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Floating Hesitating Lights review

Floating : Hesitating Lights

A hybrid of death metal and post-punk that pairs abrasion with accessibility

The Armed Sharp Teeth

The Armed release another new song, “SHARP TEETH”

‘THE FUTURE IS HERE’ is out Aug. 1

Baroness

Baroness announce more Red & Blue Tour dates

Shows lined up on the West Coast

Agriculture

Agriculture announce new album, The Spiritual Sound

Hear “Bodhidharma”

Deadguy Near-Death Travel Services review

Deadguy – Near-Death Travel Services

The New Jersey metalcore heroes return after 30 years, stronger than ever

Katatonia Nightmares As Extensions of the Waking State review

Katatonia : Nightmares As Extensions of the Waking State

The Swedish metal group continue on a familiar path, to rewarding if not revelatory results

Boris

Boris announce Pink 20th anniversary tour

Support from Uniform, Agriculture, Cloakroom and more

The Armed

The Armed release new song “Kingbreaker”

Featuring Punch’s Meghan O’Neil

Planning for Burial It's Closeness It's Easy review

Planning For Burial : It’s Closeness, It’s Easy

Thom Wasluck returns after eight years with a dense and powerful new LP

Drain

Drain announce new album, …Is Your Friend

Hear “Nights Like These”

Clutch 1995 self-titled album

Clutch’s self-titled 1995 album holds up a little too well

The Baltimore group’s groove metal masterpiece of conspiracies and the outer limits

The Body All the Waters reissue

The Body announce reissue of All the Waters of the Earth Turn to Blood

Vinyl reissue features Side D of rare material

Sumac

Sumac announce summer tour dates

Dates announced with Chepang and Patrick Shiroishi

The Armed

The Armed announce new album, The Future Is Here and Everything Needs to Be Destroyed

Hear “Well Made Play”

Callous Daoboys I Don't Want to See You in Heaven review

The Callous Daoboys : I Don’t Want to See You in Heaven

The Atlanta mathcore group continues to see their dramatic sound evolve in interesting ways

Blood Incantation - cosmic metal albums

Blood Incantation announce more tour dates

Dates lined up with Pallbearer, Krallice, Cynic and more

Pelican interview

Pelican embrace lightness

Founding guitarist Laurent Schroeder-Lebec discusses the band’s new album ‘Flickering Resonance,’ rejoining the group and more

Drifter Grigori

Hear an epic new ripper from Drifter, “The Silence That Follows”

New album ‘Grigori’ out May 23

Sumac and Moor Mother - best albums of 2025 so far

Sumac & Moor Mother : The Film

An overwhelming and intense whole, meant to be experienced uninterrupted

Messa

6 Great new metal albums with a vintage aesthetic

Our latest best-metal roundup is hell bent for leather