doom

It’s not often that my fascination with owls leads me to good music. It’s...

Although Hammers of Misfortune have been around for nearly 20 years, I'm sad to...

For punks, authenticity is key. So when Toronto hardcore giants Cancer Bats announced their...

In the early days of death metal, the scene was split between several regional...

One of my favorite left-field answers to the dreaded “what kind of music do...

Lake Of Tears formed in the early 90s as a somewhat straight-forward doom metal...

Situations like these are why I hate giving albums numerical scores. If you can...

In terms of music that sounds absolutely hateful, sludge metal is the scene you...

The aspect of doom and sludge metal that's always drawn me into it is...

If the name Leif Edling doesn't mean anything to you, then you're woefully unfamiliar...

This is a really tough one. There is nothing inherently wrong with Noctum’s latest release....

Katatonia are, unquestionably, one of the most important bands in the scene, with an...

A good live album is more than just a document of a band's performance....

When I had the pleasure of interviewing vocalist Hideki Fukasawa and drummer Junji Narita...

It's easy to think that post-metal's jumped the shark. Like post-rock before it, it...

I'd argue that in this digital age, impulse purchases have almost gone the way...

"If we didn’t get into metal then we wouldn’t be sitting here and doing this.  It’s just something that’s part of you and never goes away."

I’ll be the first to admit that I don’t know the first thing about...

This particular album landed in my inbox a few weeks ago with the descriptor...

It's great when a metal record is able to downright scare you, isn't it?...