The way I see it, there are two ways for bands in the densely-populated contemporary metal scene to find a distinctive voice. The first is to find a previously unexplored artistic direction to pursue ...

The merciless Frenchmen are returning next week with their best album yet. Check out this new song now! France's Blackened Noise outfit, Plebeian Grandstand are returning next Friday with their new ...

Blame the internet if you’re a purist, but black metal has falling into music genres like mad for a long ass time now. You can hardly peruse a Bandcamp without running into the words “black metal” or ...

Local death/grind/tech/noise maniacs Pyrrhon are getting busy this summer. They’re getting set to head out on tour with like-minded French rippers Plebeian ...

Two balls of core chaos will start rolling through North America in August. Bleak hardcore blasters Centuries and Jungbluth will unite to terrorize the eastern half of the US. The tour will hit ...

What band doesn’t suck? Plebeian Grandstand, straight out of France with their excellently messy and discordant take on Euro black metal. Back in March, we were stoked to premiere their new album ...

Looking for something to do today? Agenda‘s got you covered. Presented by Stage Left, DrekFest is about bad writing. Actually, it’s about good writers writing bad plays—because that’s funny. Judges ...

Plebeian Grandstand play in an overwhelming, monolithic style. The sonic structure they've created False Highs, True Lows is dense but crumbling, the blackened barrier dropping heavy, destructive ...

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PLEBEIAN GRANDSTAND was formed in the summer of 2005 in Toulouse, Midi-Pyrénées, France. Extreme metal blizzard. Violent emotions. Oppressive dissonance. Chaotic structures. Apocalyptic atmospheres.

The issue isn’t on newsstands yet, but here’s the cover of September’s Decibel, featuring Little Rock’s Pallbearer and the caption, “The torch is passed to doom’s next big thing.” ...