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You may or may not have been surprised when Seth Putnam passed away over the summer – hard living had already put him into...
Axiomatic in all technical variants of heavy metal – whether it be prog, thrash, death or otherwise – is that it is as much...
In the heart of every music fan there is a shrine of sound, a cache of albums that comprise our sonic comfort zone. Most...
Upon graduating from At a Loss Recordings to Southern Lord for their third album, 2009's Chronomega, Bay Area sludge purveyors Black Cobra clearly felt...
With all due respect to New Orleans, the center of the sludge universe has in recent years shifted to Savannah, Georgia, that sleepy burg...
On a cold February evening this year, I went to see Absu and Immortal play at the Gramercy Theater in NYC. Although I mainly...
Time off has been good to Primus. Having seemingly fizzled out with 1999's artistically disastrous Antipop – stunt cast with such head-scratching guest appearances...
It’s been almost impossible to avoid hearing about Dream Theater this past year if you’ve been exposed to metal in any way. The news...
The Armageddon chord is the first novel by musician and songwriter Jeremy Wagner. In a broad sense, the book is a fun, fast-paced explosion...
People really want Stuart Dahlquist to stay doom. Breathe doom, sweat doom, shit doom. Every new album the guy puts out seems to be...
I generally try to shy away from direct band comparisons, unless the antecedents were such blatant influences that to ignore them would be to...
One could say a lot of good things about Unearth. In 2001, with most emerging metal bands still mired in the colossal waste of...
Does anyone still care about Anaal Nathrakh? After making waves early on with their love-it-or-hate-it blend of black and death with industrial overtones, the...
When it comes to the David Vincent era of Morbid Angel, there’s really no debate; the band was at the top of their game....
Deconstruction and Ghost have certainly been some of the most anticipated records of the year for me personally, and now the wait is finally...
Discounting the formative, retrospectively uncharacteristic Retribution – well received at the time but juvenilia in hindsight – Obscura launched themselves to the forefront of...
If you want the best that metalcore has to offer, do yourself a favor and stick with the bands that broke the scene in...
The best music often renders genre-labels impotent. Drugs of Faith certainly grind, but they also fucking rock. This is a band doing exactly what...
Burzum's long awaited comeback after 11 years of silence was a quiet one: 2010's Belus was generally well received but in many ways flew...
by Jeremy Ülrey 1992 was good to Varg Vikernes, at least from a creative standpoint. In a nine month period running through September, the...
By Atanamar Sunyata Black moods demand bleak music. There are certain albums that radiate genuine rage, that siphon off your own anger and anguish...
by Jeremy Ülrey Continuing apace the goth-country minimalism he's specialized in since his 2005 reemergence, Dylan Carlson once again saddles up his warhorse and...
By Ben Apatoff Solo albums tend to follow one of two paths. One being "Here's something I wouldn't normally do with my band" (see...
