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Video Premiere: Death on Fire – Witch Hunter (Playthrough Video)

August 13, 2018
It’s no secret that we’re big fans of melodic death metal outfit Death on Fire. Earlier this year, we had the pleasure of interviewing frontman and multi-instrumentalist Tim Kenific, as well as streaming their debut album Witch Hunter ahead of its [...]
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Catching Up with John Rau and Dustin Mendel of Conjurer

July 23, 2018
Have you ever seen the York Peppermint Patty commercials where they say “When I bite into a York Peppermint Patty, I get the sensation that I’m skiing on the alps” or some shit like that? Well, when I listen to Conjurer’s music, I get the sensation that [...]
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Beneath the Vault #1: This One Time at Bandcamp

May 18, 2018
Towards the back of the Vault, just past Reese’s cell, there’s a small staircase that leads to a hidden subterranean chamber where we keep the real underground shit. These are the obscure releases and rare finds that will get you points with the [...]
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Track Premiere + Interview: Trevor’s Head – “Sleepstate”

April 20, 2018
In my experience, when stoner rock bands borrow influences from outside of the genre, they often pull from the doom or psych ones. You don’t usually hear a lot of punk influence in this style of music, which is what immediately drew me to London [...]
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Track Premiere + Interview: Let It Breathe– “Mauler”

April 5, 2018
As a recent Doom Charts contributor, I’ve been listening to a LOT of stoner rock and doom music lately. After a while, it’s difficult to differentiate all the fuzzy blues riffs and droning chords, but every once in a while something outside of the [...]
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An Interview with Graphic Artist Tristan Thompson of Tristarr Art

April 4, 2018
There’s more that goes into making a scene prosper than just the bands and venues. To get people to a show or to buy a band’s album or shirt, you need killer artwork to grab their attention. Luckily, we have a lot of talented artists around Indianapolis [...]
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An Interview with Nikola Runjavec of Them Moose Rush + New Track “Stupid Face”

February 20, 2018
As part of our job, we listen to a lot of metal here at the Vault, so sometimes it’s refreshing when something slightly outside of the genre hits our inbox. As someone drawn to the musicianship required to play metal music, the compositional techniques [...]
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Greenbeard Indy Metal Vault

An Interview with Buddy Hachar of Greenbeard

February 16, 2018
Indianapolis’s FireBreather Festival is just a couple of months away with eleven of the best stoner rock bands from around the United States hitting the stage on April 14th. Taking place at Indiana City Beer, and with food provided by Black Metal [...]
by Bryan Coffey