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New Metal Releases: 12/17/2023-1/20/2024

New year, new metal. Here’s some standouts from the end of 2023 and the best of what’s come so far in 2024.

13 More Essential Grindcore Releases From 2022

We return with a devil’s dozen of critical grindcore (broadly speaking) releases worth diving into for devout metalheads and the adventurous alike.

Invisible Oranges' Overall Top 20 of 2022

It’s Time… To List Our Favorites Of 2022.

Exhumed Brought Grinding Death to New York (Interview + Live Report)

Venture back with us to the confusing days of post-Thanksgiving shows and read about this action-packed bill featuring Escuela Grind, Vitriol, and Castrator, plus check out an interview with Exhumed’s Matt Harvey.

Addison Herron-Wheeler's Top Albums of 2022

Addison Herron-Wheeler’s favorites of 2022 highlights multiple bands who just keep improving over time, with black metal, post-metal, and more making the ranks.

20 Best Metalcore Albums of 2022

The best metalcore and metallic hardcore albums of the year, from Dr. Acula to Inclination to Foreign Hands to Ithaca to Mindforce, and more…

Tom Campagna's Top Albums of 2022

Tom Campagna gives us his favorite records of 2022, spanning metal, crossover, and more.

I Went to Psycho Las Vegas 2022 and All I Got Were Some Awesome T-Shirts (and Hopefully Not COVID)

Jeff Treppel recounts his experience in the wild, surreal realms of Psycho Las Vegas’s 2022 incarnation — plus, check out tons of photos from the fest.

Eyehategod's Grievous Sludge Returns to Saint Vitus Bar with Bat, Come to Grief, and Escuela Grind (Live Report)

After a four year gap, the New Orleans group made it back to Saint Vitus Bar in New York to lay waste. Read a live report and check out some photos here.

Rhys Williams' Top Albums of 2020

Rhys’ underground picks paint 2020 in shades of death metal.