Release Day Roundup – 11/19/21
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Each month, we always seem to come to the same conclusion when it comes to our Editors’ Picks column: Friday ... Read More...
Rotten to the Core // November 2021
I open with an apology. Despite a rotating roster of talented characters willing to write about the forbidden step-siblings of their trver metal kin, sometimes there's just too much good stuff that comes out i... Read More...
Unmetal Monthly // September 2020
Hello, friends! Welcome to our first installment of Unmetal Monthly. Well, sort of. For the last few years we have been collecting some of our favorite records released outside of the metal world and highlight... Read More...
Editors’ Picks – September 2019
September ends and with it, Summer fully dies. Especially where I’m presently at, the East Coast of the United States, the first brushes of Autumn are being felt. To be honest, there’s no better time of the ye... Read More...
Release Day Roundup – 9/13/19
Editor's Note: I'm glad to welcome longtime reader Remi VL as a regular guest contributor to our Release Day Roundup posts! He submitted several of the albums listed below. Join his Facebook group for more rec... Read More...
Metal Journalism’s Top 30 Albums of 2018
Hello, and welcome to the final post we will have about 2018! Yes, it’s late January. And yes, this is coming out much later than in previous years. After several years of completely burning myself out assembl... Read More...
Holy Roar Records Files Pt. 9 – A.A.Williams’ A.A.Williams
If last year (and the year previous) is anything to go by, the tail end of January will be the real start to the year, in music. 2018 really kicked into gear when the hangover of the new year subsided, and thi... Read More...
Emma Ruth Rundle – On Dark Horses
Achieving crossover appeal among the metal community has become quite a bit easier as times trudged along. Even poppy, synth-laden genres like retrowave have found a warm spot in some metalheads' blackened hear... Read More...
Deafheaven – Ordinary Corrupt Human Love
Emotional attachment to a band’s music is a two-edged sword. As a listener, there’s a sense of depth provided by these kinds of records that other music just does not provide. It’s a transport to time and place... Read More...
The Progress Melter – Steel Panther and the Extent of “Comedy”
This should go without saying, but women have always had the ability to excel at playing guitar, and they often have. The rock and metal scene specifically has benefited from the contributions of players like C... Read More...