spectral lore

Here’s all the new metal that’s releasing between March 19th and 25th, 2023 — spin (or skip) new music from Liturgy, Spectral Lore, Acid King, and more.

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

Multi-instrumentalist Ayloss opens up about his newest album on the road to “IV” — stream the whole album, too.

All the new metal releasing between April 18th, 2021 and April 24th, 2021 — spin (or skip) new music from Paysage d’Hiver, Bongzilla, Spectral Lore, and more.

Langdon Hickman’s top picks for the year range from the emotionally harrowing to just plain kickass.

We’re streaming a new Mystras song (a new black metal project from Spectral Lore’s Ayloss) via a lyric video centered around the story of revolt-leading Middle Ages revolutionary.

IO staffers and editors came together to assemble eight gnarly and heavy releases that hit shelves last month — March 2020 brought us some of the most challenging and exciting heavy music to date, and here are our top favorites.

The combined forces of two pioneering solo black metal outfits detail the solar system in a two-hour voyage — we delve into the journey and dissect what makes this split such a cosmic success.

All the new metal releasing between March 8th and March 14th, 2020 — spin (or skip) new music from Rotting Kingdom, Code Orange, Smoulder, Satan, and more.

These two atmospheric black metal projects join forces yet again, culminating in a nearly two-hour cosmic explosion of music — here are two magnificent new singles from the upcoming collaborative release.