anniversaries
Corrupting the Wake: 15 Years of Caïna's "Some People Fall" (Interview)
Fifteen years after the birth of the post-rock and black metal fusion, Caïna reminisces about his debut.
Falling From the Sky Like Lightning: Empyrium Revisits Their Demo 25 Years Later (Interview)
Markus Stock reminisces about Empyrium’s roots and genre-defying demo in a new interview.
How Alcest’s “Écailles de Lune” Set Off the Blackgaze Craze
We interviewed numerous bands from blackgaze and beyond (incl. Unreqvited, Sivyj Yar, and more) about Alcest’s seminal second album “Écailles de Lune” — released ten years ago today, it stands now as a genre-defining landmark influential to so many.
Universe in a Ball!: Ten Years of Devin Townsend Project's "Addicted"
The Devin Townsend Project’s pop-inflicted “Addicted” turns ten.
The Radiant Light of "Wintersun," Bright as Ever, Shining Now for 15 Years
We reflect back on Wintersun’s self-titled debut masterpiece, an icy slice of 2004-era melodic death metal and quite literally the definition of “epic.”
A Bolt of Blazing Gold: Dark Tranquillity's "Skydancer" Turns 25
A retrospective on the melodic death metal luminaries’ creative debut, featuring a lengthy interview with vocalist (and then guitarist) Mikael Stanne.
"Unhallowed" 15 Years (and One Month) Later: The Black Dahlia Murder's Blistering Debut
Our belated and biased retrospective on TBDM’s now-classic debut full-length.
Obscure Uniqueness: Morgoth on 25 Years of "Odium"
Guitarist Harald Busse reflects on the death metal anachronism turning 25.
Kenn Nardi on 25 Years of Anacrusis's "Screams and Whispers"
We talk with the guitarist/vocalist himself in celebration of a thrashy, ever-progressive magnum opus.
Deep Into the Brousse: Lugubrum's "Albino de Congo" Ten Years Later
A decade since “the best Belgian Black Metal album ever recorded in Congo!” Maybe.
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