Features

Is This the Life? Cardiacs, the Band Every Weirdo Can Love or RIP Tim Smith (1966-2020)

July 22, 2021

It’s been a year since Tim Smith of Cardiacs passed away. In the chaos and confusion what was then pandemic early-days and a summer of Black Lives Matter protests, the announcement likely got lost in the shuff... Read More...

The Anatomy Of – Urne

Joshua Bulleid

June 28, 2021

The Anatomy Of

Urne’s Serpent and Spirit is one of the most extraordinary and eclectic debuts of 2021. Although the band draw from a well of distinct influences, the album as a whole is difficult to categorise. What wo... Read More...

Delving into delving: An Interview with delving/Elder’s Nick DiSalvo

Simon Handmaker

June 14, 2021

Interviews

Those keyed into modern progressive rock, heavy psych, or doom metal should instantly recognize Nick Disalvo’s name from Elder. On their five LPs released across the past decade and change, the Berlin- née New... Read More...

The Anatomy Of: Benthos

Joshua Bulleid

June 14, 2021

The Anatomy Of

Benthos’s debut record, uh… II has been among the many welcome surprises 2021’s metal underground has had to offer. The Italian outfit bring a lush take to modern tech-tinged progressive metal that reminds me a... Read More...

Heavy Buys // June 2021

Jimmy Rowe

June 14, 2021

Heavy Buys

Staff picks from the record store from the last month, featuring Ad Nauseam, The Black Queen, Phoebe Bridgers, Fear Factory, and Opeth!

The Anatomy Of: Necropanther

Pete Williams

June 14, 2021

The Anatomy Of

Here's a breakdown of some of the disparate sounds that make up the anatomy of Denver's Necropanther. Featuring Dimmu Borgir and Guns N' Roses.

The Anatomy Of: Ghost Iris

Joshua Bulleid

May 18, 2021

The Anatomy Of

Just how good the new Ghost Iris record, Comatose, is has been one of the biggest and most welcome musical surprises of 2021. The success of the record, which really doubles down on the heavier aspects of the D... Read More...

*prognotes – Dvne’s Etemen Ænka

Eden Kupermintz

May 10, 2021

*prognotes

Why, hello there! Welcome back to *prognotes, our series where we sacrifice every free, waking second we might have to write way too many words. Uh, I mean, the series of posts we love doing that analyze our f... Read More...

The Anatomy Of: Noctambulist

Jimmy Rowe

May 10, 2021

The Anatomy Of

Hailing from Denver, Colorado, Noctambulist conjure blackened and atmospheric death metal, pulling inspiration from Disgorge, Ulcerate, Isis, and more.

Heavy Buys // May 2021

Jimmy Rowe

May 10, 2021

Features, Heavy Buys

Last month's vinyl purchases worth highlighting, featuring Deftones, Mastodon, Pupil Slicer, Show Me A Dinosaur, and Veil of Maya! Plus: Eden's T-shirt corner, featuring Protest the Hero.

Year of No Light – Consolamentum

Eden Kupermintz

July 12, 2021

As much as Year of No Light are rated in underground circles, they are still underrated. Their name deserves to be up there with bands like ISIS or The Ocean in the annals of post-metal and doom. Consolamentum, twenty years into their career, is one of the best things they’ve made and one of the best things made in the genre, period. Holy fuck.
Azure – Of Brine and Angel’s Beaks

Eden Kupermintz

July 12, 2021

The same band we've come to love (and boy, do I love Azure) is still there, their optimistic, hopeful, powerful heart still beating underneath the added musical layers. And that's what makes all of those additions work; in other works, they'd come off as extraneous or forced, the mark of a band trying too hard to be something they're not. But here, the extra tones, the contrasts, the counterpoints, and the overall structure of the album work so well because they are in constant communication with Azure's style and their artistic direction.
Cerebral Rot – Excretion of Mortality

Jimmy Rowe

July 12, 2021

Truth be told, Cerebral Rot have found themselves in a bit of a sophomore slump with Excretion of Mortality. Even at faster paces, the songs feel robbed of urgency, and the whole affair just feels labored. Those aching for a slab of pungent death metal will surely have a good time regardless, and the music is every bit as disgusting as one would hope based on the grotesque cover art.
Anthropophagus Depravity – Apocalypto

Bridget Hughes

July 12, 2021

Even by metal standards, brutal death metal is a controversial topic. Plenty of longtime metal fans can’t stand the ove... Read More...