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A Guide to the Surreal Black Metal of Blue Bedroom Records
Founder Cameron Davis talks us through the Wisconsin label’s unique aesthetic.
Welcome to Rot: Swamp Coffin on Mental Health, Catharsis and a Viking Barbara Windsor
Sludge frontman Jon Rhodes on artistic differences, being sick of depression and why the Tories still fucking suck.
In Conversation with Slow Crush as Their Shoegaze Ascendency Continues
As Slow Crush’s shoegaze progression continues, we sit down with vocalist/bassist Isa Holliday.
Electric Grave: Five Essential Horror-Obsessed Metal Albums
Five classic albums to bring some extra spookiness to your halloween.
Reviving a Lost Pre-Capitalist Britain with Green Lung
The London folk horror metallers on celebrating a folkloric pre-Christian, pre-imperial England.
Behind the Balaclava: On the Path of Decolonisation with Periodeater
A childhood friend of Periodeater’s sole member reconnects to find out where the project came from.
Finding Hope Amidst Failure with Kowloon Walled City
An inside look at why the creation of the band’s new album was such a painful process.
Chaos Rising: Inside the Genre-Defying Metal Machine
In conversation with the collaborative, genre-defying international project.
Ba’al: “Gatekeepers think they have a monopoly of opinion, I call them ‘Musical Tories’.”
Now settled after after a tumultuous few years, Ba’al are finally ready to play their latest album live.