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Multi-instrumentalist Ayloss opens up about his newest album on the road to "IV" -- stream the whole album, too.

Though it took more than ten years to produce a full-length, the debut album from this German black/death outfit is a cosmic terror worth the wait. Read an interview with founder "R."

All the new metal releasing between April 18th, 2021 and April 24th, 2021 -- spin (or skip) new music from Paysage d'Hiver, Bongzilla, Spectral Lore, and more.

This murky and mysterious black metal project released "Demo MMXX" last year, combining riffy black metal with an impenetrable miasma. Read an interview with the band.

This Friday, Ted and Jon look into different ends of the traditional doom metal spectrum with Place of Skulls and While Heaven Wept, respectively.

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.

A dive into the cavernous world of dungeon synth in the first installment of a new column.

Named after their hometown, the Swedish sludge/hardcore band aims to tell the story of Horndal's downturn, an event that's been mirrored by similar towns worldwide. Read an interview with drummer Pontus Levahn.

Today's discussion of Metal Studies discusses the history of metal studies that have looked at gender.

Memphis blackened deathgrinders Knoll unveiled their full-length debut earlier this year, providing 35 minutes of dense and challenging extreme metal. Read an interview with the band discussing their influences and how the record came to be.