Colony of Birchmen
I’m one of the, like, three people that don’t love Mastodon’s Blood Mountain. I don’t hate it, and in fact I find parts of it quite interesting. But it just doesn’t move me – too much art, not enough rock. I’m more of a “March of the Fire Ants” type of guy. However, a good […]
Triptykon - Melana Chasmata
The rise of a wise Warrior?
Giveaway: Hellbent for Cooking
Pictured: Black Metal Berry Pie by Sadistik ExekutionText by Cosmo Lee We’re teaming up with Bazillion Points to give away one copy of Annick Giroux’ Hellbent for Cooking: The Heavy Metal Cookbook. You want this. You want this because either you like food or you like metal, and preferably you like both. I just got […]
Interview: Gene Hoglan
On air-drumming, playing guitar, and becoming Pickles
Wharflurch's Hallucinatory Horror Lurks in the "Psychedelic Realms Ov Hell" (Early Album Stream)
Stream the full-length debut of this Floridian death/doom outfit, which takes the genre to its trippy extremes.
Hydra Head Highlights
So long and good night
Villains - Lifecode of Decadence
Villains portray themselves as fighters and fuckers. Their version of this mythos isn’t like Lemmy’s. He might write a song called “On the Prowl,” but he’d never use the phrase “her morbid sexual carcass.” He’s too much of a gentleman for that. Villains aren’t gentlemen, or so they’d like you to think. I believe it. […]
Horna - "Hurmos"
An ecstatic chunk of Finnish black metal
Rorcal - "Αἵμων (Haemon)" (Premiere)
Sturm und drang und blackened hardcore/doom
Interview: The Dillinger Escape Plan
How a joke became their breakout hit, and why they’re going out with a bang
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