcase in…
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70000 Tons of Metal 2024 Review Recap Part 4
DAY 04 – THE END IS NEAR
By: Tom Mis
February 1st, 2024
Day four started extra special – a 10am set on the Pool Deck from Lord of the Lost. Hot off their run on the Eurovision competition (which they absolutely should’ve won), the band pulled out all the stops and was genuinely one of the most fun acts on board. They’re poppy, almost industrial-ish metal, with a real flair for the dramatic,…
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70000 Tons of Metal 2024 Review Recap Part 3
DAY 03 – IT’S A FUCKING DUET
By: Tom Mis
January 31st, 2024
Officially, day three begins with the boat having docked at Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic, sometime late into the night. In the morning, folks start streaming off the boat to catch some beach time or go snorkeling with members of Sodom (yes, this is a real thing offered by the cruise), among other various excursions with and without…
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70000 Tons of Metal 2024 Review Recap Part 2
DAY 02 – SOMEWHERE IN THE FUCKIN’ OCEAN
By:Tom Mis
January 30th, 2024
Up until now, I’ve neglected to mention that the boat has a destination – in this case, Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic – but the destination hardly matters. After I booked my cabin, I promptly forgot where the boat was going to actually sail to (as boats tend to do). When I told people I’d be going on a cruise in January, the…
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70000 Tons of Metal 2024 Review Recap Part I
70000 Tons of Metal 2024: Valhalla (Deliverance)
By Tom Mis
HOW I LEARNED TO LOVE THE BOAT
Everything about 70000 Tons of Metal sounds completely made up. Sixty bands, two sets per band, across four venues on a massive cruise ship. But it’s not just The Skipper’s fever dream, it’s very much reality, as he and his team organizes this completely unhinged event year after year.
I wasn’t sold on it…
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Fall Of Leviathan - In Waves
Photo: Phillipe Wattenhofer
The hottest metal trends of 2023-2024 tend to fall into one of a few (very general categories) – modern deathcore pushing the boundaries of heavy music, ripping old-school Bolt Thrower-worship, or unhinged hardcore crossover. Swiss quintet Fall of Leviathan, however, doesn’t care about any of that on their debut record, In Waves. While their sound only just barely…
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Cryptosis - The Silent Call Album Review
Rewind to 2021 when Cryptosis released their debut album Bionic Swarm. Many fans couldn't
believe the blend of sophisticated songwriting, near-flawless technical execution, and polished
production shown by the scene newcomers. Cryptosis very much presented and played like a
band that had been around the block before. Well, that’s because they have.
The trio of Laurens Houvast (vocals,…
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Progeny of Sun - Throne of Desolation Album Review
To say there’s been much anticipation and intrigue behind the debut album of Finnish blackened death metal act Progeny of Sun would be an understatement.
Formed in 2017 by the core duo of Niko Aromaa and Jaakko Hautamäki, the band has released a multitude of singles and EPs since their inception, recruiting three new members to flesh out the ensemble along the way as well Upcoming debut album…
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Display of Decay - Vitriol Album Review
And here I thought Canadians were known for being nice; the dudes in Display of Decay may
very well be perfect gentlemen, but they’re absolute savages on their fourth full-length album
Vitriol that released October 2023.
It’s been five years since their previous release and nearly a decade since they cemented
themselves as a staple in the Canadian death metal scene, now they’re back with a…
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Strigoi - Bathed In A Black Sun Review
Gregor Mackintosh doesn’t sleep. Never content to simply sit on his legacy, he is constantly writing. As one of the founding fathers of death doom, he has nothing else to prove. He’s spent decades as one of the primary songwriters and lead guitarist of Paradise Lost. He didn’t give us time to mourn the loss of Vallenfyre before establishing Strigoi.
2022’s Viscera is the band’s strongest…
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Wormhole - Almost Human Album Review
Photo Credit: Eric Decarlo
Wormhole, Here To Stay
You could say that metal has been stagnant for a while now, with all innovations to the
ubiquitous subgenre having happened decades ago when the most prominent and exalted acts
emerged.
You could say that, but it wouldn’t be correct; and Wormhole is here to prove just how incorrect
that statement is with Almost Human, their third album and first…
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Aeonian Sorrow - Katara Album Review
Aeonian Sorrow’s ‘Katara’: A Dive into the Abyss of Gothic Doom
Bordering on funereal tempos, international Gothic Doom band Aeonian Sorrow slowly pulls you under, placing the weight of eternal sorrow and misery squarely on your shoulders – this burden is now yours to carry. Their latest release Katara pairs that misery with melancholic beauty, delivering one of the finest Doom Metal cuts of…
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Morag Tong - Grieve Album Review
Atmospheric Doom
Morag Tong’s debut album Last Knell of Om was only enhanced by their penchant for putting on
killer live performances, selling the simultaneous subtlety and magnitude of their own special
brand of atmospheric doom metal.
They’ve recently released their sophomore album Grieve and (not to bury the lead) it shows that
these relative scene newcomers are well-deserving of attention…
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On Thorns I Lay Album Review
A Self Titled Masterpiece
A self-titled album this late in a band’s career is usually somewhat indicative of a meaningful change or new era. While Greece’s On Thorns I Lay has seen some highs and lows throughout their incredible 20+ year career, their new self-titled offering, and first on Seasons of Mist, is an exceptional return to form. Perhaps reignited by a new lineup, Christos…
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Eave - Fervor Album Review
Fervor is defined as “an intense and passionate feeling.”
New England Black Metal at its Finest
That’s exactly what Eave evokes on their third full-length album, which was released by
Bindrune Recordings earlier this year. The Connecticut-based quartet fluctuate between slow
and somber sections and massive moments of majesty, fully embodying the ethos of atmoblack,
on this new release that…
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Scowl - Two Nights In Brooklyn
THE MORE YOU TALK, THE LESS I LISTEN:
If you haven’t been paying attention, Los Angeles band Scowl might be one of the most important new bands in hardcore right now, alongside their contemporaries Drain, Zulu, and of course, Gel. The group’s 2021 release, How Flowers Grow, ushered in a new audience that might not have paid much attention to the genre before, with their breakout hit…
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Trivax - Eloah Burns Out Album Review
Black Metal Refugees
The pioneers of Black Metal created the genre as a means of fighting the omnipresent social
and cultural norms that sought to stifle their identities and push them to conformity. They
rejected Christianity’s ubiquity in Norway, innovating a brand-new subgenre and subsequent
subculture in staunch opposition of the unjust and oppressive institutions around them.
Many bands…
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