The Astral Noize Albums of the Year 2018: 74-50
The second part in our gargantuan AOTY piece spans a wide range of progressive takes on heavy music.
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Under the Influence with Warren Schoenbright
London avant-gardist trio Warren Schoenbright pick out a playlist of tracks that have influenced them.
AN007: Warren Schoenbright – Machinae Inutiles
Astral Noize Records are stoked to announce the new EP from Warren Schoenbright.
Buñuel: Surrealism Means Revolution
Heavy metal’s gloomiest corners have long revelled in finding new ways to creep out their listenerships.
Reviews Round-Up 012: OSDM Reigns Supreme
Death metal and post-metal dominate our latest round-up.
Reviews Round-Up 009: A Smorgasbord of Forward-Thinking Extreme Music
Yet more proof that no one way of utilising a kick-ass riff is superior.
Zeal & Ardor are Warping Genres in Search of Innovation
“What could be more black metal than breaking black metal rules?”
Review: Zeal & Ardor – Stranger Fruit
Manuel Gagneux displays his songwriting skill on stunning sophomore LP.
Live Review: Grails, Bossk and Ilyas Ahmed
A night of reflective lows and uplifting highs awaited us at Grails’ Brighton headline show.
How Jazz, Classical and Metal Clash to Form the Avant-Garde Musings of Inhumankind
Mind-melting and utterly unique, Inhumankind’s avant-garde compositions are a work of art.
The Minimalist, Experimental Soundscapes of WuW
Parisian brothers WuW tell us more about their doomy brand of experimental music.
Let’s Go Ovtside: A Study Of Transcendent Innovation In Black Metal
Black metal is a genre often characterised by its brutal simplicity, but in the hands of these artists, it’s so much more.
A Meandering Reality Of Their Own Design: Cryptae
What do you get when you blend the volatile jazz of Dead Neanderthals, the spiralling black metal of Celestial Bodies and the esoteric songcraft of Kees Peerdeman? That’s right; the woundingly charred sounds of Cryptae.
Tortured Intricacies And Egyptian Deities: The Complex Universe Of Amenra
A discussion on creativity, Amen Ra’s namesake and alternative mixes.
Review: Blut Aus Nord – Deus Salutis Meæ
Transcending their genre through intelligent experimentations that seldom miss their mark, Blut Aus Nord offer up increasingly more punishing sonic stylings as they obliterate the notion of genre on Deus Salutis Meae.
Review: Gnaw – Cutting Pieces
The third instalment in the New York outift’s experimental discography continues to delve into challenging aural territories, blending their twisted interpretations of various metal subgenres to explore only the most torturous forms of musical extremity.
