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IO Editor-in-Chief Andrew Rothmund moonlights as a show photographer (well, not right now of course) -- he's gathered his favorite images from 2019 onward (incl. Bell Witch, Heilung, Sleep, Cattle Decapitation, and more) to help rekindle memories and sensations of being right there.

Associate Editor Jon Rosenthal's unexpected picks for the year at large.

Five of our favorite heavy releases from last month -- September 2019 brought a veritable hell-maw's worth of new tunes, so picking our top albums was no easy task.

All the new metal releasing between September 8th and September 14th, 2019 -- spin (or skip) new music from Dold Vorde Ens Navn, Haunter, Nightfell, and many more.

We unveil the dizzyingly intense opening track from Haunter's upcoming second full-length "Sacramental Death Qualia," plus we exchange a few words with the band.

Black metal, straightforward and with a melodic twist

Two American black metal acts on the rise