The Obituarist
Boy, have I got some serious aural punishment for you this May!
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Recapping a special and emotional night with Linkin Park.
It's a hot, swampy July day and in a quiet Connecticut neighborhood, death metal blares from the back room of a modest colonial-style home....
Boy, have I got some serious aural punishment for you this May!
Never has a form of music united (and divided) people such as black metal. Never has a form of music tapped into the deepest,...
With a history that spans just over three decades, the glacial caverns of Nordic extremity run deep. This week, we've plunged the deepest we've...
Howdy nerds, The Black Dahlia Murder’s Trevor Strnad as The Obituarist here. Your favorite hunter of all things underground, hellbent on bringing you some skull cracking...
Hello freaks and geeks. It is I, The Obituarist; your favorite rain man hunter of all things underground! After a long and once indefinite...
Bergen, Norway. This stunning city in the municipality of Hordaland on the west coast of Norway is renowned for – not only its breathtaking...
Hey Freaks! Here is a whopper of a year end list to get you googling while I finish up the return of The Obituarist. ...
“Hearing is for life, wear fucking earplugs at shows”
Welcome to the year-end edition of your fave column on all things True, Norwegian, and Black Metal. If you've come looking for a giant,...
In our ongoing effort to celebrate Norway's past (and present) musical efforts, we are pleased to bring you the fourth installment of our semi-regular...
For us westerners there is nothing quite like catching a live performance of true Norwegian black metal on the soil that birthed the sub-genre....
Never has a form of music united (and divided) people such as black metal. Never has a form of music tapped into the deepest,...
Never has a form of music united (and divided) people such as black metal. Never has a form of music tapped into the deepest,...
2006’s Ozzfest had another fantastic lineup that featured Disturbed, Avenged Sevenfold, Atreyu, Walls of Jericho, and Lacuna Coil.
"We wanted to write something where the idea of a playing a 20 minute slot for a whole summer just wouldn’t make sense. "
Between the Buried and Me's massive 2007 record took the metal scene by storm. Ten years later, the album is still one of the...
Ozzfest 2005: Sabbath. Maiden. Slash. Wylde. Zombie. Need we say more? Ok, how about Mudvayne, In Flames, Trivium, and Mastodon tagged on. The 10th...
Ozzfest 2004 was pretty damn heavy. Phil Anselmo returned to the stage once more, this time with Superjoint Ritual. Rob Halford filled in for Ozzy...
Ozzfest 2003 featured one hell of an Ozzy set, as Zakk Wylde was joined by Jason Newstead and Mike Bordin. Disturbed had just followed...
Throwing a few curve balls into the lineup, bands like Chevelle, The Used, and Andrew W.K. provided contrast to heavy-hitters Down and Hatebreed.
While the US crowd was surely jealous that Tool and Soulfly only performed on the two UK dates, Ozzfest 2001 still boasted a hell...
After four successful years, Ozzfest entered the millennium stronger than ever. Ozzfest 2000 featured a mix of iconic and burgeoning metal acts, with bands...
Doom metal has seen coverage in some major mainstream publications in recent years and is getting widespread critical acclaim - here's what the artists,...
