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Eight of us teamed up to collect our favorite heavy albums of June 2020 -- if you need a shortlist of new albums that will rocket your mind into the cosmos, look no further.

Before "The Great Flood" comes, the German post-punk quartet reveals yet another non-album single.

We dissect the masterful prog of Coheed and Cambria for this almighty resurrection of So Grim, So True, So Real, our trident-stab into the guts of storied bands and their sprawling discographies.

The New Wave of Dutch Heavy Jazz goes full-on doom. Listen to an exclusive stream of the 27-minute epic "Blood Rite."

We unveil (and review) the monster new full-length effort from Belgian psychedelic jazz, drone, and ambient orchestra Neptunian Maximalism -- this is over two hours of brain-enhancing music wrapped in luxurious atmospherics.

We dissect this thoroughly enjoyable (and dark) new point-and-click cyberpunk adventure game by Theta Division, featuring Master Boot Record whose soundtrack is both befitting and bewildering.

All the new metal releasing between June 14th and June 20th, 2020 (plus last week's releases) -- spin (or skip) new music from Hail Spirit Noir, Lamb of God, Vile Creature, and more.

A bunch of us teamed up to select ten favorite 2020 albums each to represent our tastes and moods as we hit the half-way point in this completely batshit year.

The UK-based horror metal band's bassist stopped by to pair some of his favorite sneakers to kickass metal albums.

Defocus and dematerialize in this abstract reflection on the times of now -- IO Editor-in-Chief Andrew Rothmund selects an especially atmospheric album as last month's favorite.