Metalsucks — Just the other day I was thinking to myself, “Gee, what ever happened to Peter Dolving’s MySpace blogs? Obviously MySpace isn’t a thing anymore, but I can’t imagine that means Dolving has any less to say.” I always enjoyed reading The Haunt... more info

Metalsucks — …and now that album, Welcome to the Morbid Reich, has cover art (below) and a release date of August 12 via Nuclear Blast. The album art is by Zbigniew Bielak, who has also done work for the wicked Watain (among other bands), and I think it’s p... more info

Metal Injection — By Nina Saeidi A freezing London night saw the Relentless Garage down the road from the local fetish shop and abortion clinic fill will those rearing for some disgusting, dirty and downright dark black metal. Aosoth kicked off the night with their ch... more info

Topix — Top 10 lists are slave to consumption - what you did and didn't ingest. Disclaimer dispatched, my 2010 live metal honors notch 20 thrashings: Kreator , Emo's Pentagram , Black Tusk , Mala Suerte , Emo's Watain , Goatwhore , Averse Sefira , HOD , Emo'... more info

Metalsucks — The fact that Watain are not, like so many of their peers, all talk and no action is not news. It’s one of the reasons people love them so much. And the great Vincent Castiglia paints in his own blood, so this idea isn’t entirely new. But I was s... more info

Metalsucks — FEATURING MELISSA AUF DER MAUR AND MEMBERS OF WATAIN, CATTLE DECAPITATION, FORBIDDEN, VANISHER, HOWL, THE CONTORTIONIST, DISEMBODIED, EVOCATION, AND ROSALINE For 2010, we decided to do something special as part of our regular end-of-year festivities ... more info

Metalsucks — In 2010, nobody in music captured my attention more than Watain frontman Erik Danielsson, tireless interviewee and totally sharp dude. In Q&As for Decibel Magazine and Cosmo Lee’s Invisible Oranges, Danielsson set about the thankless task of contex... more info

Metalsucks — I went and saw Watain here in LA a couple weeks ago. I’m not a fan, but my girlfriend loves them and bought the tickets like two months in advance. Even though their music doesn’t do a whole lot for me, I have to admit they put on an excellent sh... more info

Metal Injection — Watain dropped by New York City last week, and I unfortunately couldn't go due to some prior commitments, but all my friends who went could talk about was how much the place stunk of rotting pig corpses and how it took them days to get the stenc... more info

Stereogum — Unless Agalloch give me a call, I’m taking a break from organizing Haunting The Chapel shows for a few months — after the Swans @ Masonic Temple sell out, freezing Halloween event with Krieg and woe, those Monarch! events with Fred, and this past... more info