Khemmis Joins the Heavy Metal Elite with 'Desolation'
Confidence oozes from Khemmis' Desolation . It's a six-song, 41-minute battle cry of triumph—and that's exactly what you want from doom-brandishing heavy metal.
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Ghost's 'Prequelle' Subverts Metal Clichés and It Has a Strong Sense of History
Underneath the catchy melodies and snazzy artwork, Ghost have created one of the cleverest heavy metal records in recent memory.
04 Jun 2018
King Witch Head in a Progressive Metal Direction with 'Under the Mountain'
King Witch arrive at something like genuine progressive doom metal - atmospheric, heaving, dynamic doom riffs powered by strikingly sonorous vocals.
15 Mar 2018
Hooded Menace Stake Their Claim Atop the Death Metal Pantheon with 'Ossuarium Silhouettes Unhallowed'
Finnish doom/death overlords Hooded Menace return with Ossuarium Silhouettes Unhallowed which reaffirms their position in today's metal pantheon.
25 Jan 2018
The Best Metal of 2017
There's common ground between all 20 metal albums despite musical differences: the ability to provide a cathartic release for the creator and the consumer alike, right when we need it most.
01 Dec 2017
From Recession to Progression: An Interview with Process of Guilt
Process of Guilt's dogged DIY survival during harsh economic times in a country not particularly well-known on a global level for its metal is proof that if you continue to stubbornly follow your passion good things can happen.
03 Nov 2017
Bell Witch: Mirror Reaper
Bell Witch moves the listener with a deathly journey that is often poetic and at times philosophically rich.
03 Nov 2017
Melvins Man Talks 'A Walk with Love & Death', New Solo Venture
Dale Crover discusses the Melvins' willingness to break their own mold and what he and Charlie Watts have in common.
19 Oct 2017
Chelsea Wolfe: Hiss Spun
Wolfe's fifth studio album continues to aggressively pursue metal and industrial music, making for an enrapturing listen all the way through.
04 Oct 2017
Pallbearer: Heartless
Pallbearer’s third album Heartless exists outside of easy genre signifiers. This band is in a league all their own.
22 Mar 2017
Unearthly Trance: Stalking the Ghost
One of the best and heaviest bands to come out of NYC in the past several decades returns with a vengeance to stake their claim.
27 Feb 2017
Lesbian: Hallucinogenesis
New singer, new concept: Lesbian gets higher and higher with latest release.
09 Oct 2016
Earthless + Harsh Toke: Acid Crusher / Mount Swan
This is psychoactive music for psychoactive times, and neither Earthless nor Harsh Toke falter in their mission to sing the words of the muse.
16 Jun 2016
Opeth: Deliverance & Damnation
Thirteen years after their release, two of Opeth's most important albums have been reissued in this essential new package.
27 Jan 2016
All Them Witches: Dying Surfer Meets His Maker
For all its variety, this is a damn fine rock album, plain and simple.
10 Jan 2016
Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats: The Night Creeper (take 2)
Uncle Acid only finds pastiche, not new sounds to explore, on The Night Creeper.
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