Editor's Choice #2: Holy Shit, Serenity Now!
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.
On "Nell' Ora Blu," Uncle Acid and The Deadbeats Venture Into Cinematic Darkness (Interview)
The band’s new album departs from their sleazy, Satanic rock’n’roll into Italian cinema-inspired soundscape work (though there’s still some rock in there). We talked to mastermind Kevin Starrs about the new record.
Sons of Ra's Heavy Avant-Jazz Fusion Traces the "Tropic of Cancer" (Part 1 Video Premiere)
Check out the music video for the opening part of the Chicago band’s new EP/six-part suite.
Baazlvaat Take Us from the Stronghold to the Gutter (Interview)
We spoke with the band about their new album “Ridiculed by the Common Soldiery,” unconventional influences, and the subtle alchemy of black metal itself.
Castle Rat Scurry Through Strange, Doomy Realms On “Fresh Fur” (Video Premiere)
The fantasy doom group go DIY on their newest video and single from their upcoming album “Into the Realm.”
Funeral Throne signs to Satanas Rex
Satanas Rex, the black metal offshoot of UK-based industrial/black ambient label Cold Spring, has signed Funeral Throne and will release the band?s first album, Nihil Sine Diabolus, in the spring of 2007. The band has posted two tracks from the album at its MySpace. A track from the Nun Fucking Black Metal demo follows below. […]
Wolves In The Throne Room - "Born From The Serpent's Eye"
Newfound howling from the throne room.
Aerial Ruin Journey Under A "Nameless Sun"
Erik Moggridge creates a meditative calm on his new record
Oskoreien - "Green & Maroon" (Premiere)
A synechdoche for our concept of free will
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