Dallas Observer

Legendary Dallas Thrash Metal Band Rigor Mortis Coming Back to Life

Metal Mind Music, a Polish record label, is set to reissue Rigor Mortis vs. The Earth, the vaunted sophomore effort from Dallas’ own Rigor Mortis. Originally released in 1991, the record was the last ...
Miami New Times

Hibernus Mortis’s Ralf Varela Talks Florida Death Metal and His Band’s Legacy of Brutality

Hibernus Mortis may be South Florida’s greatest death metal band of all time. And a big part of that has to do with a long tenure as South Florida’s only death metal band. While the Sunshine State’s ...
loudwire

Ministry + Rigor Mortis Guitarist Mike Scaccia Dies at 47 After Onstage Collapse

Ministry and Rigor Mortis guitarist Mike Scaccia has died at the age of 47 after collapsing onstage at a performance in Fort Worth, Texas, on Saturday night (Dec. 22). The musician had been performing ...
Dallas Observer

Bruce Corbitt of Rigor Mortis: “One Day We’re Getting Signed To Capitol Records And The Next I Am Getting Stabbed In The Back Five Times At A Show.”

Hugely influential on the local metal scene, Rigor Mortis’ violent live performances throughout the mid-to-late-’80s are the stuff of legend. Vocalist Bruce Corbitt was fired in 1989 and the band was ...
loudwire

Rigor Mortis Announce Release of Final Album ‘Slaves to the Grave’

It took some doing, but Rigor Mortis have finalized details for their fourth and final studio album. The band will release 'Slaves to the Grave' on Oct. 7 via their own Rigor Mortis Records. The ...