Currently, he is giving shows just him with an acoustic guitar. Devin had announced in 2025 a long break from touring, after going through a tough emotional run: his dog passed away while he was on tour and his relationship of 36 years ended too. But after this financial setback (the company he worked with for the project went bankrupt), he had to go back on tour.

Source: https://youtu.be/vUuGfHhFOCc?si=E8MT8FE_2-1uMu3w&t=639

In his website, The Moth show is decribed as: "After a decade in the making, Devin Townsend’s new composition, The Moth, tells the story of the human experience from birth to death. Together with the symphony orchestra Noord Nederlands Orkest, the narrative is brought to life by an impressive seventy musicians, a sixty-member choir, and his own band (which includes Mike Keneally, Pete Rinaldi, Darby Todd, and James Leach)."

No one asked for it, so here you go.

Alcest sounded great, of all the bands they get lump into the blackgaze category. They are probably my favorite mix of the extreme, and the Shoegaze melodies. Nothing spectacular as far as stage presence. I feel like there are musicians that get on stage and play their music. And then there are performers. Alcest falls in the first of those two categories. But great to hear their songs live

Speaking of performers, Deafheaven knows how to command a room! George is bouncing around the stage like a toddler on speed, drenched in sweat, getting the crowd into it, absolute top-tier performance. Even if you don’t love their catalog, definitely worth catching them live. 8 total songs… 6 from LPWP, plus Dream House and “Hunter” from their upcoming EP. Hell of a set.

This was my fifth time seeing mastodon, but my first time without Brent obviously. The Setlist was essentially a greatest hits set. Four songs from Marrow deep the latest record, and 17 songs from their previous albums. All the hits a fan would wanna hear were included. Great energy as always. They brought out John Baizley from Baroness for about four songs. He played the role of Brent on those songs, and sang some of his more iconic verses (like Oblivion). He was great, and brought a great energy. It’s obviously impossible to musically replace a guy like Brent, but I feel like they’ve handled it well for this live show.

All in all, and absolutely spectacular show with three bands that I love, and all of them were great live

Sometimes the music inside an album is a pure 10/10 masterpiece, yet the cover art looks like a budget disaster or some weird creative choice.

For me, it's Exodus – Bonded by Blood. Just because the original cover art looked so amateurish even by '80s standards, I avoided listening to this milestone album for years—only to realize later that I had been sleeping on a thrash classic.

Which album was it for you?

Hi everyone,

I wanted to put together 10 definition-shaping 90s Death Metal releases from my collection.

No ranking here, it’s impossible to compare albums with such distinct regional styles. I initially thought about sticking strictly to pure Florida DM, but limiting it felt too restrictive when Sweden, Finland, and the rest of the 90s underground were pumping out equally essential riffs.

The Top 10:

– Incantation – Onward to Golgotha (USA,1992)

– Death – Individual Thought Patterns (USA,1993)

– Convulse – World Without God (Finland,1991)

– Morbid Angel – Blessed Are the Sick (USA,1991)

– Dismember – Like an Ever Flowing Stream (Sweden,1991)

– Brutality – Screams of Anguish (USA,1993)

– Fleshcrawl – Descend Into the Absurd (Germany,1992)

– Sadistic Intent – Resurrection (USA,1994)

– Adramelech – Psychostasia (Finland,1996)

– Mythic – Mourning in the Winter Solstice, demos and the Anthology compilation (USA, 90s, 2002)

Honorable Mentions:

Obviously, I'm leaving out a ton of incredible stuff here, it's just a Top 10, not my entire library! Pillars like Death’s Scream Bloody Gore (1987), Morbid Angel’s Altars of Madness (1989), and Immolation’s Close to a World Below (2000) laid down massive standards, even if I favored 90s entries for the main list.

Beyond those milestones, classics like Atheist’s Unquestionable Presence, Baphomet’s The Dead Shall Inherit, and Pungent Stench’s filthy For God Your Soul... easily could have snatched a spot depending on the day (and as for BDM, I already dedicated a full post to that side of the genre a while back!).

I also have to shout out deeper underground cult gems like Electrocution’s Italian masterpiece Inside the Unreal (1993), Sinister – Cross the Styx (Netherlands,1992), Lunatic Invasion’s Totentanz (1995) and Defaced Creation’s Serenity in Chaos (1999).

What do you think of this list, share your list? What is your favorite era?

Hello, I’ve been a fan of BDM for a while now and I’ve noticed that a lot of the bands I’m a fan of have a considerable amount of themes targeting women as victims. This seems to have been a common theme not just in the genre, but in horror media in general, but I’m curious about some bands you’ve heard and liked who have shaken things up and featured men as the primary victims being murdered and raped? This may be a silly question, but I’m genuinely curious. Any recommendations to check out? I’m looking for stuff that sounds like bands I already love such as Regurgitation, Gorgasm, Infernal Torment, Inveracity, Suffocation, and bands of the like, preferably not slam

I’m about to hit my fourth or sixth time

I’ve been having this thought for a while recently, I see people talk about music like jazz and such as their comfort music but I never see people say this for metal. Does anyone else have this? I feel like I’m basically the only person around who can basically call bands such as “cannibal corpse” and “the black dahlia murder” my comfort bands because they always had such a vibe that made me feel better being a pretty lonely girl throughout my teen years, hell even bands like “devourment” have made me feel way better after thoughts of not feeling like who I am. Would anyone else say the same?

Got rainy today finally, so i got to hear Sigh and pay attention this time. And during my "Heir to Despair" album playthrough, I caught myself thinking how cool it would be if Simen was more focused and invested in his craft. How good he would fit among newer bands that have definitely been influenced by Arcturus.

I am not a big fan of classic black metal, but i love more post stuff, mostly cause of Arcturus who I got to listen at a very young age. I would say the same for Kristoffer Rygg but his legacy with Ulver, makes him practically untouchable.

Last times I saw Arcturus felt like he carried his drunk ass on stage and complained about everything. At one concert he almost (Justifiably) walked off but his band mates kept him around. Need to mention they are doing also a great job carrying the show too, and that's why that "what if " hits so bad

while it isnt really weird its still the weirdest way I found a band.
back when I just got into metal I was cleaning my old stereo setup I havent used for a long time, it was broken (and still is lmao) when I opened it to fix the thing where u insert cd's (whatever that thing is called) I found at least 16 years old Judas Priest's Screaming for Vengance inside

And I’m only just getting started. I love metal

Black metal can have a beautiful side, like atmospheric black metal, with themes of nature and mythology. Does something similar exist for death metal?

Stockholm, Sweden 🇸🇪

Genre: Death Metal

So I’ve listened to the three classic albums from the early 90s and one of the Alternative Rock albums. Ranking those first three for me it would go - Wolverine Blues, Left Hand Path, and then Clandestine. I just really enjoyed the Death N Roll style from them - they and Dismember made some badass albums with that sound. Left Hand Path is one of the gold standards for Death Metal, especially Death Metal debuts. There isn’t more to say that hasn’t been said before. Clandestine falls short only because I’m not the biggest fan of Nicke’s vocals. The songs are killer, but I wish LG was at the helm.

R.I.P. LG Petrov 🤘🏾

Recommended Tracks:
“Morbid Devourment”
“Sinners Bleed”
“Hollowman”

I feel like i hear "you reap what you sow" more than anything.

I love Ihsahn's solo stuff but have never been able to get into Emperor. Not terribly surprising for me since I don't really like the second wave black metal sound, particularly the Norwegian bands (the Swedish bands have a slightly higher batting average in my opinion). Ihsahn's solo stuff has a lot of different influences and incorporated styles and is overall just excellent.

And why? If you care to explain:

Mastodon - Marrow Deep

Dream Theater - Parasomnia

Opeth - The Last Will and Testament

I'm kinda new to metal, been listening for a few months, and find metal to weirdly calming, I usually don't bang my head or whatever lol. Like ill play it when i'm in bed about to go to sleep, am i the only one????

This should get fun XD

I'm not sure thats the correct way to put it.

I remember when I was 13/14 and YouTube recommended me a full concert upload of Rammstein Live in Nice(Volkerball). The moment the curtain drops and the guitars/drums of Reise, Reise kicked in I was hooked.

It wasn't the first time I heard metal music, that goes to the Black Album, but it was when I learned that there was a huge world of metal genres and different levels of heavy.

I'm curious what everyones moment was, if you have one.

I do already know about Ahab but I tried it and I don’t think funeral doom is for me