Death Metal MusicMusic and Culture on the Edge

By now, Gwar really shouldn’t need much introduction.

After twenty-six years and thousands of gallons of blood and fake semen, GWAR is still delivering their own brand of lewd, campy fun. Their new album, Bloody Pit of Horror, continues their endless parade of monsters, mayhem and metal. No forays into sincerity here; it's the same GWAR you either love or hate.

Destroy All Monsters, on the other hand, is an infernal heavy metal hymn showcasing the tight interplay between Siegfried and drummer Chris Avgerin.

Salute the oncoming winter solstice with Menace Ruine, that’s my advice…the latest release from this Canadian black metal project is The Die Is Cast (ALIEN8 ALIENCD82), a fatalistic title for a CD decorated with sombre, candle-blackened religious icons from the orthodox church and suggesting that mankind’s destiny is a nightmarish combination of many-headed monsters, headless figures running about aimlessly, and a coldly indifferent angel of salvation hovering over a sickly extinguished sun.