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Sunless

Bands will pay the price for picking a shit name. It may have seemed terribly post-modern and in-jokey at the time, but being lumbered with a name like PET SLIMMERS OF THE YEAR was never a smart move. Sensibly, this UK-based post-metal crew have trimmed that unwieldy tag down to the simpler PSOTY: s...
September 15, 2019
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Vespertina Synaxis - A Prayer For Union And Emptiness

Such is the never-ending appeal of mythology in metal, we can only hope that CULTED haven't ruined their peculiar chemistry during the five years since towering second album "Oblique to all Paths" by actually meeting each other. Despite or perhaps because vocalist and ambient wizard Daniel Jansson r...
August 31, 2019
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Damned In Endless Night

The metal underground is in such absurdly rude health at the moment that it's often hard to decide which brutal sub-strain to pay closest attention to. 2019 has been an exceptional year for death metal. But digging deeper reveals that there seems to be a significant resurgence in the dark art of slo...
August 31, 2019
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The Hand Of Violence

Extreme metal is a lot like sports, in many ways: the endless contests to decide who wields the nastiest riffs, the sickest beatdowns, the fastest blasts or the most absurdly guttural or otherwise otherworldly vocals. Not that most credible acts are purposefully getting involved in a virtuoso pissin...
August 31, 2019
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Life Metal

Greg Anderson is a key figure in the realm of forward-thinking heavy music. He is a co-founder of Southern Lord Records, and he's the guitarist for doom fiends GOATSNAKE. Additionally, he has worked on a variety of projects alongside Stephen O'Malley, a revered artist in his own right—both in terms...
May 22, 2019
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Sulphur English

Over the course of their previous three albums, Richmond, Virginia's INTER ARMA have already established themselves as one of the most caustic and entrancing musical forces in the entire metal genre. Their wicked stew consisting of blackened death metal, suffocating sludge, and haunting atmospherics...
April 27, 2019
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Three-Fourths Of MACHINE HEAD's 'Burn My Eyes' Lineup To Reunite For 25th-Anniversary Tour

Three-fourths of MACHINE HEAD's "Burn My Eyes" lineup will reunite to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the classic debut album by performing the record on tour. Joining guitarist/vocalist Robb Flynn and bassist Jared MacEachern will be returning members Logan Mader (guitarist) and Chris Kontos (dru...
March 25, 2019
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NEUROSIS Announces August 2019 U.S. Tour With BELL WITCH And DEAFKIDS

Having just returned from their tour of Japan with CONVERGE, visionary heavy music icons NEUROSIS have announced a new North American tour for this summer, with BELL WITCH and DEAFKIDS also on the bill. NEUROSIS's previously-announced tour of Europe runs from July 11 through July 27 with support fro...
March 6, 2019
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MASTODON Has Completed 'Heavy,' 'Kickass' New Song; Hopes To Release It Soon

MASTODON drummer Brann Dailor has confirmed to Sweden's RockSverige that the band is working on material for the follow-up to 2017's "Emperor Of Sand" album. Explaining that he and his bandmates have a long way to go before the new LP is done, Dailor said that they have spent many months converting...
February 9, 2019
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MASTODON: First Part Of 'Emperor Of Sand' Tour Recap (Video)

Atlanta progressive metallers MASTODON have posted the first part of a video recap of the band's "Emperor Of Sand" tour. Says the group: "As we gear up to jump back on the road, we wanted to share a little behind the scenes from our last tour. Our good buddy, Danger Ehren, joined us on the road for...
January 10, 2019
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MASTODON To Release 'Heavy' New Song Soon

Atlanta progressive metallers MASTODON have recorded a "heavy" new song which they plan to release soon. The track was recorded last month at the band's new studio and marks MASTODON's first new material since 2017's "Emperor Of Sand". Speaking to U.K.'s Kerrang! magazine, MASTODON guitarist Brent H...
January 7, 2019
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NEIL FALLON Says Bands Citing CLUTCH As An Influence Is 'The Ultimate Flattery'

Prior to CLUTCH's performance in Vienna, Austria on December 8, vocalist Neil Fallon spoke with Mulatschag TV. The full conversation can be viewed below. A few excerpts follow (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On his lyrics: Neil: "You have to take liberties with the truth. I've always kind of a...
December 15, 2018
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Phanerozoic I: Palaeozoic

It's been five years since THE OCEAN's last LP, and three since the group appeared on the "Transcendental" split EP with MONO. Brainiac post-metalheads rejoice, for THE OCEAN COLLECTIVE (best known simply as THE OCEAN) is back, releasing the first of a proposed two-album project, "Phanerozoic", inte...
November 6, 2018
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Listen To New AUTHOR & PUNISHER Song 'Night Terror'

Industrial metal visionary AUTHOR & PUNISHER will deliver his sixth full-length recording and Relapse debut, "Beastland", on October 5. The album's second single, "Night Terror", can now be streamed below. AUTHOR & PUNISHER creator/sole artist Tristan Shone commented: "I built new machines for this...
September 5, 2018
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AUTHOR & PUNISHER To Release 'Beastland' Album In October

Industrial metal visionary AUTHOR & PUNISHER will deliver his sixth full-length recording and Relapse debut, "Beastland", on October 5. Watch the official performance video for the album's first single, "Nihil Strength", below. AUTHOR & PUNISHER creator/sole artist Tristan Shone commented: "I built...
August 9, 2018