(EDITOR’S NOTE — Dave Jurenovich of the excellent Buffalo death metal band ‘Morgue Terror’ wants to take the city back to its “filthy death metal days,” and he isn’t just blowing smoke. In fact, for nearly two years, he’s been working behind the scenes to bring to life ‘Buffalo Gorefest,’ which finally will be birthed this coming June at Buffalo Iron Works. It’s always a pleasure for us to speak with Jurenovich, a talented and determined artist who’s as professional as they c

(EDITOR’S NOTE — We’ve said it before and we meant it: Bran Schlia is an absolute Renaissance man. He’s a musician, filmmaker, producer, music educator and founder of Steak and Cake Records . And today, Bran has dropped a very cool live album of recordings from shows held in the basement of his home from past years. But, that’s not all . After a long hiatus initially prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic, Bran has decided the show must go on. With his permission, we’re re-runni

Buffalo power-violence band Bile Study is out today with its latest release, ‘Bite the Hand, Take What’s Mine.’ A frenzied and bone-jarring work, the seven-track EP was recorded and mixed by Jay Zubricky at GCR Audio and mastered by Mike Fridmann. Check it out HERE . The album is a follow-up to the band’s 2025 album, ‘ Tomorrow It’ll Only Be Worse .’ On Feb. 7, Bile Study will be playing the Punk Olympics, a six-band bill to benefit Palestine. The show is at Chemical No. 2,

disctr4k (Photo Provided) Buffalo artist Doxa Murego — known by his stage name disctr4k — is only 18 years old, but he’s been working at his craft, sampling and producing his own tracks, since he was 10.   Fascinated with house music and lo-fi HipHop tracks, he first started sampling Windows XP sound effects on his Android phone as a kid, which ultimately launched him upon a creative journey that in a relatively short span has attracted a massive fanbase and meteoric succe