loud rock
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In 2015, Chelsea Wolfe released her heaviest record to date, Abyss, and judging from “16 Psyche” here, it seems things are only going to get heavier and darker on her next record, Hiss Spun. A doom metal album recorded by Chelsea Wolfe and Kurt Ballou? That’s a wet nightmare
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Poisoned Blood by Witch Vomit A single from Poisoned Blood, an upcoming EP by Portland death metal trio Witch Vomit, out June 30 via 20 Buck Spin.
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Full of Hell offers a fleeting thrill of sludgy grindcore on their latest album.
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Noctem is a melodic blackened death metal outfit hailing from Valencia, Spain that just dropped its fourth album, Haeresis, last September. Already the band is back to dish out some more devastation with new single “A Cruce Salus.” If you dig what you hear, check out the recent album below:
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On Emperor of Sand, Mastodon pads out rehashed ideas from their last several albums with alt-rock choruses that went out of style with the 90s.
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Little Rock doom outfit Pallbearer returns with more bite and an even greater prog influence on their third album Heartless, their most varied and epic effort yet.
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With Conformicide, Havok works some progressive elements into their brand of politically-charged thrash.
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Brutalism, the debut album by UK five piece IDLES, may not reinvent the punk rock wheel but is loaded with some of the most fiery performances and brutally honest lyrics I’ve heard in years.
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Power Trip’s second album for Southern Lord Records brings thrash metal back with a fucking vengeance.
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Talking with my dude Myke C-Town about this new Iron Reagan album, the Virginian crossover thrash outfit’s second outing for Relapse Records.