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Jul 19, 2020
An Hour in Purgatory: GAEREA - Limbo Review
GAEREA reaches new heights - and depths - with their sophomore release. Words by Ryan McCarthy: Billing themselves as “cathartic black...
Jul 13, 2020
Behind the Cover: VALKYRIE - Fear
An exploration of timelessness through timeless hard-rock sonics. There's nothing quite like the stimulating experience of getting...
Jul 12, 2020
Dreadful Uniformity: A Conversation with Ardek of CARACH ANGREN
The band's compositional mind details their approach to a signature persona. The realm of theatrical metal has a special place in metal's...
Jul 10, 2020
GREG PUCIATO (DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN) sets release date for 'Child Soldier: Creator of God'
The versatility of the acclaimed frontman roams free once more. Continuing his ever-growing range of musical talent, Greg Puciato has set...
Jul 10, 2020
SKELETAL REMAINS share new single 'Illusive Divinity'
The LA quartet ready their next Seagrave-fronted effort. Holding true to the yesteryear's greats, SKELETAL REMAINS are set to release a...
Jul 10, 2020
PALLBEARER return with new album 'Forgotten Days'
As our resident metal scholar puts it, the band will derail the entire year of heavy music. Doom lords PALLBEARER are ready to usher in...
Jul 9, 2020
TRANSCENDENCE announce debut LP 'Towards Obscurities Beyond'
A Burkean depiction of hell to represent the band's take on death metal. After seven years of EPs, demos, and stylistic changes, LA's...
Jul 9, 2020
Garage Daze: INTER ARMA - Garbers Days Revisited Review
Roughly one year after Sulphur English sent shockwaves through the scene, the band that refuses classification delivers a massive tribute...
Jul 8, 2020
Iceland's CULT OF LILITH announce new album 'Mara'
Reykjavik strikes again and further cements the nation as a breeding ground for the elite. Five years since forming and CULT OF LILITH...
Jul 8, 2020
SPIKE HELLIS announce new EP 'Smile For The World'
The LA duo come forth with an industrially-charged, synth-punk number. Consisting of Cortland Dévon Gibson & model Elaine Chang, SPIKE...
Jul 7, 2020
SVALBARD announce new album 'When I Die, Will I Get Better?'
A soaring sound met by vivid Kingscote visuals. For as often as it seems we hear of the injustices taking place in contemporary society,...
Jul 7, 2020
IDLE HANDS release new EP 'Don't Waste Your Time II'
Further proving their worth as one of metal's most trailblazing new acts. Portland's goth-infused heavy metallers IDLE HANDS have...
Jul 6, 2020
HAVUKRUUNU announce new album 'Uinuos Syömein Sota'
A Finnish black metal achievement of turmoil and woe. Returning again to the black and white artistry of Heidi Kosenius is HAVUKRUUNU for...
Jul 6, 2020
In the Flat Theatre of Grave: EXECUTIONER'S MASK - Despair Anthems Review
On their debut full length for Profound Lore, the Texas/Pennsylvania based gothic/deathrock/post punk band show that THEY are the true...
Jul 6, 2020
SORIZON share galactic new video for 'Lost in a Dream'
Pulling from NASA and Hubble libraries for a striking visual companion. Summer is here and SORIZON are inching closer to the release of...
Jul 5, 2020
Behind the Cover: NECROT - Mortal
Building a stimulating legacy one record at a time. Metal is a visual genre. Whether it be the outfits, album covers, mascots, or even...
Jul 5, 2020
Traversing Disorderly Seas: A Conversation with Fabio Brienza of VARAHA
Diving into the quartet's heartfelt reimagining amidst the troubles of quarantine. In what was one of this year's best release dates on...
Jul 5, 2020
FACELESS BURIAL share new single 'Ravished to the Unknown'
Positioning the trio high above the flooded depths of the underground. For as often as death metal records seem to be arriving, it can...
Jul 1, 2020
THE OCEAN to release new album 'Phanerozoic II: Mesozoic | Cenozoic'
Defining progressive excellence with compositional variety. To rid ourselves of the pandemic-ridden year we're currently in, THE OCEAN...
Jun 30, 2020
The best metal album covers of June 2020
A pinnacle in heavy artistry at the midpoint of a demented year. If you read through our Behind the Cover features for PYRRHON's Abscess...
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