Read a preview of this year’s Oblivion Access festival in Austin through the eyes of punk-rock miscreants Cloud Rat, in my brand-new interview with them for New Noise:
Cloud Rat Ready to Infest Oblivion Festival
Posted in Interviews with tags Cloud Rat on 06/13/2023 by Kurt OrzeckCovet Leader Details Dark Chapter in Band’s Past
Posted in Interviews with tags Covet on 06/12/2023 by Kurt OrzeckRead this extremely intimate, recent conversation I conducted for New Noise with Covet leader Yvette Young, in which she opens up about enduring abuse in the band:
Pallbearer Done Recording New LP, Eying 2024 Release
Posted in Interviews with tags Oblivion Access, Pallbearer on 06/11/2023 by Kurt OrzeckCheck out the major scoop we got this week from Oblivion Access participant and doom-metal monarchs Pallbearer for New Noise:
Bosse-de-Nage to Debut New Song at Oblivion Access
Posted in Interviews with tags Bosse-de-Nage, Oblivion Access on 06/10/2023 by Kurt OrzeckNew Noise published two exclusive news stories from The Bad Penny this week, one of which came from a rare, new interview with Oblivion Access participant and experimental black-metal purveyors Bosse-de-Nage:
Teke::Teke’s ‘Hagata’: Two Cent Review
Posted in Album Reviews, Reviews with tags Teke::Teke on 06/08/2023 by Kurt Orzeck
Witch’s ‘Zango’: Two Cent Review
Posted in Album Reviews, Reviews with tags Witch on 06/05/2023 by Kurt Orzeck
Omnium Gatherum Vocalist Shares Secret to Staying ‘OG’ Melodic Death Metal
Posted in Interviews with tags Omnium Gatherum on 06/04/2023 by Kurt OrzeckOmnium Gatherum dropped a new EP on Friday that the band’s vocalist says bridges the gap between releases. While Jukka Pelkonen hinted at an evolution in Omnium Gatherum’s melodic death metal sound, he promised the Finlanders won’t abandon their “OG” metal roots. Read my extensive interview with him for New Noise.
Gal Pal’s ‘This and Other Gestures’: Two Cent Review
Posted in Interviews on 06/02/2023 by Kurt Orzeck
Harboured Credits Health With Its Label Signing
Posted in Interviews with tags Harboured, Health on 06/01/2023 by Kurt OrzeckHere’s my second story on Harboured, which recently ran in Music Connection. Following the previous feature I wrote for New Noise, this article focuses almost exclusively on the progressive black metal band’s signing to Lost Future Records.
Necronomicon on Getting ‘Screwed’ by COVID
Posted in Interviews with tags Necronomicon on 05/31/2023 by Kurt OrzeckCanadian death-metal legends Necronomicon—a reference to Sam Raimi’s over-the-top Evil Dead films—told New Noise about their trials and tribulations of dealing with the Pandemic That Shall Not Be Named.
The Bad Penny (beta) 