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.
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: 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.
Albums of the Decade: Indian – From All Purity
If you crave brutal songwriting and claustrophobic soundscapes, this album is definitely a must have in your collection.
Albums of the Decade: The Black Dahlia Murder – Ritual
The closest that The Black Dahlia Murder have come to surpassing the immense malice of 2007’s Nocturnal.
Albums of the Decade: Power Trip – Nightmare Logic
Nightmare Logic is the indisputable thrash Album of the Decade, and one heck of a fun listen.
Albums of the Decade: Gatecreeper – Sonoran Depravation
Sonoran Depravation combines all these sounds and ideas of what makes death metal death metal and shows them off wondrously.
Albums of the Decade: Architects – All Our Gods Have Abandoned Us
There are few metal bands, UK or otherwise, that can compete with the stunning back catalogue of Architects.
The Top 20 Astral Noize Albums of the Year 2019
Find out who takes the top spot this year.
Albums of the Decade: Code Orange – Forever
We dive a little deeper on a modern classic.
Albums of the Decade: Malevolence – Reign Of Suffering
As debuts go, there are few that can compete with Reign Of Suffering.
Albums of the Decade: Blood Incantation – Starspawn
A bona fide death metal classic? We think so.
Playlist: Tracks of Resistance
We’ve compiled a playlist of music to rage against anti-authoritarian-nazi-tory-bastard-fascist-scum to, so that you can feel your anger.
