Megadeth Eulogize ‘The Sick, the Dying… and the Dead!’ (Sort Of)
Megadeth skirt the contemporary issues they tease on The Sick, the Dying… and the Dead! But was this brand of metal ever designed to be this safe?
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MetalMatters: The Best Metal Albums of August 2022
In this month’s best metal albums, experimental mystics Locrian re-awaken, sonic chameleons Boris revisit an outlier, and Bloodbox blur the lines between organic and synthetic.
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MetalMatters: The Best Heavy Metal Albums of July 2022
In the best heavy metal of July, Ashenspire’s weaponized avant-garde black metal thrills while Chat Pile relish reality with noise, sludge, and no wave applications.
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MetalMatters: The Best New Metal Albums of June 2022
Artificial Brain complete their tech death metal trilogy, Bekor Qilish open up new pathways of avant black/death grandeur, and Saor continue their folk journeys through blackened grounds.
The Beautiful Depravity of Faith No More’s Angel Dust 30 Years Later
Faith No More’s Angel Dust showed a band so hellbent on following their creative instincts that they were willing to risk alienating a half-million people.
Cave In’s ‘Heavy Pendulum’ is Fellowship Manifested
Heavy Pendulum feels like a naturally collaborative album between Cave In and Converge. It’s a deeply compelling batch of heavy rock songs.
Bryce Seditz’s Industrial/Metal Project Above & Below Shares “Ghosts” (premiere)
Above & Below take the industrial route with “Ghosts”, relishing the mechanical precision of the genre and its cold detachment.
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MetalMatters: The Best New Metal Albums of May 2022
The unexpected return of Cave In, the dissonant revenge of Blut Aus Nord, and the brutal stampede of Predatory Light arrive to haunt our days in the best new metal.
Bye Bye Tsunami Honor a Banana in “Bye Bye Tsunami” (premiere)
Exciting, manic avant-jazz/noise trio Bye Bye Tsunami further indulge their fascination with chaos, frenetic energy, entropy, and… bananas!
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MetalMatters: The Best New Heavy Albums of April 2022
The best new heavy albums of April 2022 feature Satan’s return, Fer De Lance’s step into traditional heavy metal, and Eunoia’s take on blackened post-hardcore.
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MetalMatters: The Best New Heavy Albums of March 2022
Post-metal legends collaborate, boundaries between black metal and emo are crossed, underground cult legends are reshaped, and progressive death metal explorations are underway.
“I Am the Fire”: Iron Maiden’s ‘The Number of the Beast’ at 40
Forty years ago Iron Maiden’s The Number of the Beast introduced 39 minutes of fury that would turn heavy metal on its ear and introduce new superstars.