You haven't heard of Carnis Immortalis; that’s not surprising. This Garden City band is another one of those Michigan underground death metal bands predominately featured at places like Detroit’s Harpos. Like many, this band has been largely overlooked; but after opening for Cattle Decapitation lat...
It’s that time again, time to step outside of the shitty world of metal and into a much shittier world full of other things to darken your day with. Today we’re highlighting Master Boot Record, AKA MBR. Best we can tell, this artificial intelligence known as MBR has been lurking in the basement o...
Black Forest – Dream Released 3rd March 2018 Reviewed 6th March 2018 by Korpi To my bewilderment, I keep finding myself reviewing various power metal-esk bands of the “symphonic melodic death metal” variety, AKA those who walk a similar path as Jari Mäenpää. To that effect, enter Black Forest....
One of the best and longest standing metal acts in northern Michigan decided it was time to remind us they're not dead. Feast Eternal, a Christian death metal band that plays on the darker side of the genre, released a facebook teaser video this past month for what we can only presume is an upcoming...
With the exception of solo projects, rarely in metal is reviewing an album considered reviewing the artist behind it, but with Jari Mäenpää this is definitely the case. In 2004 Jari released the debut album of his pet project Wintersun and made bold claims about spearheading a sub-genre called “sym...
I think back to the times of headbanging to Cannibal Corpse covers at the local civic center and say to myself, "Those were the days." But when Cannibal Corpse covers become Avenged Sevenfold covers and straight long hair turns to straight edge tattoos there's no going back; or so I thought.
If you’re a Xanthochroid fan and need an excuse to drink and listen to music with people, then the band has an offer you might be interested in. As most are aware, the music industry is very different than it has traditionally been over past decades. We can thank and criticize the internet fo...
It’s concert season in the mitten again; rather than wade through the punk and hard rock bands on other sites, embrace the Demonbit as your one stop shop for the metal shows you need to know about. 7/7 Detroit, Corktown Tavern (local bands) https://www.facebook.com/events/1236135996462007/ 7/...
That’s right, the largest metal merch site on the web has now been around for 10 whole years. Not only has Doctor Death managed to keep the site alive this long, he’s managed to turn it into a staple of the online metal community. No joke, ask your online brothers what their top ten metal websi...
In part one of this article we discussed the return of cassette tapes and the appeal they do/don’t hold. In this part we’ll discuss what you need to know to get started with tapes. This is purely an introduction to tapes for new comers or a quick refresher for those of you who have forgotten the n...
If you haven't heard the hipster news buzz, cassette tapes are cool again. In 2016 cassette sales were up 74% in the US; but don’t be fooled by the huge percentage, that’s still only 0.06% of US physical music sales and 0.01% of US total music sales. So why the rise in sales? Maybe we can blame t...
This week on the DemonBit Podcast we discuss strange asian cuisine and our video game filled childhoods.
This week on the DemonBit Podcast, we talk John Wick 2, films and TV shows, and michigan brews.
This week on the DemonBit Podcast, after returning from a short break we sit down to discuss some of our pet peeves about video game economics and the companies that exploit them.
Korpi's review of Dalriada's new acoustic album released in May 2016.
With releases like Destroyer 666’s Wildfire, Vektor’s Terminal Redux, Insomnium’s Winter’s Gate, Mithras’ On Strange Loops, and Dark Tranquillity’s Atoma, I’d say the year has been decently rich with releases I’ll be listening to for a long while. There was one band however that certainly stood out...
Roadtrip Setlist Mini-Reviews: Bloody Hammers - A Lovely Sort Of Death Released in 2016, A Lovely Sort Of Death by US-based Bloody Hammers features an interesting mix of something reminiscent of Type O-Negative with some kind of 80s goth and maybe a bit of the doomy-er portions of Triptykon or Celtic Frost.
Austrian black metal band Summoning needs no introduction, their consistently epic atmospheric sound is a staple of metal that has influenced untold numbers. Apparently so many bands owe tribute to Summoning’s pioneering efforts that they’ve collected themselves in one release to pay homage. Releas...
This week on the DemonBit Podcast, we put our new studio setup through the paces, discussing a recent show featuring Mayhem, Inquisition and Black Anvil, as well as our thoughts on best albums and video games of 2016.
If this package is coming to a town near you, go for Inquisition and stay for the legendary Mayhem and De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas.