Coroner’s sound has always lived at the edges. It’s a collision of speed, structure, and control. Built on thrash, their music pulled in classical form, avant-garde twists, jazz complexity, and the cold mechanics of industrial metal. Often called “the Rush of thrash metal,” Coroner, along with bands like Voivod and Watchtower, helped shape what would later be known as technical and progressive thrash.

They kicked things off in Zürich back in 1985 and quickly built a reputation as one of underground metal’s most forward-thinking and technically ferocious bands. With Ron Broder on bass and vocals, Tommy Vetterli on guitar, and Marky Edelmann on drums, the trio put out five critically praised records and a semi-compilation between 1987 and 1994, each one dragging thrash metal further into innovative, more experimental territory.

The band stepped away in 1996 - but when they came back in 2011, it wasn’t to rehash the past. They had unfinished business. Edelmann bowed out after the early reunion shows, and longtime live partner Diego Rapacchietti stepped behind the kit, reigniting the band’s rhythmic core. Now, in October 2025, Coroner will release their first new studio album in over thirty years. This one took time. It moved slow, stayed quiet, and took shape mostly in the background. Until the moment felt right to let it surface.

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For the past 40 years, the venerated Bay Area Thrash Metal outfit Heathen have abided by their never-say-die attitude. Continuing to push the boundaries of the genre, the band has expanded their audience while restoring faith in vicious yet brainy metal, the very kind that originally put on the map. Since the release of their last album, Empire of the Blind, Heathen has toured nonstop, playing hundreds of shows across 5 continents. From the moment that the COVID restrictions lifted in 2022, the band hit the ground running, touring with contemporaries such as Testament, Exodus, Overkill, and Symphony X over the last 3 years. Recorded in several cities across the United States during the 2023 Bleed the World Tour, Bleed the World: Live is the perfect audio representation of the Heathen live show. Featuring songs from each of the band’s albums, including recent tracks such as “Sun in My Hand” and “The Blight” as well as classics such as “Hypnotized” and “Goblin’s Blade,” the live album mirrors the band’s crushing live set list. The cover artwork by Travis Smith depicts a steel Heathen logo piercing the bleeding Earth, held by a hand that encapsulates the world tour as a moment in time. Produced by guitarist Kragen Lum and mixed by Zeuss, Bleed the World: Live transports the listener into the concert hall with a crystal-clear yet heavy production and captures the interaction between band and audience that makes every Heathen live show special.

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Hardcore groove metal from the Seattle area.