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Imperial Triumphant : Alphaville

The New York group deliver a dense conceptual work of black metal and avant garde jazz.

Mastodon Medium Rarities review

Mastodon announce Medium Rarities compilation

Hear new track “Fallen Torches.”

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Gulch : Impenetrable Cerebral Fortress

A blistering 16 minutes of some of the year’s most intense hardcore.

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Sumac share new track “The Iron Chair” from upcoming album May You Be Held

Hear the first track released from the band’s upcoming album.

Shadow of the Horns: Heavy Metal Summer

Everything sucks, but we can still have fun by playing metal really loud.

Brutus announce live album, Live in Ghent

See a live clip of “Cemetery.”

Rock Therapy: An interview with Boris

A chat with the Japanese metal band about cultivating a therapeutic primal scream during a pandemic.

Daughters announce reissues of Hell Songs and self-titled album

Plus ‘You Won’t Get What You Want’ on cassette.

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Bedsore – Hypnagogic Hallucinations

The Italian death metal band’s debut album evokes vivid horror art cinema in their psychedelic compositions.

Uniform share blistering new single, “Dispatches from the Gutter”

Hear the latest single from upcoming album ‘Shame’.

Entry Detriment review

Entry : Detriment

A punk as fuck debut LP.

HEALTH share new collaborative single with Full of Hell, “Full of HEALTH”

Hear the two bands’ new collaboration; 7-inch out in August.

A Beginner’s Guide to Sunn O)))’s colossal drone

Dive into our guide to the robed guitar wizards’ catalog of meditative doom metal drones.

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Album of the Week: Skeleton – Skeleton

A short, ripping debut from the Austin metal trio—one that’s definitely going to sound great live.

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Sumac announce new album, May You Be Held

Epic new album due out in September.

Inter Arma Garbers Days Revisited review

Inter Arma : Garbers Days Revisited

An absolute scorcher of a covers album from the Richmond metal titans.

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Vile Creature : Glory, Glory! Apathy Took Helm!

The Ontario duo craft a form of doom that’s massive yet versatile.