The land where the forest meets the ocean sure produces some heavy-ass death metal bands. Decrepit Birth, Band of Orcs, Son of Aurelius and a ton of other independent-labeled death metal bands now call Santa Cruz home. I guess all that forest and green herb makes for a good metal-conducing atmosphere. A few big-name metal blogs have been hyping up Aurelius’ album, The Farthest Reaches, for quite some time now. I probably first heard of the band … Read entire article »