Tempel Signs To Prosthetic Records

It's always super cool to see bands get signed that truly deserve it. Check out why this signing made us here at Brutalitopia particularly happy after the break.

Exclusive Interview - Ben Sharp (Cloudkicker)

Yesterday, I had the great privilege of interviewing one Ben Sharp...more commonly known as the one man band behind Cloudkicker. The discussion included plenty of great stuff about the new album, Subsume, which is set to release in about a week and a half on September 14th via his bandcamp page, the beginnings of Cloudkicker, Ben's influences musically, and his thoughts on touring/playing live shows. This is an interview you surely won't want to pass up so be sure to check it out after the break!

Howl - "Bloodlines"

One of my favorite things about being a metal fan in 2013 is that with the internet, you can literally find hundreds, if not thousands, of bands you’ve never heard of every year.  The rise of Bandcamp and embedded tracks means you can hear bands at a clip like never before, which is fantastic.  Of course the flip side of that is sometimes bands slip through the cracks, and when you finally hear them, you curse your stupidity and wish to Dio that you’d found them sooner.  That sums up my experience with Howl over the past month, because evidently they had a self-titled EP in 2008 and a debut full-length titled Full of Hell in 2010, even though I didn’t learn of their existence – not to mention their impending album Bloodlines – until a few weeks ago.

Review: Temple - On The Steps Of The Temple

Though it has gone through many stylistic changes over the years, one of the tenants of black metal has always been the harsh, raspy vocals over the pummeling blast beats and distorted guitar riffs.  Some bands have played with and tweaked this formula, adding clean vocals here and there to complement the rasps, and interjecting long passages of ambient music in between lyrics.  But what happens if you take away those vocals entirely, leaving only the music?  Temple seeks to answer this question directly, with their brand of black metal-influenced instrumental metal on their debut album On the Steps of the Temple.   

Find out if it works after the jump…