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Psycroptic Say They Left Prosthetic for Metal Blade to Be With Friends Black Dahlia Murder, Cannibal Corpse, Revocation, Goatwhore

Posted in Interviews with tags Black Dahlia Murder, Cannibal Corpse, goatwhore, Metal Blade, Prosthetic, Psycroptic, Revocation on 10/27/2025 by Kurt Orzeck

Psycroptic signed to Metal Blade Records after their deal with Prosthetic Records ended and the tech-death metal band became free agents. Psycroptic bassist Todd Stern told Music Connection the Australian act picked Metal Blade in part so they could rub elbows with their amigos Black Dahlia Murder, Cannibal Corpse, Revocation, Goatwhore and The Red Chord.

Cloak In ‘Early Stages Of Working On New Material’

Posted in Interviews with tags Cloak, Metal Blade on 06/09/2024 by Kurt Orzeck

Like the Olympic torch, black-metal band Cloak seems poised to be on fire forever. The Atlantans delivered the strongest set at last year’s Hell in the Harbor in Baltimore, parted ways with their former record label and issued The Bad Penny’s favorite record of 2023—yet Scott Taysom and company are showing no signs of letting up.

Speaking of “signs,” Music Connection just published a new “Signing Story” on Cloak, written by yours truly. (Please quickly forget the abysmal attempt at a pun in the previous sentence.) The print edition of the mag is now available, but if you can’t afford or find it, here‘s the online version of the piece.