Internal Void

A band that unfortunately tends to be forgotten amid the rich legacy of Maryland doom (also home to <a href="spotify:artist:0xybuiDEYo3YuT3fLPaIyE">Pentagram</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:4YumqLcvnU9DW31AkzaviJ">the Obsessed</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:35PfkC9tHjubb940it3Ns7">Earthride</a>, etc.), Internal Void emerged out of the town of Frederick, in 1987, and followed up a slew of heavily traded demos with 1993's Standing on the Sun CD. Acclaimed for its unadulterated <a href="spotify:artist:5M52tdBnJaKSvOpJGz8mfZ">Sabbath</a>-derived style, the album was recorded by the lineup of vocalist J.D. Williams, guitarist Kelly Carmichael, bassist Adam Heinzmann, and drummer Eric Little, but after enduring many career-stalling travails (including the loss of their deal with Hellhound Records), the latter had been replaced by ex-<a href="spotify:artist:4ZrhxQmqTfjydvfG4bzGI9">Unorthodox</a> man Ronnie Kalimon come the release of Internal Void's belated, aptly named second effort, Unearthed, in the year 2000. Carmichael and Heinzmann would subsequently join Bobby Leibling's resurrected <a href="spotify:artist:0xybuiDEYo3YuT3fLPaIyE">Pentagram</a>, alongside journeyman drummer Mike Smail (<a href="spotify:artist:5O7ziOtiFUyRMBJN1J4Tpv">Cathedral</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:3uLI3xV10p0rM8UMsLcqcN">Dream Death</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:52uaSuPGESwDrjXawN8A2G">Penance</a>, etc.), and took advantage while recording the Show 'Em How album to also work on a third Internal Void CD, titled Matricide. ~ Eduardo Rivadavia, Rovi