LINGUA IGNOTA

Porto, Portugal is home to Amplifest, an exciting cross-genre fest that brings acts like Amenra, Anna Von Hausswolf, Lingua Ignota, and more together in a city already swelling with its own exciting scene. We spoke to fest organizer André Mendes about this year’s edition.

We crunched the numbers across our individual year-end lists and arrived at #1; then we said “fuck it” and “all these albums rule,” so here those are in one handy spot.

Andrew Sacher’s top metal picks for the year, including Knocked Loose, Brutus, Alcest, Cult of Luna, and more.

Brian O’Neill lays down old-school wise wisdom with his top picks of 2019.

It’s Psalm Zero’s first album without former member Andrew Hock, first not on Profound Lore, and it was also made with two Kayo Dot contributors.

We caught the Lingua Ignota show in Philadelphia on Tuesday — project mastermind Kristin Hayter follows few (if any) conventions in her esoteric and moving performance.

Five top picks from metal’s adventure through this past July, literally and figuratively one hotter-than-hellfire month for the ages.

In the wake of her latest album “Caligula,” the classically trained vocalist shares the secrets behind her core-shaking presence.

The experimental solo artist provides a glimpse into the universe of her second full-length “Caligula.”

Austin’s great Levitation festival (f.k.a. Psych Fest) has revealed its initial lineup, and 2019 may be their most metal (and metal-adjacent) year yet.