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American prog veterans Fates Warning return with their thirteenth studio effort Long Day Good Night, a lengthy but rewarding listen.
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"Between You, God, the Devil and the Dead is surely one of Avatarium's finest LPs due to its consistent songwriting and familiar yet wide-ranging...
"Simply calling this black metal, or even post-black metal, risks overlooking the ways this band has grown past labels, pursuing catharsis instead of acceptance."
American prog veterans Fates Warning return with their thirteenth studio effort Long Day Good Night, a lengthy but rewarding listen.
Doomy death metal has a history and pedigree that spans from the rich and vibrant on one end to the so-boring-it-might-as-well-be-clinically-dead on the other....
Sólstafir brings its massive arrangements and rustic grit to notably accessible territory, rounded off by some callbacks to a savage past.
Emma Ruth Rundle & Thou bring the best out of each other, with plenty of sonic staples for fans of both artists to chew...
Every once in awhile, you find an album that is simply a masterpiece. Maybe it is a unique debut that a band could never...
The Botanist would have a field day in my neighbourhood! Head tree hugger, Roberto “Otrebor” Martinelli has previously stated that when the time comes...
Within the walls of the Stewart-Panko abode, mentioning the name Wombripper will elicit wildly differing reactions. My long-suffering wife works as a midwife, childbirth...
Convulse is back with their first studio record in a quarter-century. Feel old yet? In case you need a refresher in heavy metal history,...
Icelandic black metal with a sense of bombast? That's right - read on!
Carrying the torch lit by his socially conscious post-hardcore band Letlive since its dissolution in 2017, vocalist and lyricist, Jason Aalon Butler, has taken...
The British death metal butchers return to glory on a terse and raging EP.
To mark its 40th anniversary, Motorhead's legendary album Ace of Spades is getting the reissue treatment including a deluxe box set.
The long-awaited fourth album from Mr. Bungle returns to the band's thrash metal roots, seeking to realize the potential of its first demo.
In these waning days of humanity, democracy, freedom, clean air, good taste, low class, and sensible shoes, it’s great to be able to have...
Holland’s Celestial Season is a bit of an obscurity, even on the doom/death scene, which dominated the band’s sound throughout their early works. They’re...
On Sept. 29, Dirt, the legendary sophomore album by Alice in Chains turned 27. The influence that Dirt had on both rock and metal...
2nd wave black metal with dungeon synth frills? Yeah - we need to talk about this.
Utgard is not only a superb successor to E, but also a great modernization of Enslaved's ever-evolving aesthetic in general.
The Dillinger Escape Plan vocalist unleashes a fresh torrent of creativity on his long-awaited solo album...
Lament feels like it’s been scratched in the upper corner of a high school desk. Touché Amoré have never really fit into any scene,...
Screw the five cups of coffee. Just play The Atomic Bitchwax’s latest album, Scorpio, from front to back, and you’ll be set for the...
The contributing elements that go into making noise rock an art form that’s at once gloriously transcendent, stridently isolating, sonically punishing, and slyly sarcastic...
