Ivan Belcic

Trevor Van Hook of San Diego death metallers Putrescine tells us about some of his favorite kicks and crucial album pairings.

We dive deep into the inner workings of Hath drummer AJ Viana (Cognitive, The American Standard), who also records and engineers their albums, going all the way down to the microphones used and the tom drum sizes.

Resident sneaker wizard Ivan Belcic rounds up his favorites of the past year.

On his sophomore record, Garry Brents (Cara Neir), here known as Galimgim, further expands on Cara Neir’s “Phase Out” album concept, focusing on a splintered part of his persona now residing in a dream world. Learn more with this in-depth interview and stream the whole album early as well.

In this in-depth interview, the Norwegian psych band’s drummer dives deep into the feel of the new record and his approach to learning and playing the drums.

Mixing pop-punk, death metal, hardcore and more into a singularly catchy offering, Cool Chair’s debut EP is a reminder that horror is generally pretty awesome, and that genre labels are increasingly ineffective. Stream it now and check out an interview with the band.

Tom Ballard, vocalist for Allfather, Herzschlager, and Wretched Empires, shows us a few select sneakers from his closet and pairs them with some high quality albums.

Necropanther’s new EP is the creative brainchild of guitarist Paul Anop, and it’s aquatic doom instead of the band’s main fare of melodic death/thrash. Check out an interview with the band that dives into the history behind the EP, their take on the metal scene today, and more.

The Indian death metal group (featuring Hannes Grossmann, ex-Necrophagist) teamed up with performance artist Olivier de Sagazan for a skin-crawling video accompanying this hectic instrumental track. Check it out, plus an in-depth interview.