30 Wednesday Jan 2013
Posted in Band Spotlight, Black Metal, Grind/Crust, Hardcore, News, Videos
Italy’s premiere blackened hardcore band, The Secret, have partnered with Scion A/V to bring you a new music video for their song “Seven Billion Graves” from their most recent effort, Agnus Dei. The grainy, black and white video shows frame after frame of bleak landscapes and the ruins of civilizations of the past. The video is just as dark and depressing as the band’s music so it’s safe to say it’s a perfect fit. You can view the video at Invisible Oranges or feel free to check it out below.
04 Friday Jan 2013
Posted in Band Spotlight, Black Metal, Crust, Grindcore, News, Now Playing..., Videos
While sifting through the comments just now, I came across one from user Gertra that was simply a video. What was this video? It was what seemed to be a music video for The Secret‘s track “Daily Lies” which comes off their blistering 2012 release Agnus Dei. I watched the video and I was completely blown away. Continue reading »
21 Friday Dec 2012
Posted in Atmospheric, Band Spotlight, Best of 2012, Black Metal, Crust, Deathcore, Doom Metal, Grindcore, Hardcore, Metal, News, Now Playing..., Post-Metal, Powerviolence, Prog Metal, Rock
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A Life Once Los, Amenra, Ash Borer, Author & Punisher, Bastard Saping, Between The Buried And Me, Bone Dance, Bosse-De-Nage, cannibal corpse, Car Bomb, coheed and cambria, Column Of Heaven, Coverge, deftones, early graves, Everything Went Black, Gaza, hivesmasher, Homewrecker, hooded menace, Kowloon Walled City, Old Man Gloom, pig destroyer, Serpentine Path, Standing On A Floor Of Bodies, The Chariot, the secret, Torch Runner, veil of maya, War From A Harlots Mouth
An’ lemme jus’ say: Fuck December 21st in it’s ass. Ain’t no ‘pocalypse, mutha’ fuckas.
Man, there were way to many good albums released this year. I listened to as many as I could but there were some that I just couldn’t get to. There are also some that I listened to, just not enough for them to make my final list. I can’t let this slide, however and I want to give a shout out to new releases by Marty Friedman, The Mars Volta, Birds In Row, Code Orange Kids, Downfall Of Gaia and Krallice. I really wish I could have settled down to check these albums out in full, but I just couldn’t get down to do it.
Before we get to my actual list I would like to thank each and every one of you readers. Without you, I honestly probably would have given this up a long time ago. Sure, on this site I give my opinion on music, but it is really you guys/gals that count. I don’t know how I could repay you all for visiting American Aftermath these past two years. You have really made it worth while. Even the haters who talked shit, I appreciate you fucks also.
30 Tuesday Oct 2012
Posted in Band Spotlight, Black Metal, Crust, Hardcore, News, Now Playing..., Streaming Albums...
Italy’s most destructive force The Secret are currently streaming their fierce new album Agnus Dei over on CVLT Nation and I gotta say, this is an album that NEEDS to be heard. I’ve been listening to this album for a few weeks now and I will tell you that it is one of the best releases of the year. It’s a filthy work of art and you should all stop what you’re doing and listen to this beast. The album was released last week via Southern Lord Records. Check out a track below and stream the whole thing here. Enjoy. Continue reading »
16 Tuesday Oct 2012
Posted in Band Spotlight, Black Metal, Crust, Grind/Crust, Hardcore, Now Playing..., Upcoming Shit
Whaddup, Aftermathletes? It’s been a while. Sure, I’ve been away for a little over a month, but best believe I have not given up music all together. No. Make that “hell no.” I have been rocking a lot of shit lately and I’m here to let you know whats up. This month I have been jamming some killer tunes. Let’s see what’s rocking, shall we? Continue reading »
19 Wednesday Sep 2012
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By Lane Oliver
2010’s breakout album, Solve et Coagula, opened many doors for Italy’s own crusty demolishers The Secret. That record went on to accumulate massive amounts of praise from music critics and fans alike. Now the sonically punishing quartet has announced the release of their blasphemous new record Agnus Dei; a record that is as huge as the Lamb of God himself.
18 Tuesday Sep 2012
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Everyone’s favorite crusty, spiteful Italian hardcore act, The Secret, have announced the release of their new record Agnus Dei (Latin for Lamb of God). The Kurt Ballou produced monstrosity will hit the shelves on October 23rd via Southern Lord. For those dying to get a taste of the aural nihilism, you can stream the murky black metal inspired title track below (courtesy of Brooklyn Vegan).
26 Saturday Nov 2011
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29 Thursday Sep 2011
Posted in Band Spotlight, Black Metal, Crust, Grind/Crust, Grindcore, Hardcore, Metal, News, Punk, Rock, Speed Metal, Tour Dates, Upcoming Shit, Videos, WTF?
Wow. Is it just a day to talk about tours I will not be attending? Oh well. A while back, we talked about this tour with Toxic Holocaust, Trap Them, Kvelertak and Wolves Like Us. Well, now it appears that The Secret will be taking Trap Them’s place due to some unforeseen health issues. This is a bummer I think. I mean, either way this tour is going to kill. I would be biased either way because I love both of those bands equally. You can still check out the dates here. All the best goes to the members of Trap Them. I hope all is well.
~R. Gnarly//Grave Det Eller Dø.
14 Wednesday Sep 2011
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When I interviewed Mike from The Secret not too long ago, he told us that the band was already working on new songs and was planning to record some when they came back from their tour with Tombs. Well, they kept their word and have recently uploaded a very short clip of a new track on their Tumblr and I can honestly say, even with the clip being so short, I am already excited for some new material from these guys. Their last record, Solve Et Coagula, is still in constant rotation in my house and just the thought of a new record gives me tingles. So if you want to hear about 24 seconds of new The Secret music, head over to their Tumblr and jam that shit. Get stoked! Follow The Secret on Twitter.
~R. Gnarly//Dig It or Die.
12 Monday Sep 2011
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Okay, it is not very often that I fall for a band based on two songs, but I gotta give it to Grime.These dudes fucking rip. I actually found this band by seeing who follows me on Twitter, I clicked on their MySpace link and the hate-filled sludge washed over my speakers. Holy shit. This band reminds me a lot of Dopethrone in the way they produce cold, evil sludge with black metal-styled vocals. It’s pretty amazing.
I contacted a member of the band so that I could learn a bit more about them and it turns out the band hails from Italy and features an ex-member of The Secret as well as member of Pianoearthquake. I don’t know much about Pianoearthquake other than what I have listened to on their MySpace page. It’s not bad, it’s actually kind of enjoyable. Well, these elements work well into the grand scheme of Grime. The band is currently working on their album, but you can hear a few tracks on their MySpace page. Yeah, I know. MySpace sucks, but seriously, check these dudes out.
~R. Gnarly//Dig It or Die.
02 Friday Sep 2011
Posted in Band Spotlight, Hardcore, Metal, Metalcore, Now Playing..., Playlists, Videos
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book of black earth, cannibal corpse, converge, deathwish inc, Evile, fuck the facts, Jacob Bannon, psychostick, Sourvein, the atlas moth, the secret, trap them
This was supposed to go up at 9AM, but it didn’t for some reason. So here it is.
A year ago I was turned down by a major metal publication. My aspiration was to be a freelance writer for Decibel magazine but, at that time, freelancers were not needed. I also realized that I didn’t have a lot of experience in writing about metal. Well, I took the rejection quite well. The very next day, I started a blog and I was determined to report on extreme music and interview my favorite bands. It wasn’t easy at first. I was shy and I wasn’t good at posting news.
I started right away, signing up for news letters from numerous record labels and bugging the shit out of them to let me talk to their bands. I started interviewing underground, unsigned bands until I actually got a hit back from a big time label. My first interview was with one of my idols, Jacob Bannon of Converge. Of course, I didn’t know how to interview people so my questions were total shit. For a while, I would get a few interviews here and there, slowly working my way down my list of bands I loved.
Since the beginning of September last year, I have interviewed the aforementioned Jacob Bannon of Converge as well as Ol Drake (Evile), TJ Cowgill (Book of Black Earth), Ryan McKenney (Trap Them), Rob Kersey (Psychostick), Troy Medlin (Sourvein), Paul Mazurkewics (Cannibal Corpse), Michael Bertoldini (The Secret), Stavros (The Atlas Moth), Topon Das (Fuck The Facts) and many, many more.
I has planned to do something special for this anniversary, but things didn’t exactly work out as planned, but this morning’s jam is dedicated to my first actual interview, Jacob Bannon. Converge, motherfuckers. Converge. Enjoy the tunes after the jump.
~R. Gnarly//Dig It or Die.
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30 Saturday Jul 2011
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Good morning to all. I am currently at my shit job doing shit work that I hate, but I will be getting through the day by listening to The Secret and I think you all should also. I used to actually go into detail with these things, but nowadays I just don’t feel like it. Blah. Blah. Blah. Blah. Stop reading, start listening. All day, erryday. Enjoy.
~R. Gnarly//Dig It or Die.
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18 Monday Jul 2011
Posted in Band Spotlight, Black Metal, Grind/Crust, Hardcore, Interview, Videos
If you are unaware of the shocking aggression that is The Secret, you are missing out. This group of Italians took the world by storm with the release of their 2010 album Solve Et Coagula and they don’t plan on stopping any time soon. I recently caught up with The Secret’s guitarist, Michael Bertoldini. Read on to learn about the origin of the band’s name, their feelings about some of my favorite bands and the plans for their upcoming album. ~R. Gnarly//Dig It or Die.
Hello! How are you doing? Can you introduce yourself for my readers?
Hi Ross, my name is Mike, i play guitar with The Secret. I’m good, I’m relaxing at home watching “Leslie, My Name Is Evil”, one of the last movies about Manson Family but I’m having mixed feelings about it.
07 Thursday Jul 2011
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Acephalix, all pigs must die, black breath, Earthride, Goatsnake, Leviathan, masakari, Misanthropic, nails, Pelican, Seven Sisters of Sleep, the secret, trap them, weedeater, Winter, Xibalba
Good morning! How are you all feeling today? Yesterday was quite eventful here at American Aftermath as Josh and I both made up for the lack of posts over the weekend. We talked about Alex Bois parting with Periphery, we announced that Adam Jarvis joined Pig Destroyer, I interviewed Stavros of The Atlas Moth, we featured music by Doctorshopper and Wage Slave, the latter of whom was trashed on last night’s Metal Injection Livecast and we checked out T.R.A.M.’s unmastered track “Endeavor.” So yeah, it was a good day. Well, today we have even more goodies in store for you. What we have in store, exactly, I can’t tell you just yet, but it should be good.
Today’s playlist is dedicated to Southern Lord Records and features only bands who have released through the label. All of these bands are amazing and quite interesting. This playlist is pretty massive because I love Southern Lord and a lot of its back catalog. Hope you enjoy it because I know I will.
~R. Gnarly//Dig It or Die.
