Devin Townsend’s Extreme Metal Hails the New Flesh
Through their respective arts—Devin Townsend’s dense, aggressive music and David Cronenberg’s visceral, psychological cinema—they explore the fraught boundaries of human experience.
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Pulp Are at Their Mythopoetic Best on ‘More’
Far more than the themes of aging, sex, and loss, Pulp’s More straight-facedly spreads the word of love and it is the start of something new—a rebirth.
MetalMatters: The Best Metal Albums of June 2025
In June’s best metal, Cryptosy reconquer brutal death metal heights, Anfauglir’s symphonic black metal returns, and Hexvessel offer mystique and bleakness.
‘They Live’ in Your Mind in the Digital Age
If “they live” because we sleep, it’s time to awaken to the reality that John Carpenter’s 1988 sci-fi satire is more relevant now than it ever was in the 20th century
How the Remarkable Tom Wilson Shaped Jazz and Rock
With his taste and track record, music producer Tom Wilson deserves the kind of fame afforded to his contemporaries Phil Spector and George Martin.
The 70 Best Albums of 2025 So Far
The 70 best albums of 2025 offer sublime music as major artists return with new work and brilliant new sounds bubble up from the underground and worldwide.
A Supreme Disappointment: When the Supremes Met the Beatles
When Detroit’s top-of-the charts the Supremes met Liverpool’s top-of-the-world the Beatles in 1965, the awkward silence was deafening.
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The B-52’s Created Some of the Finest Queer Pop Music
The B-52’s often get relegated as a “party-pop” outfit, but their subversive legacy runs deeper and stranger than any casual fan would know.
When Rob Halford Screamed Queer-Coded Lyrics
From coded BDSM references to vivid homoerotic imagery, Rob Halford’s lyrics formed a complex, emotionally charged expression of queerness under societal pressure.
‘One Way Home’ and the Evolution of Childhood Horror
One Way Home doesn’t revolutionize childhood horror; it’s part of the evolution of a subgenre that continues to find new ways to explore familiar fears.
The Art of ‘Cruising’
Cruising, once denounced as homophobic pulp, is now being reassessed as a daring exploration of performance, identity, and the psychic costs of repression.
African Metal That Will Blow Your Mind (and Ears)
From the politically charged lyrics of Znous to the atmospheric post-metal soundscapes of Chaos Doctrine, African metal bands are blowing minds in the global metal scene.