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1 min read 2021-11-12 06:30:00

CANTO: Anomalie, Brand of Sacrifice, Abhoria, and More

After this, I get to write about music and alcohol at the same time! Brand of Sacrifice dropped a reissue of the title track from their most recent

1 min read 2021-03-23 05:30:00

Somehow, someway, there is no alcohol in my house. Suboptimal. Melodic thrash group Emissary have emerged after a 25 year hiatus. The current plan

4 min read 2021-02-15 23:00:00

Dopelord Did you shower your Valentine with all the good stuff yesterday? Call your mom? How about gift some grindcore or doom or death metal? No?

2 min read 2021-02-15 18:29:14

I’m embarrassed to say I’m new to this Austrian atmospheric/post-black metal duo and their 4 prior albums, despite some familiarity with their

7 min read 2021-02-12 13:40:24

The panegyric, uplifting-yet-mournful tonality of post-black metal duo Harakiri For the Sky almost begins to call for the suffering of the determined

3 min read 2021-02-04 23:10:39

If there’s ever been a band that reeks of potential, it’s Harakiri for the Sky. Standing separate from twinkly genre-mates with muscular

1 min read 2021-01-29 06:30:00

At least the snow is pretty today. Remember when Gatecreeper released that awesome surprise EP, An Unexpected Reality, a couple weeks ago? Well,

1 min read 2021-01-22 06:30:00

I should probably go outside one of these days. So this is different and definitely worth a few minutes of time. Members of Archspire have launched

3 min read 2021-01-20 23:38:34

Can art be updated? Once released, is a piece of art fixed forever, like chiseled stone? Or fluid, like the hobo wine in the AMG office dispenser? If

3 min read 2021-01-14 01:00:29

The Austrian duo Harakiri for the Sky have been making waves in the post-black/shoegaze scene for nearly a decade, and for various reasons. Number

1 min read 2020-11-13 06:30:00

Wasn’t much going on yesterday, but fortunately there’s plenty to share on today! Cult of Luna dropped a lot on us. They have a new EP out on

3 min read 2020-09-09 01:55:07

With all the tech-death, funeral doom, and post-whateverthefuck being hurled our way over the last couple of years, it’s paradoxically refreshing

9 min read 2020-07-04 10:18:30

SYNCHRONY is a weekly feature focusing on relevant heavy music news, new releases, upcoming releases, as well as a week in review to help folks keep

3 min read 2020-03-01 01:59:47

When last a Kargian headline graced this Hall, it was attributed to a TYMHM for their 2018 release, Dornenvögel. Young, full of hope and utterly

4 min read 2020-02-20 04:19:50

The potent sting of early 90’s Swedish melodic death metal and the all-too-serious dark reputation of the second wave black metal phenomenon