photo by John Mourlas How can artists and musicians respond to an era when jackbooted thugs descend on U.S. cities, tech billionaires blithely deploy technologies calculated to wipe out the livelihoods of millions, and misinformation controls the rage of the Read More …
California sludge/crust metal practitioners MORDEO, featuring within its ranks members of Amarok, Aberrance, and Level, will release their ferocious self-titled full-length debut on March 27th through a three-way collaboration with Hypaethral Records, Forever Never Ends Records, and Shove Records. Forged Read More …
photos by Mike Louis Chicago trio AZIOLA CRY unveils their incoming fourth album, Dysphoria Ritual, which is now confirmed for release this April through 7D Media, the label founded by former King Crimson member Trey Gunn. AZIOLA CRY is an Read More …
“ThumpeRRR” is the latest single from psychedelic desert rock alchemists DESERT COLLIDER. The track comes off the band’s debut full-length, Generation Ship: Endless Drift Through Infinity, set for release on March 6th via Small Stone Recordings. Drawing inspiration from the Read More …
Watch/stream W.E.B.’s “Into Hell Fire We Burn” HERE. This Friday, Greek symphonic extreme metallers W.E.B. will unveil Darkness Alive, their first ever live album on Metal Blade Records! Captured at Gagarin205 in the band’s hometown of Athens on September 22nd, Read More …
photos by Dylan Ownes Carving The Causeway To The Otherworld – the ferocious conceptual second LP from Irish black/death metal outfit COSCRADH – is now streaming in its entirety ahead of its release this Friday through 20 Buck Spin. Like Read More …
“Psychic Surgery” is the latest single from Texas-based, self-proclaimed slug metal berserkers KALLOHONKA. Now playing courtesy of Everything Is Noise, the track appears on the band’s debut full-length Lazer Blood, set for release on March 13th through Memory Terminal Records. Writes Everything Read More …
photos by Mike Burns “Subterfuge covers a pretty wide sonic range while remaining within the boundaries of sludge—some of it is more upbeat and punk influenced, while other tracks stray more into doom or border on death metal.” – Decibel Read More …
Iconic heavy metal supergroup DOWN returns with a special cover of Dr. John’s “Right Place, Wrong Time!” New Orleans native Dr. John was an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. His music combined New Orleans blues, jazz, R&B, soul, and funk. Read More …
photos by Joe Branton Prominent US prog label The Lasers Edge presents the fifth album from English instrumental progressive rock quartet POLY-MATH, Something Deeply Hidden. Based in Brighton and London, POLY-MATH is heavily influenced by early classic prog, Ethio-jazz, post-rock, Read More …