hip hop

Ho99o9's high-octane hip-hop/punk rock fusion hit New York's Bowery Ballroom last Saturday with eclectic support. Read our live report.

This edition of Dungeon Synth Digest travels further into the weeds and examines the existence of dungeon rap.

We venture into the growing bustle of heavy hip-hop artists that are bridging genre gaps and cutting new edges -- one is duo Guerrilla Ghost, and we're streaming their kickass new album now.

Metallic outer music, including evil hip-hop and an album played on a washing machine

Two of the most controversial genres of popular music have more in common than their respective fanbases might think

A tribute by the movie and soundtrack's #1 fan

Did you know that Suffocation drummer Mike Smith made a rap album? Neither did I until recently. As "Grimm Real," Smith made Demise of the Clone in 1999, when he was out of Suffocation. Here's an excerpt from an interview from several years ago ...

NY critic, musician Tonight I went to a roundtable discussion involving John Rockwell, former New York Times music critic; Alex Ross, current New Yorker classical music critic; and Linda Ronstadt, who needs no introduction. The mean age of the audience was at least 40 ...

3 Inches of Blood Some new writing up - at Metal Injection, I have reviews of film buffs/metalcore-rs Killwhitneydead and Relapse retro thrashers Dekapitator. At Stylus, I have a look back at Fugazi's most underrated record, Steady Diet of Nothing, as well as reviews of the Speed Kills... Read More ... Read More ...

My metal artists feature at Stylus today highlights Larry Carroll, who did the covers for Slayer's Reign in Blood, South of Heaven, Seasons in the Abyss, and Christ Illusion. He's also doing the cover for The Hour of Reprisal, the upcoming album by Ill Bill of Non Phixion fame...