Sometimes a single song can change the direction of somebody’s life. For Angels On The Battlefield founder and guitarist JD McGibney, that moment came while sitting in a car with his father, hearing a familiar Black Sabbath song performed in a way he’d never experienced Read More …
When I first spoke with Sofia Frasz and Josh Alexander from Forgotten Shrine back in 2024, “Where Shadows Lie” had literally just landed as their debut single. There was no debut album yet. Forgotten Shrine itself was still taking shape, with a handful of songs Read More …
Killer sits down with Nembutolik’s Pat and Hemi for a spectacular derailment involving Frankston’s hardcore scene, Bunnings sausages, duct-taped banana suits, existential philosophy and seven-and-a-half new songs. Australian death metal has rarely been this gloriously fucked up. Read More …
The Old Ones are three mates from Billings, Montana, making crushing doom and stoner rock. Trevor Stoltenberg talks Vol. II, Lovecraft-inspired mythology, the DIY grind and a third album already written. Read More …
There are albums that look backwards simply because the past feels comfortable, and then there are albums like IGNEA’s Monumental, where looking back becomes considerably more complicated. Nostalgia here is not treated as an easy escape into better days. It can be beautiful, unsettling, deceptive Read More …
There is still plenty of darkness inside ATER. The crushing low end, extreme vocals and heaviness that drove 2024’s Somber haven’t suddenly disappeared. If anything, they’re now sitting inside something much bigger. On album number three, Everlasting, Chilean dark metal outfit ATER are pulling gothic Read More …
After 30 years, 13 albums and thousands of shows, Amon Amarth bassist Ted Lundström is still here. We talk surviving metal, touring, songwriting and The Allfather Awakens. Read More …
There is a moment early in my conversation with Falsimonian guitarist, keyboardist, composer and producer Jesus Fuentes Valverde where a lot of what sits behind the band suddenly starts making sense. Before the jazz degrees, before melodic death metal collided with Latin rhythms and before Read More …
Theo from Obscura Qalma talks Faust, AI, grief, philosophy, The Cure, The Smiths and the nightmare of being human in 2026. Read More …
Few artists move between worlds quite like Eivør. Across folk, jazz, rock, electronica, cinematic scoring and the gaming universe of God of War, the Faroese artist has built a musical language that feels ancient and deeply human, yet constantly reaching forward. With her new album Read More …
Swiss metalcore wrecking crew Days of Ruin went from starting a band “just for fun” to winning the Wacken Metal Battle Switzerland and playing Wacken Open Air. We talk metalcore, influences, live authenticity, gear, songwriting, zombies and their new EP Age of Ignorance.
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Some albums arrive according to a carefully mapped plan. Others sit unfinished for years, waiting for the world around them to catch up. For Robin Staps, Solaris became something even more important. It became the unfinished story that convinced him The Ocean still had a Read More …
