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Song of the Day: Abrasion, “Intro/Coward's Display,” from Demonstration (2020)

Southern California metalcore that owes equal inspiration to Merauder, All Out War, and H8000...

Random Roundup: August, 2020

Shit you should hear from Black Bra, Entropy, Epitaph, Reserving Dirtnaps, Shades Apart, and Sulaco.

Song of the Day: Black Harvest, “Abandon,” from Sun Across the Fields (Self-Released, 2020)

Supreme technical, progressive, and visceral extreme metal from one of the genre's more unsung greats.

Track Premiere + Interview: Statues, “Ending the Holocene”

Umeå, Sweden trio returns with more (post-)punked-up indie rock heat from soon-to-be-issued album #2.

Interview: Unreal City on Long-Awaited New Full-Length, Cruelty of Heaven

Undoubtedly one of the year's finest in metallic hardcore, within which the reverence for Cleveland runs strong...

Quick Hits: Trip Machine Laboratories—Piece of Mind, Life’s Question, Soul Blind

The latest assortment of tunes from a label that never disappoints.

Random Roundup: July, 2020

Shit you should hear from Armed Memory, Buddie, Haugar, LMI, Second Wind, and Thunraz.

Interview: U.K. Thrash Duo Trial Conceives Industrialyptic Visions of Tumultuous Erosion With Debut EP, 1

Love for Kreator, Voïvod, and Prong finds its way toward darker and more contorted interpretations...

Ipecac: Bandcamp Blasts From the Past, Volume I

Quirkily atypical metallic hardcore circa mid-'90s Richmond, VA.

Song of the Day: The Feeds, “Stepping Out,” from The Feeds (Self-Released, 2020)

Excellent "melodic, riff-driving rock 'n' roll" featuring ex-members of underrated '90s greats Lustre.

YouTube Rabbit Hole: A.R. Kane Edition

A quick dive into some '80s U.K. jams that I probably should've examined long ago...

Song of the Day: Fleshwater, “Linda Claire,” from Demo 2020 (Self-Released, 2020)

"Grunge-gaze" greatness with probable lineup ties to Vein.

Random Roundup: May, 2020

Shit you should hear from Dissolve, The Ditch and The Delta, En Nihil, Fearing, Kevin Keith, and Ötzi.

Name That Band: SWAT (PAHC)

Seriously... who the hell is this!? I NEED to know!!!

Song of the Day: Stubborn, “Consuming of Self,” from Life Out of Balance (Self-Released, 2020)

Sludgy, brutishly groove-soaked metalcore from Saint Petersburg, Russia.

The Astral Void Displays Atmospheric Doom Dexterity on Full-Length Debut, ‘Earthen Tomb’

Bury yourself in these hypnotizing doom/sludge grooves...

Song of the Day: Teeth Engraved With the Names of the Dead, “Hunted,” from It Will Be Dark Soon (Self-Released, 2020)

Philly-based noise/industrial duo returns with some of their finest output to date.

Song of the Day: Bál, “Hún Finnur Mig” (2020)

Soarin'/slammin' alt.-metal grooves, fresh out of Reykjavík, Iceland.

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