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Colin Williams' Top Albums of 2023

Colin Williams’s favorites from 2023 venture into the weird realms that black and death metal gave us this year – and beyond.

Adzes Find Beauty in Upheaval on "Inver" (Interview + Early Stream)

We spoke to sludge/post-metal group Adzes about their new album “Inver,” which you can stream here early as well.

Litha (mem. Hell, Mizmor) explores depression's gnawing "Hunger" (early track premiere)

Mizmor and Hell live bassist (and ambient composer) Andrew Black reveals his new solo venture, the doomed black metal of Litha. Stream a debut single now.

Afterbirth's "Hovering Human Head Drones" Float Above the Death-Metal Melee (Early Track Premiere)

Afterbirth share the first track from their forthcoming blast of sickness, In But Not Of, out October 20 via Willowtip Records.

Nixil Pursue Gnosis and Curse Fascists on "From the Wound Spilled Forth Fire" (Interview)

We spoke to the Baltimore occult-oriented black metal band about their new record, which is out today.

Pyrkagion Visit Gomorrah on Debut EP (Interview + Early Stream)

The latest from Pyrkagion, “The Katechon and the Unending Fire” is a cavernous delve into religious fanaticism.

How Wildfire Forged Anti-God Hand's "Blight Year" (Interview)

We talked to Anti-God Hand about their new record, ‘Blight Year’ and the process of meltdown and rekindling that led to it.

"Mechanical Fiction": The Gorge Explore Prog Metal Without Losing Focus (Early Album Stream)

The St. Louis group turns their jazz and music education roots toward complex, hardcore-influenced progressive metal – stream their upcoming third album early here.
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