AN015: Oriza – Oriza
A fierce amalgamation of d-beat, sludge, black metal and powerviolence drawing heavily from societal issues.
Albums of the Decade: Conjurer – Mire
Doing away with genre limitations on Mire, Conjurer smash together hardcore, doom, death, sludge, prog, black and post-metal in a way that is vicious, natural-sounding and free-flowing.
Albums of the Decade: Pallbearer – Heartless
The attention to detail, the confidence to subtly incorporate other influences into their sound and also the band’s willingness to wear their hearts on their sleeves makes Heartless one of the defining albums of the past decade.
Podcast: Criminally Underrated Episode 7
Episode Seven of Criminally Underrated Music Podcast, presented by Astral Noize and hosted by Aerosol Jesus frontman Oli Melville, is now online for your listening pleasure! This episode features National Funk, […]
Review: Kalloused – Thousand Griefs
The Brighton quartet deliver an album that captures all the vitriol, spite and hateful intensity of their live show.
Photo Gallery: A Horse Called War, Tellus Effluentia, Wallowing & Sky:Lark! at The Dev
A host of pictures from a glorious night of heavy music in Camden.
Albums of the Decade: Inter Arma – Paradise Gallows
An album that sounds unlike any other.
Review: Bad Men – Bong Weasley
Raw, sludge infected riffs from Nottingham based duo.
Review and Photo Gallery: Waynestock 2019
Stunning visuals from this November’s Waynestock Festival in London.
Beyond The Past: Decoding the Mystery of Music with Mono, Boris and Envy
In conversation with three of Japan’s finest purveyors of innovative heavy music.
Review: Remote Viewing – It’s Better This Way
A visceral gut punch of sludge infused despair.
Video Premiere: Chubby Thunderous Bad Kush Masters – Krones Of The Kiln
Brand new visuals from the UK doom scene’s best-named band.
Interdimensional Entities, Ayahuasca and OSDM: Inside Blood Incantation’s Hidden History of the Human Race
Talking prog, aliens and philosophy with one of modern death metal’s rising stars.
EP and Video Premiere: Still – Reprieve
A remarkably promising release from an exciting new band. Hear it now.
Experimentation, Politics and Björk: An In-Depth Interview with Cloud Rat
Cloud Rat have perfected the art of weaponising chaos.
Review: Tuskar – The Monolith Sessions
A taste of the raw, live sound of the Milton Keynes based duo.
