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Set the Boy Free Debuts Melodramatic (Hip-)Pop With Jesu-Sampling "Don't Feel Fine": Stream + Interview

4.18.2018 | By Andrew Aversionline

Mining One Tree Hill for somber earworms galore...

Review: Jukai, Prologue (Trip Machine Laboratories, 2018)

4.13.2018 | By Andrew Aversionline

Early demo collection from top-shelf metallic hardcore up-and-comers out of Long Island, NY.

Stream + Interview: The Offering

4.10.2018 | By Andrew Aversionline

Four tracks of doomy, industrialized metal from this impressive Scottish side project.

Review: Tetelestai, Crvsh Svtvn (Self-Released, 2017)

4.6.2018 | By Andrew Aversionline

Intense metalcore of the decades-old Solid State/Hydra Head variety.

Security, “Seam,” from Arid Land (Hungry Eye, 2017)

4.3.2018 | By Andrew Aversionline

An incredibly impressive experimental form of dark and depressing industrialized post-punk...

Quick Hits: Upstate Records—Volume I, Nailed Down, and Organharvest/Comic Arson

3.30.2018 | By Andrew Aversionline

From pummeling metallic hardcore to shredding death metal, this label will be one to watch...

Interview: Niklas Holm (Broken Cross, Dødsleie, Extermination Temple, Apocalyptic Visions)

3.27.2018 | By Andrew Aversionline

"Being a lone wolf is a blessing and a curse, and there's a fine line between isolation and connection..."

Full Album Stream: Vegas, Digital Affairs Neurotic

3.21.2018 | By Andrew Aversionline

Hear the long-awaited sophomore full-length from hardcore/punk saboteurs V.E.G.A.S.

Rancorous Debuts Diehard Death/Thrash Delights With Into the Nuclear Fire: Stream + Interview

3.16.2018 | By Andrew Aversionline

Flawlessly executed late-'80s/early-'90s-inspired death/thrash perfect for diehard metal fanatics!

Track Premiere + Interview: Mystrionics, “Bedside Manor”

3.13.2018 | By Andrew Aversionline

A clearly bizarre, surprisingly catchy, truly distinctive fusion of influences from this genre-defiant Portland, OR trio...

Actors, “Bury Me,” from It Will Come to You (Artoffact, 2018)

3.9.2018 | By Andrew Aversionline

A cinematically synthwaved brand of forlorn-yet-danceable post-punk with a lush, modernized air of darkness.

Abjection Ritual Debuts Doom-Scorched Death Industrial Reinvention Through "Blood Mother": Track Premiere + Interview

3.7.2018 | By Andrew Aversionline

A legitimately hard-hitting, head-turning hybrid of death industrial/doom metal evolution...

Review: Omega Diatribe, Trinity (Metal Scrap, 2018)

3.2.2018 | By Andrew Aversionline

Top-shelf "extreme groove metal" packed with hulking rhythms and sinewy, psychedelic leads.

Review: Dødsleie, Dødsleie (Subversive Craft, 2018)

2.23.2018 | By Andrew Aversionline

Impressive and well-balanced black metal featuring members of Unreal City and Broken Cross...

Track Premiere + Interview: Gridfailure, “Internalizing”

2.16.2018 | By Andrew Aversionline

"...infected dark hardcore, world music for the apocalypse, Eraserhead meets Terminator."

Track Premiere + Interview: Affasia, “Dissolute”

2.9.2018 | By Andrew Aversionline

Dark, atmospheric metal perfect for fans of October Tide, Novembers Doom, and other greats...

Uncrossing Launches Debut EP of Doom-Tinged Alt.-Metal: Stream + Interview