Colin Dempsey

The death/sludge outfit Slugdge might seem superficial at first, but the concept goes deeper than clever puns and outlandish lore. Learn more with our interview with Slugdge's Matt Moss.

Looking for a way to completely separate from reality? Here's four albums released this year that construct alternate realities, operate on different wavelengths, and generally achieve total disconnection.

Listen to the positive-minded and death-grind-fueled debut of Manipulator ahead of its release.

Pulling together black metal, spoken word, art rock, electronica, and much more into a whirlwind sub-twenty-minute EP, "La Canzone del Cefaloforo" is a peculiar offering that must be heard to be believed—and still somewhat defies belief even then. Read our full review.

The Denver, Colorado atmospheric black/folk metal band has heavily integrated elements of American Western music into not only their sound, but their mentality. We talked to guitarist/vocalist Shane McCarthy to dive into their unusual perspective.

The German death metal group unleashes their first EP following their full-length debut in 2018, with this new release demonstrating their unrelenting commitment to the fundamentals. Read our full review.

In a new interview, Panopticon mastermind Austin Lunn discusses the more personal aspects of his new album "...And Again Into The Light."

Consisting of masked members with numerical identifiers, Fractal Generator is a faceless exploration of some of the strange thought experiments science fiction has to offer. We talked with the (as it turns out, human) band to understand more.

The New York-based avant-garde metal trio aims to tell the story of their home city, taking aesthetic inspiration from its near-mythical past. This edition of Piercing the Veil explores the band's musical and conceptual ties to the Big Apple.

Combining impossibly groovy stoner metal with a fantastical amphibian concept grounded in eco-conservatism, the UK's Froglord is an ideal starting point for this column, which dives deep into thematic bands that are more than just a gimmick.