Whether these dark days of winter see you celebrate the Solstice, Yule, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa or Christmas there is no doubting we are on the very precipice of the festive season. Here at Necromag we want you to have one hell of a holiday so consider this bundle of links our gift to you.
Firstly we have a free sample offering from the disco rockers Electric Six who are giving away their version of the classic [...]

As one of the most highly anticipated crossover releases of the year Korn‘s experimental dubstep metal album The Path Of Totality was always going to one of two things; a bass filled monster of a release or just a damp ‘wub’ so to speak. Already renowned for their chunky beats, bass guitar drops and frontman Jonathan Davis’ anguished grunts, the addition of twisted electronic howls and ground shaking, woofer shattering dubby sounds[...]

Having recently recreated themselves as a five-piece following the recording of the intense industrial-punk album ‘Hello My Name Is’ it’s been all change for Angelspit this year. In recording the bands founding members Zoog Von Rock and Destroy X were joined by ex-Crüxshadows Valerie Gentile on guitars, the prolific industrial drummer Chris Kling (known for [...]

The Death Notes album Splinter approaches goth from a rolling cloud of distortion and effects like a winter mist in the moors. Appropriately enough on ‘Cold Dawn’, a track with a downplayed bass guitar bottom line that occasionally regains teeth, this haunting distortion is used to brilliant effect. The band has been compared to dozens of other acts but the two that seem to have stuck are Siouxsie and the Horrors. [...]

With an eye towards the end times, the “future extreme metal” sensation and recent winners of the renowned Rock The Nation Award 2011 Nexus Inferis, will release their début album ‘A Vision Of The Final Earth’ on February 13, 2012 through NoiseArt Records. Closely following their first “making of” studio diary the band have unveiled their first album teaser trailer on YouTube.[...]

Heartbeats And Brainwaves is a glorious return of Dick Valentine’s gristled camp disco rock. Despite a few clumsy lines ‘Bleed For The Artist’ is an invigorating romp, the likes of which have not been seen since the acts thunderous début ‘Fire’. ‘Bleed’ ties together some tense funky riffs, an undead Pharaoh and respect for “the artist” in a rather infectious package.
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Following the recent release of their album ‘Psychology Of Death’, Mortal Sin have made the official video of the single ‘Blood Of My Enemies’ available to stream on YouTube. The album was recorded by producer Darren Jenkins, who carved a sound so massive that the guitars sound furiously fast and aggressive while the drums threaten to tear your speakers to pieces.[...]

This weekend former X Factor winner Leona Lewis incited the typical knee-jerk reaction of the alternative scene for covering the tragic anthem ‘Hurt’ on live British television. Whether or not you agree with the choice to cover this song at all it’s worth looking at both how people reacted to it, why and if the cover had any merit.
Yes, I did actually say that! In the interest of balanced journalism [...]