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25th Anniversary Rewind:
The Year 2001

Shit you should hear from a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away.

Song of the Day: Bleeding Edge, “Frostbite,” from The Devil's Door (2025)

Highly effective thrash project led by former Epidemic vocalist Carl Fulli.

Review: A Track-by-Track Initial Reaction to LVLTR's God Bless Our Happy Home

Domenic Romeo pieces together another project, this time presenting an impressive five-song EP of brooding alternative rock.

Review: Cycle of Abuse, ‘Hated and Faded’ (Heavy & Fast, 2024)

Moshtastically hard-hitting modern beatdown metalcore out of Philly.

25th Anniversary Rewind:
The Year 2000

Shit you should hear from a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away.

Review: Immortal Form, Ashes of a Fallen World (Heavy & Fast, 2024)

Impressively dense 'n' churning death metal out of Washington, D.C.

2024 Year-End Favorites

My personal favs from what felt like a lackluster year that still delivered some high-quality keepers.

Surrender the Weapon Debuts With Impressive EP of Creative Melodic/Metallic Hardcore

Former members of Elements DEC and For the Love Of... unleash what I believe to be the most exciting release of 2024.

Random Roundup: November, 2024

Shit you should hear from Alarum, Besieger, Guest Directors, Lähiöbotox, Orlock, and Surrender the Weapon.

American Motors, “A Half Finished Wall of Glass Blocks”: Video Premiere

Buckle up and travel to a post-punked noise rock Wonderland in this weirdly amusing clip.

Random Roundup: October, 2024

Shit you should hear from Bosses, Contain, Drop Out, Kingdom of Heaven, LMI, and Onsloow.

Review: Goetia, Tomb Essence (Heavy & Fast Records, 2024)

Ripping death/thrash out of Washington, D.C. with some impressively frenetic drumming.

Review: Pariiah, Many Shall Fall (Handstand Records, 2024)

New Jersey unit cranks out more punishingly crusty doom, with some unexpected textural twists...

Random Roundup: September, 2024

Shit you should hear from Celestine, Entropy, Lasting Dose, Mast Year, Puddled, and Read Only Memory.

Random Roundup: August, 2024

Shit you should hear from Cold Hard Steel, Family Dinner, Fear of the Known, Heavytrip, Robber Robber, and Rot Coven.

Review: Rancor, Distinguish (Dawnbreed Records, 2024)

Superb reissue of this one-of-a-kind dose of mid-'90s European metalcore excellence.

Random Roundup: July, 2024

Shit you should hear from Dead Dads Clubbe, Exorbitant Prices Must Diminish, Her Head's on Fire, Inerth, Walled City, and Zbrucz.

Random Roundup: Tangible Goods Edition

Featuring the sounds of Pizza Death, War Honey, Atomçk, Dome Runner, Hozomeen, Jøtnarr, Highway Eyes, and War Babies.

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