cirith ungol

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.

Brandon Corsair, leader of the California death metal band Draghkar and studious metal journalist, reveals his top picks for the year, diving deep into the underground.

In this episode, Andrew, Joe, and Langdon discuss their favorite heavy metal albums of 2020, using them to reflect on how trying and tumultuous the year has been.

Our second podcast episode discusses COVID-19's effect on the metal community and industry, as well as talk on our favorite releases so far this year despite it all.

Seven of us teamed up to select our favorite releases from last month's insane whirlwind of new albums -- here, we include Ulcerate, Black Curse, and five more into our juicy halls of honor.

We conducted an extensive full-band interview with Cirith Ungol whose first full-length in 29 years (yes, you read that right) hits shelves tomorrow. It's called "Forever Black," and heavy metal doesn't get much more ultimate than this.

All the new metal releasing between April 19th and April 25th, 2020 -- spin (or skip) new music from Ulcerate, Elder, Cirith Ungol, Barishi, and more.

The NYC metal festival also includes Nekromantheon, Sumerlands, Night Demon, and more TBA.