Features

This week, Jon and Ted look at complete opposite ends of the spectrum, shining a light on classic thrash and underground "brown metal" alike.

This month on Naïve Magic, we discuss the oddly resilient hobby of cassette tape collecting and look at another batch of excellent recent dungeon synth releases.

In a new interview, Panopticon mastermind Austin Lunn discusses the more personal aspects of his new album "...And Again Into The Light."

Enter a shrieking maelstrom of death metal from a quartet of bands hell-bent on out-filthing each other -- read our review of this four-way split.

In the fourth chapter of our metal studies column, musicologist Ross Hagen discusses fan studies.

Consisting of masked members with numerical identifiers, Fractal Generator is a faceless exploration of some of the strange thought experiments science fiction has to offer. We talked with the (as it turns out, human) band to understand more.

The Connecticut band, which includes ex-Fates Warning guitarist Victor Arduini, is set to release a new EP that takes the band further out of doom and stoner rock territory, adding a lethal dose of heavy metal. We spoke with Arduini about the new EP and how his continuing love for metal, plus his le…

All the new metal releasing between May 9th, 2021 and May 15th, 2021 -- spin (or skip) new music from Panopticon, Dordeduh, Grave Miasma, and more.

This week, we look at an Idaho death metal/hardcore group with a razor-focused EP due out in June to follow up their viciously brief 2019 demo.

The Norwegian band's third full-length, which closes out their 'Black Death Trilogy', released at the end of last month with a refreshing take on the fundamentals of the Norwegian second-wave style.