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You Will Never Be One of Us is brief, brutal and devastatingly effective. It’s everything an extreme music fan could want.
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"It's refreshing to hear a band operate within a musical sphere that's decidedly off the deep end with this much clarity of purpose."
You Will Never Be One of Us is brief, brutal and devastatingly effective. It’s everything an extreme music fan could want.
It’s like staring down a hallway stripped of paint and wallpaper, and seeing a vague shape draw a blade. It’s like you’re nailed to...
At this point in music history, the Frenchmen of Gojira have cemented themselves as one of the paramount metal bands of this generation. Though the band's...
Sumac represents a more challenging demand amid the synthesis of its influences: the mechanistic, industrial stomp of early Isis, the more subdued melancholia of...
Hailing from The Sword's own hometown of Austin, Texas and also featuring a retro sound heavily favoring 70's boogie riffs, Scorpion Child proudly sidestep...
Seattle, WA based curst/noise/grinders The Vatican aren’t interested in frills and bullshit. They aren’t interesting in giving you any time to consider much when...
Part of the joy of being a Melvins fan is the sense of discovery. Even after 30 years of sludge rocking their way around...
It Came from NYC functions less as an exegesis on the rise of a superstar band and more a condensed microcosm of a starcrossed...
Here we are, half way through 2016, where a competitive batch of Doom/Sludge bands will be competing and compared to one another. Will Cough's...
Gozu are one of the most exciting bands going right now on Ripple Music. The driving rhythms, tripped out vocals and crazed solos come...
Mars Red Sky's capacity is widely diverse, ranging from low-end riffs before layering on their circus quirky personality. Both of these opposing attributes are...
The latest thrashterpiece from sci-fi thrashers Vektor sees the band defending its reputation as the most innovative modern thrash band, even if the album...
Gevurah's full-length debut sets the bar significantly high for Black Metal the rest of the year.
Derriére Nous La Lumiere or in English, “Behind Us, The Light” is the latest from French black metallers Throane. A truly demented release, this...
If you’re looking for a chaotic, yet captivating take on pure, straightforward black metal: listen to The Poisonous Path. If you don’t like straightforward...
Cover songs or full albums are usually a pretty nice treat for the fans of the band that releases them. For Six Feet Under,...
What the fuck do Weekend Nachos owe this world? Nothing but misery and pain. And certainly no apologies for those sentiments.
The Evil Divide starts off on a nuclear-stamped note of conflagration, that being the frenetic vehemence of “The Moth,” a song that sees the...
Characteristically brief at 33 minutes, the 13 songs here provide more consistent predictability with a renewed focus on anthemic, uptempo numbers combining brisk rhythmic...
A winsome collection of lilting prog and impassioned melodies, The Fall of Hearts takes us even further afield from the metal scene than usual...
In the interest of full disclosure, and as a demonstration of the transformative power that comes with taking one’s time and ignoring first impressions,...
Under Attack is album number fourteen and if there’s an underlying message at play it’s that you can teach old dogs new tricks while...
