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Altarage The Approaching Roar review

Altarage : The Approaching Roar

A harrowing death metal album that could benefit from a little fun.

Emma Ruth Rundle Thou tour dates

Emma Ruth Rundle and Thou announce tour

Collaborative sets lined up in U.S. and at Roadburn.

Brutus War Essential Track

Brutus’ “War” is explosive hardcore wrapped in gorgeous dream pop

The Belgian band’s new single is a gorgeously intense genre hybrid.

Sumac tour dates

Shadow of the Horns: Live After Death

A new resolution for a new year.

Sundrifter video premiere

Premiere: Sundrifter cast an eerie glow in their new video for “Sons of Belial”

Watch the Boston psych rock band get weird.

Krallice : Wolf EP

A brief reminder of why the New York group remains one of the best progressive black metal groups right now.

Oozing Wound essential track

Oozing Wound’s “Tween Shitbag” is caustic, brutal fun

A gnarly takedown of “shitty dudes in shitty bands.”

Sleep live album

Third Man announces 4xLP Sleep live album

Massive box ships in March.

kowloon walled city piecework review

Album of the Week: Great Falls – A Sense of Rest

This under-the-radar noise rock supergroup delivers a set of brutality and nuance.

OhCult premiere

Premiere: OhCult’s debut single “Bring Your Own Rope” is a furious beast

Hear the San Diego hardcore band’s new ripper.

Yob new album 2018

Yob announce 2019 tour

Dates with Voivod, Amenra

Gouge Away Ghost essential track

Gouge Away announce West Coast tour

The Florida hardcore group takes a trip to the West Coast.

portrayal of guilt tour

Portrayal of Guilt announce tour dates

The Texas hardcore outfit plots early 2019 dates.

Baroness European tour

Baroness and Deafheaven announce 2019 co-headlining tour

Two metal heavyweights on tour together in 2019.

Judas Priest 2018 tour

Judas Priest announce 2019 tour dates

The heavy metal heroes head back on tour.

High On Fire fall tour

High On Fire announce 2019 tour dates

The sludge metal trio circles the eastern U.S. in January.

The Best Metal Albums of 2018

The Top 25 Metal Albums of 2018

Twenty-five albums that hit the hardest from the past 12 months.

Astronoid new album 2019

Astronoid maintain their metallic luster on new single “I Dream In Lines”

The shoegazing prog/emo metal band are as complex and thrilling as ever.

Astronoid new album 2019

Astronoid announce new self-titled album

Hear new track “I Dream In Lines.”

Black Flags over Brooklyn festival

Dawn Ray’d, Woe to perform at anti-fascist metal festival in Brooklyn

“This event is for those of us who reject and push back against that poison infecting our scene”