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PREMIERE: Idle Ruin Get Things Moving With “The Devil’s Trade”

October 22, 2020

Sometimes you listen to metal for its complexity and cerebral intricacies. Sometimes all you need is a good riff and some serious pace, which is exactly what Idle Ruin bring on debut single "The Devil's Trade".... Read More...

Flash of the Blade // September 2020

Eden Kupermintz

September 2, 2020

Columns, Flash of the Blade

Greetings one and all and welcome back to Flash of the Blade! Don't remember what this column is about? Luckily, it's easy to remind you: this column is about short releases that go hard. Also, swearing. Which... Read More...

Expander – Neuropunk Boostergang

Simon Handmaker

August 14, 2020

Reviews

Metal bands who excel are often those who are most masterful at drawing us as the audience into the depths of their aesthetic, at submerging us in the world they’ve created for as long as we can hear the sound... Read More...

Battlemaster – Ghastly, Graven & Grimoireless

Eden Kupermintz

August 7, 2020

Reviews

As a rule, people tend to apologize too damn much. I get it, I do it as well. It comes from a basic sense of decency, a need to feel like we're not a burden, that we're cool, that we're nice. But when it spins... Read More...

Editors’ Picks – July 2020

Heavy Blog

August 7, 2020

Editors' Picks

We're still doing this, huh? We're still pretending as if this is as worse as it gets, as if it this is rough, sure, but we can do this, we got this? For me, July (and August) are when everything gets even wor... Read More...

Hey! Listen to Let Us Prey!

Joshua Bulleid

July 28, 2020

Listen To This!

Boston's Let Us Prey are a band who sound a lot like everyone else, without really sounding like anyone else. Ok, fine, they sound a lot like Nevermore, but also if they sounded more like Iced Earth, or later S... Read More...

Rebel Wizard – Magickal Mystical Indifference

Jonathan Adams

July 20, 2020

Reviews

Metal as a genre has a strained relationship with “fun”. Particularly in fundamentally self-serious subgenres like black metal, which feed on the dark, grisly, and overtly dark corners of sound and the human p... 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...

Skeleton – Skeleton

Jonathan Adams

July 8, 2020

Reviews

As I progress through this weird journey that is metal fandom, I’ve increasingly found my enthusiasm for lengthy records fading. Sure, every once in a while a two hour behemoth of an album will keep me enthral... Read More...

Witches – The Fates

Pete Williams

May 29, 2020

Reviews

Bands showing off their musical intersectionality is one of my absolute favorite things to discover. Artists who blur the line between genres and sounds are just the most interesting ones to listen to. You que... Read More...

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PREMIERE: Idle Ruin Get Things Moving With “The Devil’s Trade”

Flash of the Blade // September 2020

Expander – Neuropunk Boostergang

Battlemaster – Ghastly, Graven & Grimoireless

Editors’ Picks – July 2020

Hey! Listen to Let Us Prey!

Rebel Wizard – Magickal Mystical Indifference

Into the Pit – Q2 2020

Skeleton – Skeleton

Witches – The Fates

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