egypt

The Egyptian band’s latest album “Carving the Fires of Akhet” is a punishing and intricate death metal album focused on the history and mythology of their region, but it’s also influenced by the present day. We talked to band members Ismaeel Attallah and Youssef Saleh about their latest record.

In this new installment of “Records of the Week With Jon and Ted,” our intrepid editors look back to the mid-to-late 2000s for some decade-and-a-half-old death metal nostalgia.

Into the abyss

Culture of the undefeated

Gateways to petroleumization