by Jillian Drachman | Apr 25, 2024 | Reviews
Shining’s self-titled eleventh masterpiece unleashed its lethal brilliance on September 15, 2023. Not only has Shining proved the best album of 2023 for me, along with Høstsol’s sublime Länge Leve Döden, but I consider it to be one of the greatest records of all time....
by Mar Morannon | Apr 23, 2024 | Photos, Reviews
On Saturday, April 20, 2024, Heilung brought their ritual to Wisconsin for the first time. The sold-out show at Riverside Theater in downtown Milwaukee brought fans from all over the region together to share in the moving experience of Heilung’s amplified history. At...
by Lisa Burke | Apr 22, 2024 | Photos, Reviews
Decapitated Rise To Victory Right Where They Left Off, Sparking Metal Fists Of Joy On U.S. Soil With Their Cancer Culture Over North America Even though European metal bands have been able to perform in the U.S. since 2021, after the pandemic closed borders worldwide,...
by Meryth Smirnoff | Apr 17, 2024 | Reviews
Chilean black metal band Ater will release their second full-length album, Somber, this Friday (19th). The group’s blackened sound can be heard from the beginning with the opening track, “Striges.” With a subtle transition, the song opens with a...
by Meryth Smirnoff | Apr 15, 2024 | Reviews
Gothic doom metal masters My Dying Bride return to the pure sound of darkness with their new full-length album, A Mortal Binding, via Nuclear Blast Records on April 19th. With seven tracks, this album maintains that somber focus on each song, creating a seductive...
by Ian Weber | Apr 15, 2024 | Reviews
It was a chiaroscuro evening of dancing and singing at the Gramercy Theatre on a mild April night in Manhattan with The 69 Eyes, with their style of brash gothic hard rock, backed up by the Bites and Budderside taking over Gotham City. Having an hour to spare before...