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GMVC MAY: HIGH ON FIRE - LUMINIFEROUS
In the late 90’s when High on Fire started with Sleep’s Matt Pike, it was seen as not much more than a side project for the prolific lick riffer while...
Read more →GMVC MARCH: KHEMMIS - ABSOLUTION
<p dir="ltr"><span><img alt="" src="https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/2151/5265/files/KHEMMIS.png?v=1739981115"><br>CHEMISTRY… defined as the identification of substances which matter is composed. With that in mind, when discussing KHEMMIS’try, the band has made a name and legacy for...
Read more →GMVC February: Fit For An Autopsy - Absolute Hope Absolute Hell
February 5th, 2025 Fit For An Autopsy had already firmly established themselves as one of deathcore’s pillars by the time 2015’s “Absolute Hope Absolute Hell” is bestowed upon us. Two...
Read more →Crowbar - Time Heals Nothing (1995)
Crowbar's breakthrough from the underground came in 1993 on the strength of their self-titled sophomore album. Thanks partly to their association with producer and surprisingly popular Pantera vocalist Phil...
Read more →Gimme’s Top Albums of 2024
<p><strong><strong> </strong></strong></p><p> </p><h3>#10 Necrot - Lifeless Birth</h3><p> </p><div style="text-align: left;"><img src="https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/2151/5265/files/a0584996914_10_480x480.jpg?v=1735670061" alt="" style="float: none;"></div><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">New school death metal masters Necrot did not disappoint once again, making our AOTY lists...
Read more →Iron Age 'The Sleeping Eye'
<p><img alt="" src="https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/2151/5265/files/GMVC_DEC-12_480x480.png?v=1731611106"></p><p><meta charset="utf-8"><span data-mce-fragment="1">Released in 2009, Iron Age’s </span><i data-stringify-type="italic" data-mce-fragment="1">The Sleeping Eye</i><span data-mce-fragment="1"> is a defining album in 2000s crossover thrash and hardcore. Hailing from Texas, the band...
Read more →The Introduction of Opeth
<p data-mce-fragment="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;" data-mce-fragment="1" data-mce-style="font-weight: 400;"> </span></p><p data-mce-fragment="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;" data-mce-fragment="1" data-mce-style="font-weight: 400;">Sweden has become a fertile birthing ground for many of the most transcendent metal bands in the...
Read more →GMVC October: Spirit Adrift - Enlightened In Eternity
September 24, 2024 Surely it wasn't an easy job for Spirit Adrift to follow up their astounding 2019 masterpiece “Divided By Darkness”, but Nate Garrett and company outdid themselves once...
Read more →Friday the 13th Death Metal Faves
September 13, 2024Depending on how the calendar aligns itself, there will be at least one, but no more than three Friday the 13th’s each year. They can land on any...
Read more →GMVC September: Type O Negative - Bloody Kisses (Suspended In Dusk)
September 4, 2024 1993's Bloody Kisses, Type O Negative's third and the last recording with their original lineup, marks their transition to their iconic gothic metal style. It was notably...
Read more →Tankcrimes Top Ten by Dan Craley
August 23, 2024 Tankcrimes Records' origin story begins sometime in the early 2000’s and somehow involves a one-inch button maker. That story is a little bit complicated and better told...
Read more →Grave Convulsions episode 136: And you don’t stop….
August 8, 2024 August 2023: MY MIC SOUNDS NICE! The headset microphone era of Grave Convulsions is OVER and we are verging on competent DIY audio production. I...
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