Springtime Abracadabra: Ruff Majik's "Seasons"
We delve into the new album “Seasons” from South African retro rockers Ruff Majik
Liturgy - The Ark Work
Sometimes beautiful and sometimes impossibly frustrating, the new Liturgy album is unique, to say the least
Magister Templi - "Horus the Avenger"
An exclusive premiere; Egypt via Norway
I Am American Metal
Behold
Affliction (Tur) - Execution Is Necessary
Swedish melodic death metal straight from the motherland…Turkey. This is the first Turkish metal I’ve heard, and I’m impressed. Hailing from Izmir, Turkey’s third largest city, Affliction recast late ’90s Gothenburg melodeath with some modern influences (blastbeats, Pantera-ish swing, Meshuggah-esque choppiness). What by now is a familiar sound in Western metal must be quite alien […]
Stream: Al Cisneros - "Arc Possession"
A solo venture from the Sleep/Om/Shrinebuilder great
Arik Roper poster giveaway
Here’s a giveaway in connection with the Viking film Severed Ways (reviewed here, official site here). This is a promotional poster by Arik Roper, who has done artwork for Sleep, High on Fire, Earth, and many other bands. It’s a big, beautiful print (click to enlarge), 39″x27″, and looks like the image above minus the […]
Aversio Humanitatis - "The Ever Shifting Path"
Spanish black metal exercises its raw power
american - "Bedsheet Ossuary" (Song Premiere)
Harsh, metallic walls belie melodic sentiment.
Cruciamentum on the Deliberate Process Behind "Obsidian Refractions" (INTERVIEW)
Cruciamentum guitarist D.L. discusses the process behind the eight-year wait for Cruciamentum’s sophomore full-length album.
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