It ended up being manageable, but my oh my, September 2026 was a treat.

Honor Killed The Samurai is yet another piece of Ka ’s cryptic mosaic, an album that cemented his style and caught the ...

For all the glitz, glamour, and heroics that Hollywood likes to foist upon it, the American Old West was a violent, horrible place. Death was an omnipresent threat, entire populations were demonized ...

Saidan unveil their most textured and thrilling album of gothic, melodic black metal on FANGDRILLER: Scars Beneath Memory’s Wrist. Enter once again, my friends, to a grim and melancholic world where ...

Melodic death metal has a certain set of established tropes, and there are pitfalls attached to every single one of them. But when a band avoids those by being neither too cheesy nor excessively ...

It’s warm outside, so naturally, my razor-sharp mind (all you need is to believe) slows down considerably. So, before I’m allowed to be a bit slower during silly season this summer, May 2026 was ...

I know exactly what you’re thinking: ‘Dom, what in the *blue hell* is Deftonescore supposed to be?’ Well, I could say something pretentious and esoteric, or I could simply say it like it is – ...

This week our featured artist needs no introduction. Since the early aughts the heavy music collective Thou has been one of the most prolific and consistent bands around. Factoring in demos, EPs, ...

Not many bands get to pioneer a whole damn subgenre only to turn around and set compositional standards for it that are so lofty that they spawn two entire offshoots of the style they originally ...

Beth Gibbons summons an abundance of instruments to relay her timeless voice through a stunning album of time’s passage on Lives Outgrown. There are truths in life that can only be grasped with age.

The successful migration of electronic artists to rockier avenues is of no secret at this point (see: yeule and Jane Remover) – and I honestly can’t blame them. The scope of sounds and atmospheres ...

The blossoming Canadian act Crown Lands are no longer the big fish in a small pond. They may not be headlining shows at Massey Hall just yet, but the acclaim received after their Juno win in 2021 ...