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Cult of Luna – A Dawn to Fear
Post-metal, similar to its sonic cousins post-rock, post-hardcore, and post-punk, has always been about creating mood and atmosphere. In the early 90s, bands like...
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An Ocean Of Void – The Great Escape
Pink Floyd had a real knack for creating haunting, atmospheric music, particularly after the departure of lead singer Syd Barrett. Futuristic synthesizers mingled with...
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Cokegoat – Vessel
I feel like atmospheric sludge went into a slump almost as soon as it started to blossom. There are groups like Isis, who can...
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Year of No Light – Tocsin
There have been an awful lot of post-metal bands over the last decade or so, and for every one good band there are three...
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Shakhtyor – Shakhtyor
When I first received Shakhtyor's debut EP from my dear editor, we were at first struck by how much the band's name sounded like...
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Inter Arma – Sky Burial
It's easy to think that post-metal's jumped the shark. Like post-rock before it, it almost seems to have become too formulaic. The build-climax-release formula...
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Norska – Norska
I love sludge metal simply because there's so many different ways you can pull it off. There's the angular dissonance of an act like Ramesses,...
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The Dark Side of Business: An Interview with Scott Ian Lewis of Carnifex
Scott Ian Lewis on the dangerous state of live music, comics, and Necromanteum
“The songs you love, but not played well” – An Interview with Devin Townsend
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RPb_jsnY2I
Get Ready for Wacken 2023
Get ready to unleash your metal power because Wacken Open Air is back with a bang for its 2023 edition! Mark your calendars for...