Death Metal MusicMusic and Culture on the Edge

At around one minute into Gojira's new album, The Way Of All Flesh, something should strike you - the music sports that generic, repetitive metal sound of chugging guitars and indistinguishable lyrics. But don't let the opening track turn you off. Give the CD a full listen and you'll find that there's a pretty decent album in these French metal heads.

The REDCAT stage looked like a rehearsal room Friday night when Lou Reed, Ulrich Krieger and Sarth Calhoun took the stage. Effects boxes, pedals and other sound manipulation tools were strewn here and there in cluttered arrangements. In the center, a row of guitars sat next to a vintage amp. The set-up was practical, not symbolic, but it also carried a message: Tonight's performance by the trio, going by the name Unclassified, would be informal and almost private, an act of creation first and

The debut album of PUTREVORE is scheduled for a September release through XTREEM MUSIC under the title of "Morphed from Deadbreath". PUTREVORE is a project band formed back in 2004 by Dave Rotten (AVULSED/ CHRIST DENIED) on vocals and Rogga Johansson (PAGANIZER/ RIBSPREADER) on guitars/ bass with the intention of bringing back the most heavy, purtid and dark sounds of the old school Death Metal directly influenced by bands like INCANTATION, ROTTREVORE, GRAVE, FUNEBRE, DETERIOROT... PUTREVORE's