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The mysterious, international black metal tricksters find new ways to destroy black metal's fundamentals on a new LP and offer thoughts on creativity versus scholarship in a new interview.

A black metal enigma teams up with The Black Dahlia Murder's vocalist to cover a classic rocker in support of Markov Soroka's family -- stream the unlikely collaboration now.

Baroness's John Baizley speaks about their latest album "Gold & Grey" and its upcoming full livestream performance, plus musings on the challenges and opportunities the COVID-19 era has created for musicians.

Beyond the pale into a world of kaleidoscopic colors. Listen to White Nights' debut EP.

These two Ohio bands combined forces to slice a line right between metal and hardcore on a furious, no-shits-given split.

We get deep (and hilarious) with Scalzi about the newest Slough Feg album, the project's tenth full-length to date and a real rocker if there ever was one, out today. Bonus: live shots from their recent Philly set.

Five recent metal (or metal-ish) picks from the depths of Bandcamp's repository, plus two bonus non-metal jams for lovers of the avant-garde.

"Inching closer to inevitable disaster, arteries disperse toxic waters..." -- Jenna explores the d-beat crusty devastation of this international outfit.

Multi-instrumentalist Kelly Schilling dissects the evolution of Dreadnought's enigmatic brand of blackened prog-doom and then delves into the concepts woven into "Emergence," released last Friday via Profound Lore.

Check out excerpts from the upcoming "Blood on Black Wax" book (out May 13th) about horror film movie scores -- plus, we interview authors Aaron Lupton and Jeff Szpirglas.