MetalMatters: November 2019 - Winter Is Coming
Filled with everything from extreme doom/death and progressive death to experimental avant-garde jazz induced visions and screamo dreams, November does not disappoint.
10 Dec 2019
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Alcest Deliver Exceptional Blackgaze Catharsis on 'Spiritual Instinct'
Everything that fans could want—and everything that makes blackgaze stand out—is contained within Alcest's Spiritual Instinct.
24 Oct 2019
Neurosis and Jarboe Create a Titanic and Utterly Enveloping Musical Experience
Neurosis and Jarboe collaborated on a stunning album of heavy metal experimentation back in 2003. Now the album has been remastered and it's time for a fresh appraisal.
18 Sep 2019
Ghosts of Glaciers Deliver a Powerful, Intelligent Instrumental with "Epigenesis" (premiere)
Colorado trio Ghosts of Glaciers combine the primitive pounding of thrash metal with the intellectual nuances of progressive rock on a new track, culled from the upcoming album, The Greatest Burden.
31 Jul 2019
Post-Metal Outfit Pelican Returns with More Dark Moods and Inventive Instrumentals
On Nighttime Stories, instrumental quartet Pelican make the most out of working without a singer, proving that some narratives are best built without words.
18 Jul 2019
Rosetta Preps Vinyl Reissue of  'A Determinism of Morality' (album stream + interview)
The beloved 2010 album from Philadelphia intellectual metal masters Rosetta gets a new lease on life. The band's Matt Weed looks back in this exclusive interview and album stream premiere.
03 May 2019
Yob and Near-death Metal Experiences
Yob's Our Raw Heart topped PopMatters Best of Metal 2018 list. Here, Yob's Mike Scheidt meets with neurophilosopher Christopher James Stevens to discuss music and mystical experiences.
16 Jan 2019
SUMAC Breaks New Ground With 'Love in Shadow'
Following their fantastic collaboration with Keiji Haino, heavy post-metal act SUMAC introduces free rock, noise, and improvisational ideas to their sound on Love in Shadow.
21 Sep 2018
A Storm of Light Examines Crumbling Lives, Crumbling World In "Prime Time" (premiere + interview)
Experimental heavy rock outfit a Storm of Light returns with a new video, "Prime Time", ahead of first album in five years, Anthroscene.
14 Sep 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
God Is an Astronaut Takes Listeners on an Introspective Journey via 'Epitaph' (album stream) (premiere)
Irish trio God Is an Astronaut returns with ninth and possibly best album to date with Epitaph, out Friday via Napalm Records.
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Music
23 Apr 2018
Post-rock Band Lume Explores Grief, Survival on 'Wrung Out' (album stream)
Chicago post-rock trio Lume carries listeners through a long night of the soul on superb new album Wrung Out.
Jedd Beaudoin
Music
19 Apr 2018
Kontinuum Announce New Album With Single That Inspires "Shivers" (premiere)
With nearly a decade of live performances and LPs behind them, Icelandic collective Kontinuum appear poised to release their best work yet.
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Music
18 Apr 2018
Bound Meditates on Thin Line Between Hope and Resignation Via 'No Beyond' (album stream + interview)
Washington, D.C. quartet Bound issues debut album on 20 April. Founding member talks about the year-long journey toward the record's completion and the events which inspired its nine tracks.
Jedd Beaudoin
Music
16 Apr 2018
Keiji Haino and SUMAC Join Forces for 'American Dollar Bill'
The Japanese rock insurrectionary Keiji Haino and Northwest art metal trio SUMAC improvise über-heavy body music.
23 Feb 2018
Godflesh: Post Self
Almost 30 years after their inception the extreme experimental spearhead act, Godflesh returns with an album that perfectly sums up their sound, and reveals even more about the oblique and elusive core of the band.
15 Dec 2017
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