Islamophobia Ist Nicht Krieg: Stop Making Black Metal Excuses for Real-Life Racism
Islamophobia remains one of the metal scene’s most prevalent problems.
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Reviews Round-Up 018: Mayan Black Metal, Industrialised Blut Aus Nord and Nuclear Sludge
Our first round-up of 2019 takes on everything from innovative blackgaze to underwhelming doom.
AN008: Hundred Year Old Man – Breaching
One of the best post-metal albums of recent years, HYOM’s Breaching will now be available on tape.
Left Hand Warpath: Sarparast
Blackened Death Records’ Richard Weeks introduces us to anti-capitalist black metallers Sarparast.
Reviews Round-Up 016: Cybernetic Dreamscapes and Experimental Cellists
Expansive doom, experimental cellists, cathartic synths, grinding crust, thrashing black metal and more.
Pagan and the Power of Unpredictability
“Sometimes I don’t even think we know what our next move will be.” Pagan on surprising listeners by defying convention.
Reviews Round-Up 012: OSDM Reigns Supreme
Death metal and post-metal dominate our latest round-up.
Yith Are Exploring the Insignificance of Mankind Through Forlorn Black Metal and Mountainous Doom
Yith talk Lovecraft, medieval music and environmentalism.
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.
From the Ashes of Hang The Bastard, URNE Have Arisen
Fear not, Hang The Bastard fans, a new project is in town.
Meet Neckbeard Deathcamp, the Militant Black Metallers Here to Exterminate the Bedroom Reich
They blew up on social media and rose to the top of Bandcamp, but who are Neckbeard Deathcamp, and what do they want?
Smashing Nazism Through Tolkienist Thematics with Feminazgul
“I’m Not Mad That Nazis Make Metal, I’m Mad That Nazis Breathe Air”.
Reviews Round-Up 007: Blackgaze Poster Boys, Sludge Maniacs and Chubby Stoner Metal
Deafheaven will dominate the headlines, but there’s a whole host of other new LPs that also deserve your attention.
Zeal & Ardor are Warping Genres in Search of Innovation
“What could be more black metal than breaking black metal rules?”
Premiere: Kosmogyr – Iridescent (Swimful Remix)
Check out a brand new track from Kosmogyr’s ambitious new remix album, alongside an in-depth interview with the duo.
Socialist Theory and Black Metal Synergy with Kastchei
“We should just savour the weirdness of a man dressed like a ghost who desperately wants to spend his life in a gulag.”
