thrill jockey

The Montreal-based heavy experimentalists follow up on 2021’s “Vital” with a new record that uses stirring extremes in volume and pacing to examine decay and unease.

The ‘transcendental black metal’ group surprise-released a new EP today with two tracks highlighting the band’s boundary-eroding sound. Read our review here.

The Sumac vocalist and guitarist discusses the limitations of metal, the joy in creating, and the necessity of being tripped up.

We talk with Iowa-based done/doom project Aseethe about change over time and change on the new record (out later this month), from replacing founding members to saying more with less.

We chat with singer/guitarist Zack Weil from the Chicago-based thrash/sludge trio about their upcoming album “High Anxiety” — also, watch a bezerk new music video for the single “Tween Shitbag.”

Extreme experimental outfit Endon released their latest album today — we chatted with project vocalist Taichi Nagura about the band’s image, passion, and sound.

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