Autocatalytica is a bubbling cauldron of scatter-brained prog-metal insanity helmed by guitarist/vocalist Eric Thorfinnson. The newest release for the band “Powerclashing Maximalism” is released today Friday, October 16th. For the full-length’s release day, Autocatalytica is unleashing the lyric video for the track “Borndun”. The track is described by the band as “an obvious nod to Meshuggah, heavy, expansive and with just the right amount of weirdo groove, written generally about the current political situation.”. Listen to “Borndun” on its premiere beloww! Formed as a solo project in 2009, as an expressive outlet for Thorfinnson’s abstract angst and penchant for everything over the top. Thorfinnson has…

October 13 brings us the second installment of Rush history, as told by journalist Martin Popoff. The trilogy started with “Anthem: Rush in the 1970s” (reviewed by us here), and will be concluded next year with “Driven: Rush in the ‘90s and beyond”. As mentioned in our look at his previous book, Martin has written 7,900 album reviews and almost a hundred books related to rock and metal, and one would be hard pressed to think of a better person to tackle the humongous endeavour of documenting the trio’s lengthy history. Even more so than in the first book, the…