Glassing – Twin Dream
Over time there’s been an increasing number of bands blurring the lines between blackgaze, atmospheric sludge metal and a screamo leaning post-hardcore. For them, those lines have become arguably irrelevant, a... Read More...
Isaurian – Chains of Blue
For some artists, it takes a while for them to hit their stride. It’s cool, everyone’s got their own speed or method, and in most cases, the mistakes or missed opportunities along the way make for a legitimate... Read More...
Earth Moves – Human Intricacy
Fresh off a short UK tour with rising formidable heavy weights Conjurer and LLNN, Earth Moves are back with a gripping and powerful sophomore release of emotive post-metal, Human Intricacy. Their debut The Tru... Read More...
Explore “Alternate Endings” With Cranial’s New Album
Remember a few years ago when every major outlet was running articles about how post-metal stagnation was the final signal that the genre was denying? Most of them were gleeful, fueled by a complete misunderst... Read More...
Cult of Luna – A Dawn To Fear
In their much anticipated follow-up to Mariner, the band returned to their core writing mode free of outside collaborators for their Metal Blade debut A Dawn To Fear, and have simplified their songwriting process to eschew a full-album concept, instead offering a collection of independent songs without preconceptions in the writing process. The result of this experiment is a record that is massive, plodding, expansive, and pensive, if not daunting and exhausting for those who aren't too keen on The Big Slow™
Russian Circles – Blood Year
One thing I can say about Russian Circles is that they have always been consistent. I've seen them open for Minus the Bear in Brooklyn in 2006, headline a tiny club in Milford, Connecticut in support of Geneva... Read More...
We Flow Away: An interview with Jon Lyon of Latitudes
Combining atmospheric
sludge and doom, featherweight post-rock and lashings of black metal come
Latitudes with their most recent outing Part
Island, a meditation on the elemental link between the natural world... Read More...
Cave In – Final Transmission
Like most Granite Staters, I've driven through the Bedford Toll Plaza countless times. It sits on New Hampshire's main highway connecting the state's three biggest cities. In many ways, it's a perfect symbol ... Read More...
Pelican – Nighttime Stories
It’s been a long six years. Times have changed greatly since Pelican’s last record. Post-rock - as Nick, Eden and company regularly detail - has wiggled its tendrils into an increasingly diverse pool of influe... Read More...
Everest Queen – Dead Eden
Every once in a while, we all find that band or record that
just gets us. Everyone has their own preferences, of course, and we all know
what those are. Ever so rarely, we come across something that combines m... Read More...