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Tribulation’s fifth full-length marks their last with guitarist Jonathan Hulten and a further refinement of their now-established sound, solidly rounding out this chapter in their career. Read our full review.

The Ocean’s latest and potentially greatest album “Phanerozoic II: Mesozoic | Cenozoic” emerges later this month — we unveil a new single “Pleistocene” (in music video form) and then catch up at length with founder Robin Staps about what’s to become.

We conducted an extensive full-band interview with Cirith Ungol whose first full-length in 29 years (yes, you read that right) hits shelves tomorrow. It’s called “Forever Black,” and heavy metal doesn’t get much more ultimate than this.

We chat up Athenar of Ohio thrash/speed outfit Midnight — the band’s latest release, out tomorrow, pays sinister homage to all that rips and roars.

We dive head-first into the apocalyptic new “Death Atlas,” a Cattle Decapitation record for the record books.

The album drops next week and the band’s tour starts tomorrow (Friday, 11/22).

They also have upcoming tours with Obituary/Abbath and Electric Wizard.

Our comparative and critical dive into the latest albums — “Hospodi” and “Панихида” — from the two rival groups each claiming to be the “true” Batushka.

For this edition of Thomas’s column, founding Rivers of Nihil members Brody Uttley and Adam Biggs discuss the band’s past, present, and future — this is our extensive interview feature plus show photos from the band’s latest tour (which even featured a live saxophonist).

We met up with the Faroese doom outfit’s vocalist to talk at length about the band’s distinctive style, progress, history, and their latest album “Támsins likam” released last month.