Juha Jyrkäs: Folk Metal Master (Interview)
Taking folk metal back to campfire singalong times, before the guitar even made it to Finland.
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Records of the Week With Jon and Ted #4
In this new installment of "Records of the Week With Jon and Ted," our intrepid editors look back to the mid-to-late 2000s for some decade-and-a-half-old death metal nostalgia.
Records of the Week With Jon and Ted #2
Co-editors-in-chief Jon Rosenthal and Ted Nubel each select a record to discuss.
Lithe in Lilac: A Conversation With Tyko Saarikko of Tenhi (Interview)
After years of quiet, rigorous work, Tenhi multi-instrumentalist Tyko Saarikko speaks nine years after "Saivo" to reminisce on the band's past and elaborate on Tenhi's future.
On Their First Release in Nine Years, Orfvs Performs a “Ceremony of Darkness” (EP Stream)
Black metal's true spiritual center rediscovered -- listen to Orfvs's first EP in almost a decade.
Sepulchral Curse’s “Swarming Blackness” Stings Like Death Metal Bees
We've got a ripper of a new song from Finnish death metal outfit Sepulchral Curse -- their upcoming release "Only Ashes Remain" hits shelves at the end of next month.
Through “Cosmic Void Mother,” …and Oceans Lives Once More
On their first album in 18 years, ...and Oceans returns to the days of old, but not without a few new lessons learned.
Mind Trap: Oranssi Pazuzu’s Prog-Psych Masterpiece “Mestarin kynsi” Won’t Let Go
We review the Finnish black-metal-turned-prog-psych band's latest full-length, an hour-plus monster of a headtrip, and a goddamn fine one at that. Bonus: live photos from Oranssi Pazuzu's Chicago stop last year.
Psychonaut Futurism On PH’s “Osiris Hayden”
The Finnish psychedelic astronauts find a new center on new album "Osiris Hayden." Listen to an exclusive stream of the full album.
Enter The Deathtrip’s Spectral Realms
The Deathtrip looks to a dark past and darker future with their new single.