Brooklyn Vegan — by Rob Sperry-Fromm Mayhem in Oslo, Norway in 2012 (more by Fred Pessaro) Norwegian black metal institution Mayhem have announced a US tour this winter with co-headliners Watain and openers Revenge. The bands are quite well-matched, as Watain have be... more info

Metalsucks — Take THAT, Watain! The post North Carolina Venue Forced to Temporarily Close After Young and in the Way Spray Audience with Blood appeared first on MetalSucks. more info

Metalsucks — But who doesn't, right? The post The Ready Set Guitarist Deryck Stanek Loves Watain appeared first on MetalSucks. more info

TMZ — Throwing pig's blood on a crowd of concertgoers may be disgusting, vomit-inducing, unsanitary, gross, vile, and just plain revolting ... but strangely enough, it's not illegal. As TMZ first reported, the Swedish black metal band Watain sprayed pig'sâ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Wyatt Marshall Blood and fire: Watain @ BKNB 6/52014 (photo via @jullietmartine) The Swedish black metal band Watain -- they of the bloody, fiery stage show -- played Brooklyn Night Bazaar on Sunday night (6/15) as part of the Northside... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Ian Chainey T.O.M.B. Unnerving noise/black metal destroyers Total Occultic Mechanical Blasphemy have been added to the Watain and Kosmodemonic show on June 15 at Brooklyn Bazaar (tickets). The Pennsylvanian project -- membership: No One -- will be... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Wyatt Marshall & Andrew Sacher Watain at Irving Plaza in 2012 (more by Greg Cristman) As mentioned in a recent edition of The Heavy Lowdown (which you may have missed since it was the Friday before Memorial Day), Swedish... more info

Stereogum — For the last few years, Black Anvil have sort of served as NYC metal’s house band: I’ve seen them share stages with international legends including Urfaust, Watain, Aura Noir, and Marduk, which is basically one step removed from playing Valhalla ... more info

Thrash Hits — Bloody hell, this is a pretty massive interview with Erik Danielsson of Watain. Go fix yourself a mug of coffee and virgin's blood before starting reading. more info

Thrash Hits — We're not sure if Erik Danielsson was casting an unholy spell on the audience at Watain's show at the Camden Electric Ballroom. He seems like the type. more info