Mutilation Rites Breaks with Black Metal Traditions on 'Chasm'
Brooklyn-based black metal band Mutilation Rites hone their style and with Chasm deliver their best album so far.
25 Jul 2018
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Jody Seabody & The Whirls Say It's "All Gone White" (premiere)
Jody Seabody & The Whirls mix and match musical genres with an eclectic elegance and seamless confidence on "All Gone White".
20 Jul 2018
Bourgeois Mystics Invite You to the Craziest Party of Your Life on "Jaan Pehechan Ho" (premiere)
Prepare to pop your conscious in a psychedelic tumble dryer and kiss goodbye to any shred of sanity you may have been saving for the weekend.
20 Jul 2018
Yob Highlight Their Conceptual Vision on 'Our Raw Heart'
To characterize Our Raw Heart as consistent is not to damn the record with faint praise as Yob's music is as powerful and beautiful as ever.
20 Jul 2018
Spotlights Display a Different Side with Their New EP
Four excellent producers reinterpret the sound of Spotlights through an intricate remixing process on Hanging By Faith.
19 Jul 2018
Kevin Hufnagel Acknowledges Early Influences With 'Messages to the Past' (interview)
Gorguts/Dysrhythmia guitarist Kevin Hufnagel talks about his musical origins, working with Jarboe and what he'd do if approached for a high profile gig.
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13 Jul 2018
Deafheaven's 'Ordinary Corrupt Human Love' Takes the Strengths of Its Predecessors and Refines Them Even Further
Sunbather will forever be Deafheaven's iconic album, but Ordinary Corrupt Human Love might just be their best record.
11 Jul 2018
Between the Buried and Me's 'Automata II' Is an Epic, Emotional, and Eccentric Masterpiece
Exploding with captivating melodies, genre-splicing resourcefulness, and remarkable cohesion, Automata II exemplifies what makes Between the Buried and Me so skillful, striving, and singular.
09 Jul 2018
How the New Wave of British Heavy Metal Changed Rock Music Forever
Winds of Time is a three-CD collection of songs by bands that barely anyone outside the UK have even heard of. It's also the Rosetta Stone of thrash metal.
26 Jun 2018
The Antichrist Imperium Push Against Their Stylistic Confinements on New Album
On their second album, the Antichrist Imperium make an attempt to extend their progressive death/black metal sound by embracing thrash elements.
25 Jun 2018
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.
18 Jun 2018
At One with Nature: An Interview with Wolves in the Throne Room
Solidifying their return to black metal with Thrice Woven, Wolves in the Throne Room detail their connection with the essence of their home in the Pacific Northwest.
13 Jun 2018
Japanese Supergroup Suzisuzi Returns With "Microphone's Counter Attack" (premiere)
Clocking in under two minutes, Suzisuzi's "Microphone's Counter Attack" is the stuff punk rock dreams are made of.
Jedd Beaudoin
Music
22 May 2018
Black Metal Group Lychgate Explores the "Unity of Opposites" Via New Video (premiere + interview)
Lychgate's complex and illuminating new album, The Contagion in Nine Steps, explores weighty philosophical and social themes. The band's James "J.C." Young discusses some of them.
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10 May 2018
Soul Dissolution Contemplates "Stardust" (premiere)
Belgian metal unit Soul Dissolution issues video for titular track from sophomore release.
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01 May 2018
Raven Throne Draws on Belarusian Poetry, Heritage for "Living Blood of Living Bodies" (premiere)
Sixth album from Minsk-based outfit Raven Throne arrives 2 May and promises to be one of the atmospheric dark metal releases of the year.
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23 Apr 2018
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