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Cosmic Void Fest 2023 (Recap + Photos)

The London space black metal-oriented festival blew already high expectations away.

"At First Light," Morag Tong's Cinematic Doom Metal Blazes Forth (Video Premiere)

The London stoner/doom metal band returns with their second full-length “Grieve” – check out the music video for the mystifying lead single here.

Cage Fight's Metallic Hardcore Slugs It Out On Self-Titled Debut (interview)

We spoke to Cage Fight vocalist Rachel Aspe about their debut self-titled album, which interpolates retro takes on hardcore and metal for devastating results.

On "Brahman," The Brothers Keg Gaze Into the True Reality of Psychedelic Doom (Music Video Premiere)

Watch a trippy video for a trippy stoner epic: with a vinyl release for The Brothers Keg’ 2020 debut “Folklore, Myths and Legends of the Brothers Keg” imminent, the band unveils a new music video for “Brahman.”

Iron Maiden's Wild and Extraordinary Self-Titled Debut Turns 40

Over the hill we go with Iron Maiden’s self-titled debut album, released 40 years ago today. With much to say about this release (and the band’s legacy thereafter), three of us teamed up to reflect on what “Iron Maiden” means to us.

Calligram's "Kenosis" Teaches Us What it Really Means to Rip (Song Premiere + Interview)

We’re streaming a blackened and blasting new song from the London-based quartet’s upcoming full-length “The Eye is the First Circle” — trust us when we say it, this album tears space and time in twain.

Torpor's Viscous and Postmodern Sludge Dooms it All: Stream "Rhetoric of the Image" Now

We unveil the second full-length from London trio Torpor — “Rhetoric of the Image” is sludgy post-metal with a doomy twist. The album releases Friday, but listen now via our early full stream.