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Until The Pipe Takes Us: Up In Smoke With Dimmu Bongir (Interview)

Norwegian stoners challenge black metal’s humorlessness.

Degenerate Synapse Deny Pretense On Debut EP (Full EP Stream)

On their debut EP, this Chicago deathgrind unit wants you to embrace the mosh and stop thinking so much.

The Vague Hope of Being: An Interview With Chilean Musician Caudal

The fabled Uaral singer opens up about his career in the Chilean scene and his life post-Uaral.

Woe Have Seen The End (Interview)

Woe songwriter and main man Chris Grigg discusses the intricacies of his latest opus and tackling it on his own in a new interview.

Nathanael Larochette Reimagines an Agalloch Classic for Solo Guitar

The Musk Ox and Night Watch guitarist, as well as Agalloch and Woods of Ypres collaborator, rearranges Agalloch’s mighty “In the Shadow of Our Pale Companion” for solo classical guitar.

Screaming Bloody Oranges, Episode #22: Nu-Metal and Neocrust with Memorrhage's Garry Brents

We talked to Memorrhage and Cara Neir mastermind Garry Brents about their extensive back catalog and the current nu-metal revival.

Arriver's "Azimuth" Ventures Into Experimental Metal and Fiction (Album Stream + Interview)

The intrepid Chicago expreimental metal troupe’s newest album culminates seven years of songwriting and decades of collaboration.

Flickers from the Fen Channels Cozy Escapism with "Stoned in Gielinor" (Early Album Stream)

Fortified by a deep love for Old School Runescape, Flickers From The Fen dawns their Skillcape and sets out to spend the entire day inside.

Spectral Lore Summons "Moloch" (New Song Debut)

Greek solo artist Ayloss returns with a new Spectral Lore EP ahead of the fabled IV – listen to an exclusive debut of “Moloch.”

Anareta Fuses Blackened, Doomed Metal With Chamber Music On New Single (Early Song Debut)

NOLA doom is more than just Southern Fried Sludge, and Anareta’s chamber-music-meets-blackened-doom-metal offers a thoughtful alternative to their hometown’s known style.
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