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Category: Features
Talking History, Power and Sci-Fi with Dvne
We speak to Dvne’s Victor Vicart about the band’s epic new album.
Under the Radar: 18 of the Underground’s Finest Death Metal Bands
A collection of death metal bands you simply need to hear.
Passive Disconnect: How The Hyena Kill Forged their Poignant New Album
The band behind one of the year’s standout records so far talk about their origins, how patience is a virtue and why their new album was painful to write.
The Metal Press Should be Supporting Lil Nas X Right Now, Not Contributing to the Backlash
Instead of rallying around an artist facing inane backlash, some sects of the metal scene instead joined the haters.
Embracing the Despair of Repetition with Concrete Ships
Intense, psychedelic noise rock recorded in a secluded castle in the woods. What’s not to love?
“It’s doable lads, but only just”: How Blind Monarch Recorded their Debut in a Derelict Building
The story of how a sludge band recorded their debut in a derelict building in the dead of winter.
Everything Is Now: Transcending Modern Society with Heave Blood & Die
Envisaging brighter futures with the experimental former stoners.
ACAB – A Playlist
If like us you’re full of anger right now, we hope this playlist helps you channel that anger and think about the ways it can be used constructively.
Memory’s Garden: Every Trouble Album Ranked
A detailed assessment of the doom legends’ entire discography.