Full Album Stream & Interview: Calligram – “The Eye is the First Circle”
April 9, 2020 Emily Bellino
Stream the new album from British black metal crushers Calligram and read an interview with vocalist Matteo Rizzardo about the record, Ralph Waldo Emerson and coronavirus.
Track Premiere: Chris Alexander — “Shock Waves”
April 8, 2020 Shawn Macomber
Dark maestro Chris Alexander is back with a sexy, nightmarish new record that definitely defies quarantine.
Album Premiere: Curse – ‘The Awakening… and the Old’
April 8, 2020 Dutch Pearce
Resurrected Swedish black thrashers Curse tear from out of the shadows of obscurity with an absolute ripper. Hear their new EP in its entirety right now.
Full Album Stream: Lord Vigo – ‘Danse de Noir’
April 8, 2020 Sean Frasier
German doom sextet Lord Vigo bring epic balladry and NWOBHM flare to their synth-soaked Blade Runner concept album Danse de Noir.
U.S. Visa Process Trendpiece: The Interviews We Didn’t Have Room For
April 8, 2020 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Interviews with grinders Wake and grind-pappy Kevin Sharp that didn’t fit in the new issue’s U.S. visa piece.
Track Premiere: Cryptic Shift – “(Petrified in the) Hypogean Gaol”
April 7, 2020 Dutch Pearce
Renegade English tech death thrashers Cryptic Shift will soon launch their debut album of “pure imagination and space fiction worship.” Check out the lead single from the forthcoming Visitations from Enceladus now.
Napalm Death’s Shane Embury Debuts Ambient Project Dark Sky Burial
April 7, 2020 Albert Mudrian
The ambient sounds of Dark Sky Burial are the latest essential musical works from the restless creative mind of Napalm Death’s Shane Embury.
Blast Worship: Convulsions
April 7, 2020 Gene Meyer
Meet Spanish grinders Convulsions, who believe both in blasting and brevity.
No Corporate Beer Reviews: Future You Hates You
April 6, 2020 Nick Green
Future You Hates You – a collaboration between Adroit Theory and Cushwa – is a 13.5% ABV Imperial Stout designed for slow-sipping and maximum impact
Listen: Nails Drummer Taylor Young Releases Death Metal EP
April 6, 2020 Emily Bellino
Taylor Young (Nails, Twitching Tongues) embraces old-school death metal with ZOUS.