Features

All the new metal releasing between May 10th and May 16th, 2020 -- spin (or skip) new music from Paradise Lost, Wailin' Storms, Ara, and more.

Here's the first in a series on the crossover between sneakerheads and metalheads -- check out photos from graphic artist and Narakah guitarist/vocalist Chris Smith's collection, plus his take on musical pairings.

Newly formed Dutch black metal act Vuur & Zijde joined forces with the mysterious Impavida on a dualistic black metal split (out today) both expansive and cohesive -- here's our full review.

German gothic rock band Secrets of the Moon have enjoyed a storied history that now culminates in a monumental seventh full-length "Black House" -- check out an early full stream plus our in-depth interview with guitarist Michael Zech.

In this resurrected column, IO Editor-in-Chief Andrew Rothmund's gaze will illuminate one album and one album only in light of the world at large -- this month, the question is how even to begin?

All the new metal releasing between May 3rd and May 9th, 2020 -- spin (or skip) new music from Winterfylleth, Forming the Void, Secrets of the Moon, and more.

End, a Will Putney side-project, now includes members from Misery Signals, The Dillinger Escape Plan, and more -- the group's debut full-length combines hardcore and grind into one heavy-as-fuck concoction.

Seven of us teamed up to select our favorite releases from last month's insane whirlwind of new albums -- here, we include Ulcerate, Black Curse, and five more into our juicy halls of honor.

We dig into the latest from the Swedish legends Katatonia -- "City Burials" affirms their uncanny ability to be at once familiar and fresh.

The exceptionally psychedelic fifth album from Elder has been an earworm we can't rid ourselves of -- it's not exactly metal, but then again, who cares, because it absolutely hits the right spot. Here's our full review.