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Beyond the disgusting distortion and primitive violence of Gravesend lies an unflinching look at the dark side of the city that never sleeps.
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Beyond the disgusting distortion and primitive violence of Gravesend lies an unflinching look at the dark side of the city that never sleeps.
Ireland's God Is An Astronaut can always be expected to deliver. They've been leaders of the post-rock movement for almost 20 years now. But...
Välde is a fantastic blackened deathcore assault, one that brings Humanity's Last Breath to the top of the growing sub-subgenre.
Swedish prog metallers Soen released their fifth album Imperial this month. Keeping up a stream of steady releases (Lotus in 2019 and Lykaia in...
“To climb these stairs again,” are the words that open the latest release by The Body. It is a reading of the poem “The...
Where Gloom Becomes Sound creeps in like a ghost in the hall. “In Remembrance” sets the tone for Tribulation’s most gothic record to date....
Songs for the Apocalypse sees Bieler stretching his artistic breadth by evoking a vast array of imaginative lenses, yet never deviating too far from...
Halloween has come early in 2021. Goth rock super couple Anders Manga and Devillia must have taken its cancellation harder than most. Songs of...
Ruins does precisely what an album of its kind should do: honor the crucial elements of its templates amidst adding enough distinguishing features to...
I love the original Star Wars trilogy, like most people who are alive and not assholes. I was born too late to see any...
Despite what the lion’s share of Merzbow’s discography would hint at, Masami Akita is able to take a foot off the speaker-shredding gas and,...
A Whisp of the Atlantic is a testament to the benefits of quality of quantity, as it never outstays its welcome because it accomplishes...
Weight of the False Self comes after 26 years Hatebreed beating the same horse. Is the horse dead? Well… define alive.
Under Sullen Skies begins a new epoch for New York's Tombs, presenting a diverse onslaught of frightening atmosphere, skull-caving heaviness and inexplicable catchiness—along with...
Translating from Icelandic as “All This Damn Darkness,” Allt Tetta Helvitis Myrkur doubles down on the most haunting aspects of Katla's brand of atmospheric...
American prog veterans Fates Warning return with their thirteenth studio effort Long Day Good Night, a lengthy but rewarding listen.
Doomy death metal has a history and pedigree that spans from the rich and vibrant on one end to the so-boring-it-might-as-well-be-clinically-dead on the other....
Sólstafir brings its massive arrangements and rustic grit to notably accessible territory, rounded off by some callbacks to a savage past.
Emma Ruth Rundle & Thou bring the best out of each other, with plenty of sonic staples for fans of both artists to chew...
Every once in awhile, you find an album that is simply a masterpiece. Maybe it is a unique debut that a band could never...
The Botanist would have a field day in my neighbourhood! Head tree hugger, Roberto “Otrebor” Martinelli has previously stated that when the time comes...
Within the walls of the Stewart-Panko abode, mentioning the name Wombripper will elicit wildly differing reactions. My long-suffering wife works as a midwife, childbirth...
Convulse is back with their first studio record in a quarter-century. Feel old yet? In case you need a refresher in heavy metal history,...
