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The Anatomy Of: The Ascended

September 14, 2021

The Ascended already created a fair bit of buzz within the Melbourne metal scene off the back of their first album, 2018's Awaken Within, but they've made even bigger leaps with their upcoming second effort The... Read More...

The Anatomy Of – Employed to Serve (Plus, A Review!)

Joshua Bulleid

September 8, 2021

Reviews, The Anatomy Of

I think it’s important for people to look outside their comfort zone for music as well as most other things in life, and it’s something I practice myself. Close readers know I’m the doom guy around here, and I... Read More...

The Anatomy Of: Bokassa

Joshua Bulleid

August 31, 2021

The Anatomy Of

If you're not already familiar with Bokassa, then the Warriors wannabe wielding a flail and firing a a machine gun while riding a pink pegasus on the cover of their brilliantly titled new album Molotov Rocktail... Read More...

Music Journalism’s Top 50 Metal Albums of 2020

Nick Cusworth

February 9, 2021

Best of 2020, Lists!

Hello, and welcome back to the article about the previous year that always comes long after the previous year has ended! Joking aside, based on the number of comments and messages I received asking if we were ... Read More...

Into the Pit // The Best (And Worst) Years for Thrash Metal

Joshua Bulleid

January 25, 2021

Best of 2020, Into the Pit

Howdy Headbangers, Dropping another top ten list seemed a tad redundant, given that I've picked out a "Big Four" for each quarter of the year. Put those together and you effectively have a "Top 16" of 2020.... Read More...

Into the Pit // 2020 Stragglers

Joshua Bulleid

January 4, 2021

Into the Pit

Howdy Headbangers, Before we get into the best of the year shenanigans, we interrupt your normal Into the Pit programming to bring you a short post highlighting some later releases that didn't quite make it... Read More...

Into the Pit // Q3 2020

Joshua Bulleid

October 5, 2020

Into the Pit

Howdy headbangers, Let's get the sad stuff out of the way upfront. The thrash world lost a major figure with the unexpected passing of Power Trip frontman Riley Gale last month. I'm not going to pretend I h... Read More...

Enslaved – Utgard

Joshua Bulleid

October 5, 2020

Reviews

Ever since perfecting progressive black metal with 2010's Axioma Ethica Odini, Enslaved have continued to push the limits of the genre, whether by pushing it to its breaking point with 2012's RIITIIR or by blen... Read More...

Into the Pit // Q2 2020

Joshua Bulleid

July 14, 2020

Into the Pit

Howdy headbangers! What a hell of a few months, huh? Yet, while the world appears to be falling apart at an ever-increasing pace, 2020 is shaping up to be maybe the strongest year for thrash metal since 1986.* ... Read More...

Release Day Roundup – 6/19/20

Scott Murphy

June 19, 2020

Release Day Roundup

Editor’s Note: Longtime reader Remi VL is a regular guest contributor to our Release Day Roundup posts! He submitted several of the albums listed below. Join his Facebook group for more recommen... Read More...

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