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EXCLUSIVE PREMIERE: New Fawn Limbs Will Leave You “Twitching, Lapsing”

June 21, 2021

If you're into the darkest and most chaotic sides of extreme music and aren't familiar with Fawn Limbs, you've got some catching up to do. The dissonant, grinding mathcore trio have shaken the scene of late wi... Read More...

EXCLUSIVE PREMIERE/INTERVIEW: Stone Healer Explore New Territory with Conquistador

Trent Bos

April 26, 2021

Interviews, Premieres

Progressive death metal is a genre that has taken on a lot of forms, especially in the 21st century. By the nature of it, it is open to blending with other musical styles or genres, often to great effect. It's... Read More...

EXCLUSIVE PREMIERE: The Lylat Continuum – Ephemeral

Trent Bos

January 26, 2021

Premieres

There was something special about the initial wave of modern atmospheric progressive metal that was truly lightning in a bottle. You might say it was... ephemeral. It brought novel, unique ideas to genres that... Read More...

EXCLUSIVE PREMIERE: Bound Resonate with “The Last Time We Were All Together”

Trent Bos

October 19, 2020

Premieres

Wistful yearning is perhaps no better expressed than through the genres of post-rock and shoegaze. The memories, nostalgia, and both the warmth and coldness associated can be poured into us from these textural... Read More...

Obsidian Kingdom – Meat Machine

Trent Bos

September 14, 2020

Reviews

Being an experimental band on a major metal label takes both acumen and guts. Obsidian Kingdom are teeming with both, and have proven themselves as a band unafraid to push boundaries over their previous four a... Read More...

EXCLUSIVE PREMIERE: I Hear Sirens – “Ad Caelum”

Trent Bos

July 1, 2020

Premieres

Back with a tasty treat for the followers of our monthly Post-Rock Post column. I Hear Sirens have been a respected force in the American post-rock scene dating back to their debut self-titled EP in 2007. Sinc... Read More...

Kardashev – The Baring of Shadows

Trent Bos

May 5, 2020

Reviews

Arizona’s Kardashev have long been at the cutting-edge of niche yet burgeoning metal subgenres. Their early sound took a unique approach to the progressive deathcore sound that the now arguably iconic album Ex... Read More...

EXCLUSIVE PREMIERE: Of The Vine seek isolation with “Left Alone”

Trent Bos

April 7, 2020

Premieres

I've long been drawn to post-rock that excels at contrast. It is a genre which at times is stereotyped as music specific for certain moods, scenarios or situations. While there is obvious truth to its effective... Read More...

Full Album Stream: Find Comfort with Colin Phils’ Trust/Fall

Trent Bos

March 16, 2020

Premieres

Our friends at Post. Recordings have emerged as a premiere source of forward thinking post-adjacent music, bringing us some of the best in the genre in 2019 such as Old Solar’s SEE, and Glacier’s smothering N... Read More...

Pure Wrath – The Forlorn Soldier

Trent Bos

March 5, 2020

Reviews

Extreme metal has long served as a creative outlet for bringing light to historical events that many have been left in the dark from. With the globalization of metal we've seen these musical dramatizations ser... Read More...

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