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MetalMatters: The Best Metal Albums of January 2023

MetalMatters: The Best Metal Albums of January 2023

In January’s best metal albums, Katatonia return with their beautiful gloom, Ahab travel into the doom/death abyss, and Oozing Wound carve out their furious identity.

J. Geils: 1946-2017

J. Geils: 1946-2017

Hard Drivin’ Man: J. Geils brought blues, jazz, soul -- and his name -- to one of rock’s great bands
Obituary: Ten Thousand Ways to Die

Obituary: Ten Thousand Ways to Die

Is it a single with live bonus material or a live album with studio tracks? Either way, Obituary still kicks major corpse with Ten Thousand Ways to Die.
Obituary: Inked in Blood

Obituary: Inked in Blood

On their ninth album, Obituary continue to deliver ash-blackened riffage and unintelligible, swamp-creature squeals straight from the bile sac.

Long Live the King: Remembering Michael Jackson

Mitch Mitchell: The Perfect Engine

Cool Hand Paul Newman

The Front Page: Shrouded in Shadows – Ingmar Bergman (1918 – 2007)

David Halberstam: Full of sound, fury and brilliance

Crossed Swords: Richard Fleischer (1916-2006)

A Cynic’s Demise: Billy Wilder (1906-2002)

A Cynic’s Demise: Billy Wilder (1906-2002)

In a community that prizes team players, Billy Wilder remained a maverick despite being a member of a most elite club.