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Aug 6, 2020
A Realization of Utmost Intensity: YEAR OF THE KNIFE - Internal Incarceration Review
Positioning themselves among the hardcore elite with a debut outing to strive for. Life as we know it is ridden with uncertainty, an...
Aug 5, 2020
SÓLSTAFIR announce new album 'Endless Twilight of Codependent Love'
Radiance through melody drenched post-metal. Bridging the gaps between shoegaze, black metal, and post-rock is Iceland's SÓLSTAFIR, who...
Aug 2, 2020
The best metal album covers of July 2020
Exquisite variety from across the audiovisual spectrum of metal. The beauty that results from exploring outside the bounds of metal art...
Aug 2, 2020
SHADOWLAND define glorious heavy metal with their 'Lost City' EP
Adorned by the artistic talents of one of their own. Decades from the golden era of NWOBHM yet the impact is still felt throughout the...
Aug 2, 2020
The Rising Sun: HIGH SPIRITS - Hard To Stop Review
The Professor appears on the horizon, clutching a new long-play for the ages. Words by Jake Sanders (@themetalscholar): The idea of...
Jul 31, 2020
Experience the death-grind extremity of FEED THEM DEATH's 'Panopticism: Belong/Be Lost'
A gem among the flooded fold of the heavy underground. If you scroll down the I, Voidhanger Bandcamp at any given moment, you'll be met...
Jul 30, 2020
Psychedelic Death on a Silver Platter : A Conversation with Adam Ian Sykes of PIGSx7
The guitarist elaborates on the pairing of colossal sonics and enthralling visuals. Earlier this year, UK unit PIGSx7 (Pigs Pigs Pigs...
Jul 29, 2020
Singapore's OFFSET share pummeling new track 'Plunged Into'
Disfiguring deathpunk with an album cover just as maniacal. Take a second to look at Shintaro Kago's album cover illustration. This...
Jul 28, 2020
Life Through Contrasting Spectrums: A Conversation with Ryan Morgan of MISERY SIGNALS
The guitarist elaborates on Sam Octigan's vibrant 'Ultraviolent' illustration. There are times where LP illustrations serve as an...
Jul 28, 2020
CRIPPLED BLACK PHOENIX announce new album 'Ellengæst'
The result of honest camaraderie between an ensemble of talent. Joining the ranks of KATATONIA and SECRETS OF THE MOON in the excellence...
Jul 28, 2020
BRUTUS announce new live album 'Live In Ghent'
Capturing the rawness of the trio's organic performance. It takes a concert to fully immerse yourself in the emotion that BRUTUS set...
Jul 28, 2020
SILVER KNIFE share new single 'This Numinous Loom'
Transcendental melancholy. With Business for Satan at the helm for visuals and MARE COGNITUM's Jake Buczarski in charge of mastering,...
Jul 28, 2020
BLAQK AUDIO announce new album 'Beneath The Black Palms'
Havok and Puget are back at it again with pulsing rhythm. Consisting of AFI's Davey Havok and Jade Puget, BLAQK AUDIO are no stranger to...
Jul 26, 2020
Mercurial by Nature: A Conversation with STEVE VON TILL
"The truth is - I'm ready to own it" Words by Rohan (@manvsplaylist): As an artist, STEVE VON TILL is constantly searching. Compromise is...
Jul 26, 2020
Conjurations of the Occult: ARS MAGNA UMBRAE - Apotheosis Review
The soundtrack to astral projection. Words by Ryan McCarthy: Polish solo project ARS MAGNA UMBRAE is part of a subsection of the third...
Jul 26, 2020
VOUS AUTRES announce new album 'Sel de Pierre'
A mesmerizing collection of haunting post-black metal hymns. Following up the excellence in atmosphere that was 2019's Champ du Sang,...
Jul 24, 2020
Consolidating Elements With Precision: LET US PREY - Virtues of the Vicious Review
The New England unit come forth to make their thrash-infused, power metal stand. With only their 2016 EP The Saint of Killers under their...
Jul 23, 2020
ULVER share new single 'Nostalgia'
Infectious melancholy to rock the head to. Continuing their reign in the realm of experimental, ULVER present Nostalgia as the third...
Jul 22, 2020
UNIFORM share Jacqueline Castel-directed video for 'Dispatches From the Gutter'
An ideal black and white element to pair well the trio's menacing hymn. As UNIFORM inch closer to the September 11th release date of...
Jul 21, 2020
The Devil Is In The Details: A Conversation with Matt Stikker of DROUTH
A look behind the visual approach to one of Portland's top ensembles. There are few bands with an artist among their ranks and even fewer...
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