cirith ungol

Here’s all the new metal that’s released and is releasing between October 15th and October 21st—Spin (or skip) new music from Cirith Ungol, Afterbirth, Worm & Dream Unending, and more.

Backed by powerhouses Night Demon and Sanhedrin, Cirith Ungol returned to NYC for the first time in many years. Read an interview with Leatherby and read about the show.

Joe Aprill lays out his top 20 for 2021 plus a few noteworthy EPs.

We’ve collected some of our favorite releases from 2021 so far for your perusal.

Check out five standout records from May: from refreshingly traditional to boundary-pushing madness, May had no shortage of killer releases.

All the new metal releasing between May 23rd, 2021 and May 29th, 2021 — spin (or skip) new music from Portal, Burning Witches, Cirith Ungol, and more.

With their new EP of re-recorded long-buried material releasing next week, Cirith Ungol is well along into a reunion that is perhaps one of heavy metal’s most successful ever. Read an interview with drummer Rob Garven about “Half Past Human,” how the band picked the songs for the EP, and more.

2020’s end-of-year listmania yielded a set of records (including a tie for tenth place) that we deem indisputable champions. Well, unless you want to dispute these on Twitter, anyway.

Ted Nubel offers up his doom-laden picks for 2020.

Joe Aprill lists his favorite albums of 2020, including some surprises, comebacks, and fulfilled potential.