Two New Tribute Albums Show Soundgarden’s Magic Can’t Be Replicated
For better and worse, the latest installments in Magnetic Eye’s Soundgarden tribute series only underscore the iconic Seattle quartet’s range.
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March to Infamy: An Interview with Pelican’s Trevor Shelley de Brauw
Conceived on acoustic guitars in Chicago apartments, Pelican’s breakthrough second LP gets reissued, with Trevor Shelley de Brauw spinning many yarns about its creation.
The Anguish of Psychedelia: Interview with Extreme Doomers Self Hypnosis
Kris Clayton details the anger and frustrations that led to Self Hypnosis’ monolithic extreme/experimental doom debut, Contagion of Despair.
The Body and BIG|BRAVE Conjure Dark Folk Magic on Captivating ‘Leaving None But Small Birds’
The Body and BIG|BRAVE’s Leaving None But Small Birds is a rich, elemental, and engrossing slice of doom-laden American folk music.
Decoherence’s ‘System I’ Is a Haunting Work of Extravagant Black Metal (album premiere)
Filled with venomous riffs, a cold-detached precision, and a sharp dissonant edge, Decoherence’s System I is a haunting work of extravagant black metal.
Divide and Dissolve Release the Demons on ‘Gas Lit’
Divide and Dissolve do a great job of releasing the demons—not the ones of dreams we've just left but the nightmare that begins in the morning living in a world governed by economic racism and the daily grind.
Boris and Merzbow’s ‘2R0I2P0’ Howls Defiance
On 2R0I2P0, Boris and Merzbow show they still have a wealth of ingenuous music-making and mayhem within them.
Pallbearer’s Brett Campbell on Facing the Inevitable
For metal stalwarts Pallbearer, death and inevitability are themes that run through their work, but perhaps no more prominently than on their piercing new record Forgotten Days.
Old Man Gloom Mourns Loss on ‘Seminar VIII: Light of Meaning’ and ‘Seminar IX: Darkness of Being’
A heavy feeling of loss pervades Old Man Gloom's new albums as these songs are a way of coping and documenting grief, as well as commemorating how much Caleb Scofield meant to the band.
MetalMatters: June 2020 – Heavy Tunes Get Us Through the Heatwave
Visit the cold, desolate worlds of Paysage d'Hiver. Experience the boundless experimentation of Neptunian Maximalism. Watch in awe the death metal refactoring of Pyrrhon and so much more.
Frayle Deliver Anthems for the Persecuted Via ‘1692’ (album stream) (premiere)
Living dark may be the best revenge as Cleveland's Frayle suggest on their debut LP. Fans of gothic and black metal will rejoice as will those who love Portishead and Cocteau Twins.
New Age Grate Marry Goth, Doom, and Electronics on “Sylvia Won’t Lie” (premiere)
New York's New Age Grate create an electronic soundscape interwoven with strands of Goth and doom on their new single, "Sylvia Won't Lie".