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5/27 to 6/2 bay area metal releases album cover art collage

NEW NOISE: May 27 – June 2 (2024)

Do you hear that? It’s New Noise, your weekly roundup of new metal releases from the Bay Area over the past seven days!  5/27 Hellbender – Skumlordz (EP) I’m not going to say that the vocals on Scumlordz are particularly cheesy compared to MANY MANY other hardcore or metal albums, but when the vocalist delivers […]

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Asada Messiah self-titled album album cover

REVIEW: Asada Messiah – S/T

You read that right: Asada Messiah. Although this heavy metal four-piece is not strictly steak themed, they do describe themselves as “taco metal”, which isn’t something you see every day. And I must admit, it did grab my attention, as did the super sick vertical-mouth demons on the black and white hand-drawn style cover art.

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