Features
Monday, December 26 2011
The Best Metal of 2011
PopMatters’ staff of metal experts present their top picks from a year that offered a standout work of Christian “progressive death metalcore”, a philosophical treatise on “Transcendent Black Metal”, and one amazing debut.
Columns
Friday, December 11 2009
The Best Metal Albums of 2009
It seems every year I say it, but this year it's truer than ever: this was one hell of a year for metal. If you think the Mastodon record is good (which it is) just wait 'til you hear this list’s top three.
Reviews
Friday, May 13 2011
Liturgy: Aesthethica
Rooted in extreme metal but completely unclassifiable, the Brooklyn band's second album ranks as one of the most exciting, not to mention polarizing records of the year so far.
Blogs
Wednesday, December 14 2011
Bubbling Under the 75 Best Albums of 2011: Liturgy
This week we presented our Best 75 Albums of 2011. Here are several more just bubbling under the top 75...
Monday, December 12 2011
Liturgy's "Transcendental Black Metal"
In 2011, Brooklyn-based black metal band Liturgy is either redefining black metal or ruining it. As always, the truth is somewhere in the middle.
