Best of 2021
For all the insanity that was 2021, we did get some awesome music out of it. Once again, I'm totally overwhelmed by the prospect...
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For all the insanity that was 2021, we did get some awesome music out of it. Once again, I'm totally overwhelmed by the prospect...
"Aquilus makes up for time spent away by hitting harder when it counts most, and doubling down on its eccentricities."
These goth Doomers are finishing out Fall by playing shows in the Midsouth/Southeast.
"On their third album Where Fear and Weapons Meet, 1914 paints a tragic, gritty and human portrait of WWI with musical bombast and emotional...
"This album’s balance of technical brutality, haunting ritualism and inexplicable catchiness can’t be replicated.."
2021 is the best time to be a nu-metal fan. There seem to be more metalcore and deathcore bands doing the genre justice than...
"Employed to Serve sounds like they’re playing the music they’ve always wanted to write, and it’s hard not to love them for it."
A lot of people conflate rap metal and nü-metal, but really, how many nü-metal bands rap? Perhaps the presence of turntables and baggy shorts...
As a whole, this split provides a nexus of creativity that no one could find anywhere else.
Slaughter to Prevail punctuate their brutal deathcore sound with a surprising turn for nu metal, and it mostly works!
Saint or sinner. Ready or not. Lingua Ignota's third album is a tour de force of art as an emotional exorcism.
"Grit and earthiness grounds this album in its spacious atmospheres and crushingly sludgy riffs. King Woman’s kaleidoscopic take on doomgaze and ritualistic folk has...
"Lantlôs may have little resemblance to its original form, but Siegenhort has yet to steer his band in the wrong direction."
With bands like Korn and Limp Bizkit enjoying retrospective kudos, it’s only fair to shed light on overlooked groups from the nu metal troop.
It’s unfortunate that the later career of At The Gates is overshadowed by the departure of lead guitarist Anders Björler, but it’s understandable. Björler’s...
Another decade, another zombie-themed EP from a shining star in the Christian metalcore camp. The Devil Wears Prada deviated from their decidedly cringy counterparts...
Tobias “Wintherr” Möckl has been releasing cold, raw, harsh black metal under the Paysage d'Hiver pseudonym since 1997, and bears the standard of Swiss...
Fans have long argued about which Zao era truly takes the cake, but many more should acknowledge the band’s late-career resurgence. Classics like Sprinter...
Other than a few hiccups, 'A History of Nomadic Behavior' furthers the storied legacy of swampy, cynical violence Eyehategod has built.
With Product of My Environment, Jarhead Fertilizer becomes the kick in the teeth the extreme metal underground needs in 2021.
Black Sheep Wall has evolved their sound, but not at the cost of ultra-heavy savagery to pile drive listeners into the center of the...
While its length can be felt at times, Mære becomes a compelling progression of Harakiri for the Sky's powerful brand of post-black metal.
Beyond the disgusting distortion and primitive violence of Gravesend lies an unflinching look at the dark side of the city that never sleeps.
