Tumble Down the Rabbithole with healthyliving’s “Dream Hive” (Video Premiere)
Featuring members of Maud the moth and Ashenspire, healthyliving draws from doom, noise, post-rock, and more. Check out the video for their new single "Dream Hive" here.
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Locrian’s Dark Soundscapes Creep Toward a “New Catastrophism” (Review)
After seven years, the heavy, experimental project returns with a journey through a challenging soundscape uncomfortably anchored in reality's bleakness. Read our full review.
Hissing Brings Free-Jazz Frenetics to Minutely Detailed Metal (Album Review)
The Seattle black/death metal band pushes the limits on extreme metal on their newest album.
Xenoglyph Plugs into the Mainframe of Nihilism on “Spiritfraud” (Early Track Premiere)
Pure black metal nihilism, but weird!
Abhorrent Expanse’s Unbound Death Metal Crystallizes: “Arcturian Nano Diamonds from the Tranquil Abyss” Video Premiere
The avant-garde death metal group (members of Zebulon Pike, Celestiial, and Obsequiae) created their new record "Gateways to Resplendence" through boundary-pushing experimentation and improvisation. Watch the video for a fourteen-minute track here.
Voivod Escapes from Earth on Newest Album “Synchro Anarchy” (Interview)
Legendary Voivod drummer Michel "Away" Langevin reflects on the band's latest album, "Synchro Anarchy," and hints at the band's future, which is already in place.
Author & Punisher Revels in Transcendent Disillusion On “Krüller” (Review)
The one-man industrial metal project's latest album combines gritty abrasion with melodic tinges, using these contrasting elements to illustrate futuristic dystopia.
GGGOLDDD on Surviving Trauma and Building a Musical Empire (Interview)
The Netherlands-based experimental rock group's upcoming album "This Shame Should Not Be Mine" tackles challenging subject matter and expands their sonic palette. We spoke to vocalist Milena Eva about the record.
Drott’s Journey Into the Underworld and the Self: Arve “Ice Dale” Isdal On New Album “Orcus”
Arve "Ice Dale" Isdal (of Enslaved, Audrey Horne) talks about his latest musical project, its inspirations, and more.
In the Shadow of Coronavirus (and Riot Fest): Wizard Rifle, The Decayed + Den at Beat Kitchen (Live Photos)
Is live music back? For now, and hopefully for much longer than that. Check out photos and a review of Portland experimental metal duo Wizard Rifle's stop in Chicago on their tour (they've got two upcoming dates supporting The Sword in New York).