Review: Lost Hours — Two Masses To Celebrate The Vanity Of The Divine
Straight edge doom from Atlanta.
Review: Body Void/Keeper – Split
A devastating dose of introspective sludge.
Review: Konvent – Puritan Masochism
An impressive and well written debut from a promising new voice in death doom.
Video Premiere: TRAPS – Cyborg
You’ve got to respect a band with such a flagrant disrespect for genre tropes…
Astral Noize’s Ones to Watch 2020
We look ahead to another year of brilliant music.
Review: Plague Weaver – Through The Sulphur Eyes
A promising release of black metal textures set to a doom ridden pace.
Review: KØVVNS – The Awe Of Our Erosion
A throbbing and intricate work of harsh drone.
Review: Tӧrzs – Tükör
A unique setting provides an added layer of depth to this mesmerising dose of post-rock.
Review: Envy – The Fallen Crimson
A new era for the post-hardcore legends.
Albums of the Decade: Black Peaks – Statues
Black Peaks have done much to prove that artistic, classy and fearless modern music is capable of making a huge impact beyond the underground.
Albums of the Decade: Batushka – Litourgiya
Heavy with melody, and making good use of dynamics and contrast, Litourgiya possesses something which only the best black metal has…
Mizmor: Seeking Significance in a World Devoid of Meaning
We dive deep into the latest album from blackened doom enigma Mizmor.
Albums of the Decade: Thou – Magus
The Summer of Thou may now be in the past, but we won’t be forgetting Magus anytime soon.
Albums of the Decade: Primitive Man – Caustic
The heaviest album of the decade? Quite possibly.
Albums of the Decade: Body Void – I Live Inside A Burning House
A monument to pain, but also a manual for survival.
Albums of the Decade: Imperial Triumphant – Vile Luxury
Vile Luxury may be rooted in the brass-clad ruins of some fictional 1920s version of New York; but it also feels like a prediction of what the 2020s may bring.
