Records of the Week With Jon and Ted #5
This time around, Editors in Chief Jon and Ted look at two distant ends of the metal spectrum: Lucifer Was' classic heavy rock and Saturnus' despondent doom metal.
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“Gothic”: Paradise Lost and the Dawn of a Death/Doom Classic
We reflect on Paradise Lost's sophomore album "Gothic," which ushered in a new sound for death and doom metal, one that's still triumphantly relevant 30 years later.
N + Ehnahre’s “Jacob” Collaboration Takes Metal to the Future (Full Album Stream + Intervi…
Metal Modernists Ehnahre team up with noise artist N on a uniquely avant-garde collaboration. Listen to "Jacob" in full and read an interview with Ehnahre member Ryan McGuire.
Editor’s Choice #2: Two Musical Chameleons
Ted and Jon dig into two musical curiosities: Elder and Beyond Dawn, chameleons whose sound adapted to their changing creativity over time.
Of Mother of Graves’ “In Somber Dreams” and Musical Lineage (Early EP Stream)
Tracing music in 2021 back to its late 1980s roots and marking each step along the way. Listen to Mother of Graves' debut EP in full.
The Sombre (mem. Gnaw Their Tongues) Feels a “Shapeless Misery” (Early Album Stream)
The Gnaw Their Tongues mastermind reaches into his doom metal past. Listen to "Shapeless Misery" in full ahead of its release date.
Draconian Resides “Under a Godless Veil” (Early Album Stream)
Take the plunge into gothic metal with Draconian's latest, which is streaming in full.
Persistence in Mourning Exists “Here. On This Grey Earth.” (Track Premiere)
After a seven-year wait, Persistence in Mourning returns with a master-class of underground funeral doom metal.
Into the Mind of Catacombs’ Xathagorra Mlandroth
The father of "extreme death/doom metal" speaks in a rare interview.
In Search of a Deeper Heaviness on Burial Fog’s Self-Titled EP (Full EP Stream)
Philly death/doom band Burial Fog craft superlatively heavy music on their new EP.