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Everything you need to know about this year’s Roadburn: notable surprises, expected triumphs, and how the festival has changed. Plus, check out tons of photos.

After being acquired by Jamey Jasta, the legendary fest is returning on Memorial Day Weekend.

Featuring Imperial Triumphant, Couch Slut, and more, the book’s release party was both a showcase of the creativity it highlights as well as a meeting ground for NYC’s vibrant heavy music scene.

Death metal, black metal, and much more fill the ranks of writer Colin Dempsey’s top albums from 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.

Another mega-volume of new metal (we hope to return to weekly shortly!). Here’s all the new metal that’s been released between July 17th, 2022 and August 6th, 2022 — spin (or skip) new music from Toxik, Imperial Triumphant, Soulfly, and more.

All the new metal releasing between November 21st, 2021 and November 27th, 2021 — spin (or skip) new music from

The New York-based avant-garde metal trio aims to tell the story of their home city, taking aesthetic inspiration from its near-mythical past. This edition of Piercing the Veil explores the band’s musical and conceptual ties to the Big Apple.

The international black metal group finds black metal’s roots in Romantic music and puts them under an extreme magnifying glass. Listen to “Das Magnificat” ahead of their debut’s release.

Currently an editor at Bandcamp, you’ve also seen Zoe’s metal writing at Revolver, Pitchfork, CLRVYNT, and more. She stopped by to let IO know what she liked best this year.