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Steve Hauschildt : Dissolvi

The former Emeralds collaborator finds more corporeality in his latest synth-driven album.

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Album of the Week: The Internet – Hive Mind

The R&B collective reaffirm their confidence and talent on their best album to date.

Mutilation Rites : Chasm

The New York black metal outfit doesn’t change much in a sound that already works well for them.

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The Lion’s Daughter : Future Cult

The St. Louis adds a synthwave element to their sludge and grow into an even stronger band.

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Between the Buried and Me : Automata II

A fitting second half to the saga the prog-metal began earlier this year.

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Thou : The House Primordial/Inconsolable/Rhea Sylvia

New trio of EPs from Baton Rouge sludge titans proves the diversity and versatility of their strengths.

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Imperial Triumphant – Vile Luxury

The New York experimental metal trio create a world of opulence and squalor, blast beats and free jazz.

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Wild Pink : Yolk in the Fur

A deeply textured album that contains some profound emotions deep within its layers.

Soulwax Essential review

Soulwax : Essential

An innovative project on paper leaves much to be desired for the Belgian duo.

Birds in Row review

Birds In Row : We Already Lost The World

Anonymous French hardcore band remove themselves and let their passion do the talking.

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Ty Segall and White Fence : Joy

The two garage rockers team up again for another psychedelic fun fest.

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Future : Beastmode 2

The blues as translated through contemporary trap.

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Tangents : New Bodies

The Australian electronic fusion band carries an exploratory looseness that makes their latest so exciting.

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Album of the Week: Lotic – Power

An intense detanglement of power structures through impenetrable, heavy and menacing sounds.

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Obscura : Diluvium

Not a reinvention of the wheel but rather a strong set of riffs and progressive structures from the German death metallers.

Immortal review

Immortal : Northern Chaos Gods

A strong, fun post-Abbath black metal record that still feels slightly incomplete.

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John Coltrane : Both Directions At Once—The Lost Album

A newly unearthed session from 1963 finds Coltrane’s quartet in top form.

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Jaye Jayle : No Trail and Other Unholy Paths

Evan Patterson of Young Widows delivers a stunning set of atmospheric darkness with his new band.

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Lumerians : Call of the Void

The synth-based indie outfit conjure a psychedelic cosmos informed by grief.

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Deafheaven – Ordinary Corrupt Human Love

The California black metal band embrace non-metal sounds in stunning ways on their fourth album.