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Testament Bring A Fiery Metal Fury To Epic 14th Full-Length Para Bellum

There’s always only been one Thrash band for us. Sure, we love Slayer and respect the hell out of Metallica. Megadeth tends to be uneven but still a’ight and while we initially got into the band during the John Bush era (We know!), we’ve grown to love all there is [...]

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Spooky SZN Sounds: Ceremony Shadows, “Future Past Collapse”

The honor of the first “Spooky SZN Sounds” offering of the season goes to Ceremony Shadows! We figured this would be as good a place as any to highlight “Future Past Collapse”, the latest sonic concoction from the Portland-based Electro/Darkwave trio, as they’ve already managed to grace the site several [...]

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Gretchen Shae Invites You To The Inauguration With Proles’ Masterful Post-Punk Debut Release

Gretchen goes Goth. Sort of. Well not really but we love alliteration, okay? And we’re not talking out our ass too much because while Gretchen Shae & The The Middle Eight may have been more a Rawk outfit there’s no denying the dark underbelly that tantalized each and every track [...]

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Blackbraid Bring Beautiful Black Metal Sounds To The Masses On III

It almost feels like a fever dream to talk about the newest album from Blackbraid as the record was announced last year with a fairly firm release window so it has been in the collective consciousness for some time. But now it’s time to wake up and bask in the [...]

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Singles! Flickerstick, “Your Heart is a Fortress”

We’re going to just stop declaring publicly what our 2025 “Album of the Year” is because every time we think we have it figured out something new and unexpected comes along. For those keeping score, so far it’s been Pixel Grip to Greet Death to Crippling Alcoholism (With a hearty [...]

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Singles! Nathalie Miller, “Kansas”

Glimmering, glowing and glistening is the lay of the land when it comes to “Kansas”, the new single from Brooklyn’s Nathalie Miller, and hopefully serves as a good indicator on what’s to come on Miller’s upcoming EP as well. A moody soundscape that meanders as it touches on the melodrama [...]

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