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We caught the first stop of Oranssi Pazuzu’s US tour in Chicago last Thursday. Mother of all that is holy, this band fucking rocks. Full report and show photos inside.

“A golden, horned helm which turns into a Viking longship? Be still my beating heart.”

We caught the Lingua Ignota show in Philadelphia on Tuesday — project mastermind Kristin Hayter follows few (if any) conventions in her esoteric and moving performance.

Last Friday ripped us to shreds: the big riffs of Sonja, the sawing rawness of Dumal, and the outright savagery of False whose latest album made waves.

We chilled with Vella and Power in the air-conditioned comfort of a Chevy Sonic outside their release-day set in Philadelphia last Friday. Here are the words we exchanged.

The Tusk in Philly was alive last Friday with a slew of emotive, proggy goodness before one-man black metal act Eneferens took the stage — photos and album streams inside.

An eclectic lineup of everlasting artists graced Johnny Brenda’s in Philadelphia on Saturday, from the almighty hammer of Primitive Man to the emotional onslaught of Big|Brave (photos inside).

We caught last Friday’s delightful and diverse doling-out of doom at Philly’s Union Transfer — show photos inside.

Multi-instrumentalist Kelly Schilling dissects the evolution of Dreadnought’s enigmatic brand of blackened prog-doom and then delves into the concepts woven into “Emergence,” released last Friday via Profound Lore.

We sat down in Inter Arma’s tour van on the date of their new album’s release to discuss genre classification, lyrical content, line-up changes, and more with drummer TJ Childers and guitarist Trey Dalton.