Blindingly fast, incisive and aggressive.
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.
Curating Resistance: Iravu
Iravu’s savage music is a call to arms to join the fight against injustice.
Cyberpunk and Doomscrolling: How LLNN Created the Heaviest Album of the Year
“While a great deal of us suffer the indignities of being a wage slave, the elite has dick measuring contests of who can colonise space first. It’s absurd.”
Review / Turnstile – Glow On
Intricate, infectious and fun punk rock.
The Very First Astral Noize Video Essay Is Out Now
In the first part of our trilogy on censorship, police violence and the profit motive within the black metal and drill scenes, we examine the commonalities the black metal scene has with the UK drill scene, and what these two things say about censorship and state violence.
Review / Vow – Icarian
A blackened sludge odyssey.
Composed for Play Part 2: 11 More of the Best Game Soundtracks of All Time
Concluding our look at the best video game scores the medium has to offer.
Review / In the Company of Serpents – Lux
Sludge with a twist of the Old West.
Join the Astral Book Club!
Announcing our new book club, starting with a sci-fi classic.