One of the things that we set out to do when we started the Vault was to feature and promote local music. In the past several years of my life, I’ve come to the realization that one of the easiest things to do to support your community is to spend money [...]
Indianapolis has become world renowned for its bands in the doom/stoner genre, but you might not know that we’re also home to some phenomenal death metal. One of the newer acts to hit our radar this year is Obscene. Made up of Indy scene veterans, they’re [...]
Apostle of Solitude is easily my favorite band currently active in Indianapolis. The group has been going for over a decade strong, releasing three strong albums and garnering regional touring success. With a fourth album in the works and an appearance at [...]
You may think Indy Metal Vault is all about heavy riffs and spooky vocals. But what would heavy metal be without its rock ‘n’ roll roots? The Vault got a chance to chat with Max Hughey, vocalist and lively frontman for one of Indy’s only [...]
Joining the ranks of the Indiana metal community is Bloomington’s metalcore act From Failure’s Ashes. They are a brand new band, and they are getting ready to begin their musical quest to greatness. Since the band’s inception, they have [...]
Three years after the release of their debut full-length The Voice of Reason, local melodic metal band Catalytic are back with a new album, The Fall. It’s the first of two concept albums the band plan on releasing, with the second part, The Rise, [...]
For today’s edition of Tales From the Vault, we’re featuring another filmmaker that I had the pleasure of meeting at the Days of the Dead Festival in Indianapolis. Bandit Motion Pictures screened several films at the fest, including Brian K. Williams’ [...]
We’re trying something slightly different at the Vault with our new column, Tales From the Vault. In it, we’re going to focus on local independent horror filmmakers and the movies that they create. For our first piece, we’re chatting with Cameron Clark [...]