Contributions
Underground Unusualities #2: Strife Machine’s "The Human Dragon" Documents Eternal Night
Jenna has been scouring musical (and emotional) underrealms for unusual albums to un-forget; this week, it’s Strife Machine’s dark ambient masterpiece “The Human Dragon” leading us into abstract voids.
Chilled Out: Six Albums for Gazing Up at Summer Skies
We relax from an onslaught of devastating death metal for suaver, lighter music — here are six albums to jam while wearing sunglasses (whether or not you’re crying behind them).
Underground Unusualities #1: The Cold Harbour's "Homebound" Takes You Home
In this new series, Jenna scours the musical underrealms for unusual albums to un-forget; this week, she looks at the dreamy but devestating post-hardcore opus from U.K. outfit Cold Harbour.
Jamming with Jenna, Round #5: Viva La Bam, From Rock to Rock-Bottom
Jenna dives into a foregone era of televised tomfoolery and asshattery, the heavy music it involved and supported, and where these anti-heroes ended up in the Internet age.
Mini-Feature: Wolvennest Enters the "Void" on Haunting New EP
The dense atmospherics and abstract darkness of Wolvennest should not go unheard — the sextet recently released a psychedelic new EP as a follow-up to last year’s full-length.
夢遊病者 (Sleepwalker) Demonstrates the Promise of Blackened Psychedelic Metal with “First Utterance”
We unleash a bleak new track from international outfit Sleepwalker, chock full of all the abstract noise and heady atmospherics we’ve come to expect from the project.
Pale Misery’s “Hope is a Mistake” Serves Up Bloody, Blackened Blows
Stream a crusty, gnarly new track from the Louisiana-based outfit’s upcoming debut album “Black Candles and Gutter Scum.”
Never, Nothing, NONE: A Sorrowful Peek of New Album with “It’s Painless to Let Go”
We unveil the perfect antithesis to the changing seasons: check out a new track from the anonymous black metal project NONE’s upcoming third full-length “Damp Chill of Life.”
Sunshine and Suicide: Sadness’s "Circle of Veins" Tackles a Different Kind of Seasonal Depression
Welcoming the spring season the post-metal way with the latest album from Illinois-based project Sadness.