experimental
Video Premiere: Youff – “Sunshine”
September 5, 2023 Adem Tepedelen
Belgian noise mongers Youff want to bring a little “Sunshine” in your life today.
Q&A: Dead Neanderthals Team Up (Again) with Skeletonwitch Guitarist Scott Hedrick on ‘Specters’
August 8, 2023 Adem Tepedelen
You’re not seeing things. Skeletonwitch guitarist Scott Hedrick has hooked up with Dutch noise fiends Dead Neanderthals again on their new LP, Specters.
Video Premiere: Gematria – “The Elusive One”
November 22, 2022 Adem Tepedelen
New Jersey instrumental prog duo, Gematria, turn their new track, “The Elusive One” into a musical game piece.
Video Premiere: The Darling Fire – “Rituals”
October 5, 2022 Addison Herron-Wheeler
Post hardcore rockers The Darling Fire hit us today with a gloomy, moody new video for the track “Rituals,” from their latest album Distortions, out now via Iodine Recordings.
Track Premiere: Guts Club – “Cliffs/Walls”
September 20, 2022 Adem Tepedelen
Hear New Orleans trio Guts Club build a massive doom gaze wall of sound on new single
Video Premiere: Titan to Tachyons – “Blue Thought Particles”
September 6, 2022 Adem Tepedelen
The Sally Gates-led (ex-Orbweaver, ex-Gigan) Titan to Tachyons add a bassist, indulge in more free-form freak-outs on upcoming second album, Vonals.
Video Premiere: Dumb Waiter’s “Climbing Up a Broken Ladder” is Like Screaming at a Wall
June 16, 2022 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Watch bodies take out slabs of drywall in Dumb Waiter‘s new video!
Track Premiere: Bye Bye Tsunami – “Holdin’ Banana Spiders Through The Folds Of Time/Space”
December 16, 2021 Adem Tepedelen
Hear Copenhagen-based experi-metal/post-mental trio Bye Bye Tsunami squall their way through a noisy, banana-triggered psychotic episode.
Track Premiere: Anatomy of Habit – “Your Pure Breath”
November 30, 2021 Adem Tepedelen
Bang a gong, get it on with an epic track from Chicago’s doomy, atmospheric post-punk collective, Anatomy of Habit.
Video Premiere and Interview: Snares of Sixes (ex-Agalloch) – “MoonBladder”
September 28, 2021 Jon Rosenthal
Jason Walton (Sculptured, ex-Agalloch and ex-Khôrada) debuts new project, talks, um… Lawnmower Deth.
Full Album Stream: Bleeth – “Harbinger”
May 25, 2021 J. Andrew
Miami’s Bleeth is here to take you on a ride across the lands of experimental, sludge, and post-metal on their latest record.
Track Premiere: She Said Destroy – “Succession”
April 5, 2021 J. Andrew
“Succession” is the latest song from Norwegian metal alchemists She Said Destroy, and is the title track off their upcoming album.
You Should Be Listening to Violet Cold
December 28, 2020 Emily Bellino
One-man black metal project Violet Cold transcends genre boundaries.
Full Album Stream: The Brazilian Gentleman – “808 Hymns”
November 24, 2020 Emily Bellino
Hear current and former members of Gorguts, Brutal Truth, Dälek and more dive into synth-driven tunes on 808 Hymns.
Album Premiere: Dumb Waiter – ‘Tsk’
May 13, 2020 Greg Pratt
Richmond, Virginia instrumental noise/experimental/math rock freakies Dumb Waiter are no stranger to the weird. But on their fourth album, Tsk, the band has only dived deeper into the strange.
Wreck and Reference Make the Old “In and Out” New Again
July 10, 2019 Andrew Bonazelli
Watch the video for Wreck and Reference‘s latest “single,” “What Goes in and Comes Out.”
Ulver Announce First-Ever United States Show
October 1, 2018 Emily Bellino
Ulver have their sights set on the United States in 2019.
Making the Perfect Gnaw Album: An Interview with Alan Dubin
October 23, 2017 Emily Bellino
The Gnaw frontman discusses the creative process, the addition of lap steel guitarist Dana Schecter and making “the perfect Gnaw album.”
Track Premiere: Gnaw – ‘Septic’
September 11, 2017 Emily Bellino
Stream the first song from disturbed noise metal/experimental outfit Gnaw‘s new record, Cutting Pieces now!
Full Album Stream: Vasilek – “The Dark Road”
August 24, 2017 Emily Bellino
Tombs‘s Mike Hill goes dark ambient with Vasilek.
Full Album Stream: BLK OPS/Cave Bastard – “Split”
August 23, 2017 Emily Bellino
Stream the new split from extreme entities BLK OPS and Cave Bastard now!
Track Premiere: Gridfailure – ‘Hostile Alchemist’
February 16, 2017 Emily Bellino
Gridfailure reveals the secrets of a “Hostile Alchemist” on the first part of their upcoming EP.
Track Premiere: Montfaucon – ‘The Last Night’
January 12, 2017 Emily Bellino
Transcontinental duo Montfaucon tempers death-doom with elements of progressive, black and symphonic metal, creating an amalgamation of heaviness and melody.
Track Premiere: SEE? Experiment On ‘SEE 6’
December 6, 2016 Emily Bellino
Listening to SEE? is like hearing colors while talking to a robot.
Track Premiere: Syk – ‘The White Sun’
November 21, 2016 Emily Bellino
Syk takes on ideas of society and conformity with groovy riffs.
Vaura Premiere ‘The Missing’ B-Side, Announce New Album
October 13, 2016 Emily Bellino
Take a listen to a b-side from The Missing while Vaura prepares to enter the studio to record their third LP.
Full Album Stream: pg.lost – ‘Versus’
September 14, 2016 Emily Bellino
Swedish experimental instrumentalists pg.lost have put out yet another captivating album. Stream it in full before its official release date.