Tag Archives: Hellhammer

Metal Insider’s Top 20 best black metal drummers

Posted by on March 27, 2024

  There are countless incredible drummers in the black metal world. Thus, compiling a list of the greatest seemed to pose an especially daunting task. However, the musicians below are all so outstanding that our choices made themselves. Since this list is rather long, we’ll keep our intro brief. Please allow the following 20 drummers to dazzle […]

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Triumph of Death to release debut live album ‘Resurrection of the Flesh’ in November

Posted by on September 25, 2023

  In a thunderous testament to the enduring impact of Swiss metal veterans, Hellhammer, Triumph of Death are proud to announce their debut live album, Resurrection of the Flesh, set to arrive on November 10 via Noise/BMG. Hellhammer’s legendary influence on extreme, death, and black metal still resonates across the global metal scene, despite their […]

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Metal Insider talks with Tom G Warrior about HR Giger, Hellhammer and more!

Posted by on April 29, 2019

Metal Insider’s Zenae Zukowski and Jeff Podoshen were on hand to fully cover Decibel Magazine’s 2019 Metal and Beer Festival this past April 13-14. Contributor Jeff Podoshen, who studies HR Giger in his life as an academic, was able to meet up with Tom G Warrior right before his performance with Triptykon at the festival. […]

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Show review: Mayhem at the top of their game at Beyond the Gates

Posted by on August 31, 2017

Mayhem. Just the name means so much to black metal. We’re essentially talking about the band that started second wave True Norwegian Black Metal – a music scene that needs little in terms of introduction – yet is still painfully misunderstood by so many. But while hipster bartenders moonlighting as writers with pretend audiences can […]

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Photos: Multiple eras of Mayhem perform at Inferno 2016 in Oslo

Posted by on March 28, 2016

Fans of extreme metal and black metal know that Inferno Festival in Oslo, Norway has become a destination for die-hards the world over. Filled with a combination of uncommon performances from underground favorites (Mysticum and Craft being two key ones this year), high-profile headliners and emerging talent spanning death, thrash, folk, doom and black metal, […]

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Listen to ‘A Tribute to Celtic Frost’ in full

Posted by on November 11, 2015

Remember that Tribute to Celtic Frost comp we mentioned last month? The one with Phil Anselmo and Child Bite covering  “The Usuper” from 1985’s To Mega Therion. Well, Morbid Tales!: A Tribute to Celtic Frost is now available for order, and the entire comp is available for streaming below. The eight song LP also features Persekutor covering “Procreation Of The […]

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Phil Anselmo rides with Child Bite on new Celtic Frost comp

Posted by on October 8, 2015

Ever wanted to hear Phil Anselmo sing some classic Celtic Frost? Well, you’re in luck, because Corpse Flower Records is putting out a compilation called Morbid Tales: A Tribute to Celtic Frost. For the first taste listen below to Phil Anselmo singing with Child Bite covering Celtic Frost’s “The Usuper” from 1985’s To Mega Therion. […]

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German rapper loves trve kvlt black metal

Posted by on July 9, 2015

Germany is a weird country and everybody knows that. Aside from keeping the crown for their über-the-top dirty porn and whatever other weird stuff you have heard from them (which I’m sure it’s probably true) the country has decided to prove us once again that there is enough confusion to be brought to the world, specifically […]

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Metal Insider’s top 5: Bands that continued despite legal issues with members

Posted by on April 7, 2014

Metal Insider’s Top 5 is a column where we count down the top five of…well basically anything. When As I Lay Dying singer Tim Lambesis was arrested on suspicion of hiring a hitman to kill his wife last year, many were shocked, but likely none more than the remaining members of the band. Late on […]

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Nicolas Cage’s Son Is In A Black Metal Band

Posted by on July 17, 2009

Noted thespian Nicolas Cage hasn’t been setting the box office on fire recently, but his son Weston might be picking up the family slack. Weston Cage, or “Arcane,” is the singer of Eyes of Noctum, a black metal band currently on an east coast/southeast tour. While the music black/goth tunes on the band’s Myspace page, taken from […]

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