On its sophomore album, the UK’s Dragged Into Sunlight works to diversify its grimy, blood-soaked sound, but brings less intensity in the process. WATCH THE REVIEW
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Sweden’s Cult of Luna sticks to its guns on this new track from their forthcoming album, Vertikal, which is set to drop January 29th. The new track, “I: The Weapon” mixes the heavy, spacious sounds of atmospheric sludge metal with the melodic sensibilities of post-hardcore very nicely. The song
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The debut full-length from Code Orange Kids delivers all of the heaviness the band’s previous EPs promised, but the songs tend to be somewhat hit-or-miss. WATCH THE REVIEW
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Bone Dance by BONE DANCE Some sludgy hardcore from the new, self-titled Bone Dance record, which you can stream for free via the widget above. The band’s vocalist Morgan Mechling is relentlessly gruff, and the band itself hammers out some pretty nice riffs over the course of these 10
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Instrumental stoner rock outftit Stallone has a new EP that came out this past October. If this kinda music is up your alley, you may already be familiar with guitarist Juan Montoya due to his contributions to the band Torche on albums like Meanderthal. However, since leaving the band, it
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Though the new Secret album presents an incredible amount of energy and force, for me, the excitement quickly wears of due to a lack of skilled writing when it comes to song structures, melodies, and riffs. WATCH THE REVIEW
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With Honor Found In Decay, Neurosis releases one of its most straightforward albums yet, forgoing some of the more ambitious instrumentation that’s made it onto past albums in favor of a sound that blends the heavy sounds of sludge with a bit of folk simplicity. WATCH THE REVIEW
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Cerce by Cerce Following May’s promising Tour Sampler CD-R, Boston-based hardcore punk group Cerce have released an eponymous, six-track EP. Stream the release above by way of the band’s Bandcamp. Cerce finds the band developing the visceral, to-the-point sound of the aforementioned tour sampler, as well as the
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Southern California’s Xibalba drags listeners down to the “place of fear” the band’s name references, combining the heaviness of doom and sludge with the aggression of hardcore punk and even metalcore. Sunn O)))’s Greg Anderson shows up on a few tracks, too. WATCH THE REVIEW
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High On Fire drops from new visuals for their new track “Fertile Green,” which comes off the band’s latest LP, De Vermis Mysteriis. Check a review of it here.
