April 26, 2021

All the new metal releasing between April 25th, 2021 and May 1st, 2021 -- spin (or skip) new music from Paysage d'Hiver, Bongzilla, Spectral Lore, and more.

Editors Jon Rosenthal and Ted Nubel sat down to talk with Japanese pop-metal group Babybeard, the newest project from the charismatic Ladybeard (Deadlift Lolita, Ladybaby), discussing the group's upcoming singles, how COVID-era Japan is handling live music, and the unusual/polarizing appeal of "kawaii metal".

While not normally a genre that trims its song lengths, Arizona death/doom outfit Thorn shows off the bite-size potential of the genre on their debut EP "The Encompassing Nothing."