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[Cover artwork by Old Hag] When I initially realized that Arckanum’s first album after a long hiatus—and, technically, its breakup—would be released on All Hallows’ Eve, I devised this rather cutesy and far-fetched idea to compare the entire album to …
[Album artwork / art direction by Joseph Niet / The Creative Corporation] Offering up a textbook definition of “holy crap, time flies,” Black Sabbath’s swan song, 13, was released 13 years ago, on June 7th, 2013. In a curious move, …
If you’re just now catching up, well, we’re just now catching up. Seth Buttnam and I (plus one uninvited guest) are rounding up some of our favoritest grindcore (or grind-adjacent) releases of the past however many months, since we (read: …
[Album artwork by Truls Espedal] It’s 17 albums for Enslaved now, comprising a discography I find exceptionally challenging to wrap my arms around. What’s going on here? Does anyone else forget that the relatively rote and by-the-numbers Frost is actually …
originally written by Juho Mikkonen This week we take the time machine all the way back to the formative years of Finnish underground metal (it was either this or travel back in time to find …
originally written by Craig Hayes This is the third installment in a five-part series. In Mainstreaming Metal, LR scribe Craig Hayes looks back on his experiences as a beacon for underground heavy metal within the …
Originally written by Chris Redar From Metal Archives: No band members are credited on the liner notes of the band’s sole recording. The 3 members of the band would like to remain anonymous. This includes live …
Welcome to Volume Eight of The Most Essential Albums of the Eighties. Previous volumes are available here. What’s in store this week? Just another ten examples of the wild diversity of 80s metal: straight-up heavy …
originally written by Erik Higher & Craig Hayes Wait, did you anticipate receiving serious, mini-essay, SAT-acing answers from an all-caps DOOMER named Salem’s Pot? One that has mastered the stomach-rub/head-pat of dropping the needle on Dopethrone …
If you’ve worked in an office in the last decade or so, you’re over-familiar with the word synergy. That particular managerial buzzword is the process by which individual parts combine to form something greater than …
Originally written by Jordan Campbell Djent is inherently problematic. The forefathers of the sound, Meshuggah, are one of the most complex, innovative acts in the history of progressive metal. That alone should lend the Scions …
[Because the decade was a formative time for so much more than just our beloved heavy metal, today we’re pleased to present you with a look at fifteen essential industrial albums from the 1980s.] I’m …
