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Shadow of the Horns: Metal is the new rock

Plus the best metal tracks of the month.

Mike and the Melvins Three Men and a Baby

Mike and the Melvins : Three Men and a Baby

The sludge metal heroes team up with Mike Kunka of godheadSilo for a noisy, grungy super team-up.

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Boris and Merzbow : Gensho

The Japanese stoner rockers and experimental noise artist team up for a strange and unusual double album.

best albums of 2016 so far Tombs

Tombs : All Empires Fall EP

The Brooklyn metal band returns with 23 minutes of powerful, dark and eclectic sounds.

Cobalt Slow Forever

Cobalt : Slow Forever

Erik Wunder brings Charlie Fell (Lord Mantis) aboard for a double set of epic metal that hails to the greats.

best albums of 2016 so far The Body

The Body : No One Deserves Happiness

The Portland duo’s attempt at the “grossest pop album of all time” is a success.

Wake Sowing the Seeds of a Worthless Tomorrow

Wake : Sowing the Seeds of a Worthless Tomorrow

The Canadian grindcore outfit packs a lot of ideas into 20 minutes.

Anthrax For All Kings

Anthrax : For All Kings

The thrash legends return to form on this heavy and melodic, yet entirely modern metal record.

Oranssi Pazuzu interview Varahtelija

Oranssi Pazuzu : Värähtelijä

The Finnish psychedelic metal band further explores the possibilities of their sound.

Conan Revengeance

Conan : Revengeance

The Liverpool doom-metal band finds fun and interesting new ways to wreck, shatter and destroy.

Magrudergrind II

Magrudergrind : II

The Brooklyn-based grindcore band has an innovative and invigorating take on the genre, while keeping it concise.

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Lycus : Chasms

The California doom metal outfit offers up an ambitiously daring and emotional set of music on their new, sprawling LP.

Black Tusk : Pillars of Ash

The Savannah sludge metal outfit rises up after the death of bandmate Jonathan Athon with a resilient new chapter.

anatomy of habit black openings review

Bloodiest : Bloodiest

The Chicago art-metal band goes big, without sticking to close to any expectations of what metal is.

Abbath self-titled review

Abbath : Abbath

The Immortal frontman continues the Immortal legacy with a new band and more blistering metal.

Chthe'ilist Le Dernier Crepuscule

Chthe’ilist : Le Dernier Crépuscule

The Quebec death metal band finds melody in ugliness, and vice versa, on their Profound Lore debut.

Krallice Hyperion EP review

Krallice : Hyperion EP

The New York black metal outfit offers a short, sharp surprise of blistering metal for the new year.

Sunn O))) Kannon review

Sunn O))) : Kannon

Stephen O’Malley and Greg Anderson offer their shortest, simplest album in some time, which is still quite moving.

The Lion’s Daughter : Existence Is Horror

The St. Louis sludge metal outfit goes for the throat on their eclectic, intense new album.