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Lucynine
November 4, 2025

Lucynine shapes a bleak vision through post-black metal and stark visual symbolism in “Melena”

KURT HEADWALK - photo by Alison Braun, @alisonbraunphoto
November 3, 2025

Kurt Brecht (D.R.I.) brings his long-lost book series back into print after decades out of circulation

Photo by @crippledxwings
October 31, 2025

PEDESTAL FOR LEVIATHAN unveil “Enter: Vampyric Manifestation”, pushing symphonic blackened death metal toward heavier territory

INEXPLICABLE JOY
October 31, 2025

Math metalcore band GLOBLIN deliver three restless tracks on “Inexplicable Joy”

tetsuo
October 31, 2025

Moving deeper into noise-scarred, nightmare infused screamo, with tetsuo’s “fauna”

ADULTS
October 31, 2025

ADULTS return with “the seeds we sow are sprouting buds nonetheless”, stitching two years of growth, loss and shifting ground into tangled indie-punk songs

HEAVEN by MEZMER
October 31, 2025

“Heaven” arrives as a beautiful, closing statement to MEZMER’s upcoming EP “Melodrama”

vandampire
October 31, 2025

VANDAMPIRE stream their debut album “Hope Scars” in full ahead of release, tracing life changes through shifting heaviness and atmosphere

GOING OFF
October 31, 2025

GOING OFF drop the Halloween-timed “Kill List II” while guitarist Nate walks through the movies to watch every October

XOAN by Theo Vranas
October 28, 2025

“Tensions” map the push and pull between who we are and who we’re told to be – exploring new album by XOAN

Massa Nera
October 27, 2025

MASSA NERA confronts green capitalism and collapse in “The Emptiness of All Things”

Trouble Bound
October 24, 2025

Into TROUBLE BOUND’s working-class story “Here to the End”, with heart, sarcasm, and scars

PSYCHONAUT by Christophe Brysse
October 24, 2025

Top 10 Most Influential Albums For PSYCHONAUT – “World Maker” is out now!

Pale Sailor - by @josephmorrisphoto-min
October 24, 2025

Sheffield indie emo band PALE SAILOR discuss new EP “you’re not yourself”

KARATE STEVE, by Matt Bass
October 24, 2025

Sludge groove metallers KARATE STEVE confront mortality, gentrification, and the slow burn of anxiety on “Time Under Tension”

DRILL FOR ABSENTEE
October 24, 2025

DRILL FOR ABSENTEE return with “Strand of a Lake Volumes 1 and 2”, their first new material in 25 years

REDS, by Marcus Simmons
October 22, 2025

DIY hardcore punks REDS return with “The Truth of Impermanence,” confronting endings, change, and the will to rebuild

the Munsens
October 18, 2025

THE MUNSENS push their doom-rooted sound into new extremes on “Degradation in the Hyperreal”

The Jukebox Romantics
October 17, 2025

Hearty punk rockers THE JUKEBOX ROMANTICS return with “This One Looks Cool,” a reflection on change, friendship, and finding your footing again

KARABA FC
October 17, 2025

KARABA F.C. builds “Symbionts” as an all-in reflection on survival, grief, and connection

CHASING DOLLS
October 17, 2025

CHASING DOLLS turn small-town frustration into motion on promising new single “Cobweb”

NEKS
October 15, 2025

NEKS (members of CRIME IN STEREO, DAYTRADER) discuss the collapse and disillusionment on “Point of No Return”

INFLUENCE
October 15, 2025

INFLUENCE documents the pulse of their city on “Vienna Hardcore EP”

frick
October 15, 2025

FRICK releases “Clock Out,” a lo-fi punk punchline to everyday absurdity

Distant Mirror
October 15, 2025

After Todos Caerán, Joey returns with DISTANT MIRROR — a solitary black metal reflection on fire and decay

feathers.
October 14, 2025

How history and feelings became a kick in the heart: FEATHERS.

maten a lucas
October 14, 2025

Introducing MATEN A LUCAS, a raw first step from Trujillo’s new screamo wave

Obscurity
October 13, 2025

OBSCURITY turn anger into industrial catharsis on “Black Cat, Good Luck”

TENSION
October 10, 2025

Edmonton hardcore band TENSION return after a decade with “Drought” and a new sense of purpose

SPLIT by Remy Barbe
October 10, 2025

SPLIT turns anger into structure on “Violence Breeds Violence”

Pelea de Cantina
October 10, 2025

Mexican punks PELEA DE CANTINA say no to daily absurdity with “Música para preocuparse”

Millpool
October 10, 2025

Jazz infused post hardcore band MILLPOOL turn chaos into conversation on “One Last Midnight”

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