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Playytime opening all dates
More than 25 years after their debut, the Sacramento metal group still harness a potent darkness
The best metal albums of June/July, for a particularly mopey summer.
A provocative and short-lived song that left an impact long after its commercial release
The prolific psych group doubles down on heavy metal
A reaffirmation of the power of the industrial metal institution
Check out the video for “Sport of Form,” featuring Julien Baker, and starring Iggy Pop
The Texas group become an even more tightly coiled death metal machine on their sophomore LP
Hear “Last Word”
New 10-inch out soon via Pure Noise
Turn it up and tear off the sleeves
Shows lined up with END, Inter Arma and Wake
The Texas group deliver one of the year’s best death metal offerings
The two veteran underground metal bands deliver a fun and cacophonous set of heavy metal experiments
Plus tour dates announced with Melvins
The Australian group make their Relapse debut with a set of blistering, destructive noise-hardcore rippers
Hear “The Shrike”
The Australian band discusses their open-ended approach, growing stable and going through hell
Dates lined up in the Midwest and East Coast
The legendary underground metal group returns after 14 years with an evolved kind of noise.