Chris Rowella

Our noise-rock aficionado bursts through the seams of genre classifications with his year-end picks, featuring 20 eclectic picks from across the heavy spectrum.

With picks from Beastmilk, YOB, and Stone Axe, Chris Rowella's decade-end list sums up ten years of rockin' hard and stayin' heavy.

English metal band Pist moves into more progressive territory on their new album. Stream it here now.

We dredged the world's seas to bring you the latest taste of Chained to the Bottom of the Ocean -- "Genesis of the Daffodil" is pure concrete, and the outfit's upcoming album (out next month) has a whole lot more.

Vermont rockers Ghastly Sound are about to unleash their debut full-length "Have A Nice Day" -- here's a taste of the band's brand of pop-infused sludge with new single "War."

Check out excerpts from the upcoming "Blood on Black Wax" book (out May 13th) about horror film movie scores -- plus, we interview authors Aaron Lupton and Jeff Szpirglas.

Stream the dreamy, eerie, and heady new full-length from Swedish doom rockers prior to its official release Friday.

We unveil an early stream of the new EP from Chicago-based trio These Beasts, a hard-hitting outfit offering heavy, doom-infused rock for the masses.

Four high-quality, relatively recent releases from the mysterious and ever-popularizing worlds of doom, sludge, and stoner metal.

Check out a brand-new video for the second track from their noisy and rocking latest full-length "The Body As Pleasure."