Features
Sorrow Surrenders Its Crown: Inside the Emotive Journey of Telepathy’s Burn Embrace
The post-sludge maestros on thematic consistency and emotive clichés.
Aodon / 11069 – an ever shifting work of atmospheric black metal
French post black metal trio release dark and twisting second album
Telepathy / Burn Embrace – letting the music speak for itself
Dark and powerful third full-length from UK post-metal sludge quartet.
Slow Crush / Reel – two new tracks of shoegaze sublimity
Two stunning new tracks from the Belgium based shoegaze purveyors.
Reptilian Ecstacy: Memnon Sa on the Complex Mythology of World Serpent
“World Serpent is an album of celebratory music in honour of something that really shouldn’t be celebrated.”
Premiere: Wretched Empires – Bloom
The newest addition to the anti-fascist black metal scene.
Inside Margaret Killjoy of Feminazgûl’s Self-Built Home in the Woods
We take an inside look at Margaret Killjoy’s “weird witch hut.”
Calligram / The Eye Is The First Circle – an abrasive dose of visceral blackened hardcore
The London-based quintet return with a renewed intensity.
Mystic Priestess / Part Time Punk Sessions – striking deathrock from Californian anarcho-punks
Reclaiming deathrock as a queer art form.
The Northern Lighthouse Board / The Spirit Cabinet – unnerving soundscapes for a still, dark still night
Abandoned lighthouses, Victorian seances and nocturnal forest gatherings.
Jim Davies / Headwars – solo venture from influential 90s guitarist
The best known guitarist you’ve never heard of…
Solothus / Realm Of Ash And Blood – perfect blend of death riffs and doom-ridden melody
Impressive third album from the Finnish death-doomsters.
Errant / Errant – diverse EP that will leave you wanting more
Immortal Bird multi-instrumentalist goes it alone.
Irist / Order Of The Mind – promising debut filled with infectious metallic groove
A plethora of influences inform this strong debut.
Testament / Titans Of Creation – thrash veterans return heavier than ever
Bay area legends continue to go from strength to strength
Drown / Subaqueous – murky funeral doom from the ocean’s depths
Two colossal tracks of imposing and sorrowful funeral doom.
Beggar / Compelled To Repeat – stunning debut of nihilistic, suffocating sludge
UK quartet deliver their misery-laden debut, full of imposing, blackened sludge.
