Getting a Harakiri For The Sky record release in the heart of winter will pull at your heartstrings. Scorched Earth (AOP Records) does just that for over an hour and doesn’t overstay its welcome. It is an audible voyage through pain, suffering, and loss that is both cathartic and beautiful. Every song has its own story and emotional journey that compliments the songs around it. Oh, and there’s also a sweet Radiohead cover at the end to ice the cake.Continue reading
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Post. Festival 2025 Books This Will Destroy You, Glacier, Pillars, and We Lost The Sea
The annual celebration of the expansive realms of post-Rock, post-Metal, post-Hardcore, and post-Punk, known as Post. Festival, is set to return to Indianapolis from July 24-26, 2025, at the HiFi & HiFi Annex. Celebrating its sustained growth since its founding in 2018, the festival is proud to announce an exciting lineup featuring headliners such as This Will Destroy You, Glacier, Pillars, We Lost The Sea, and more bands to be announced! Watch The 2024 Post. recap video!Continue reading
ALBUM REVIEW: Hidden Mothers – Erosion – Avulsion
Hidden Mothers made sure to sneak in their debut full-length just before the 2024 calendar year comes to a close, and it’s important that everyone makes sure not to miss this one as 2025 approaches with a new crop of releases.
ALBUM REVIEW: Coilguns – Odd Love
If one’s perception of Switzerland involves cliches such as neutrality, cuckoo clocks and chocolate then think again. This is a country with a truly exceptional musical pedigree, for which a cursory glance reveals the likes of The Young Gods, Celtic Frost and of course late, great musician/producer Roli Mosimann. Continue reading
ALBUM REVIEW: Amerta – Nodus Tollens
As a result of years of persistence and hard work in exploring the immense depths of their own resonances, Jakarta-based post/sludge/power metal collective Amerta embarks on a new profound milestone through the release of their first full-length entitled Nodus Tollens (Self-Released). Through this release, this Indonesian multi-genre unit invites their listeners to venture on an enigmatic journey fueled by existential dread, contemplations, and the inner conflicts that mankind collectively faces against the banality of everyday chaos and mayhem in the form of an in-depth listening experience. Continue reading
ALBUM REVIEW: Agrypnie – Erg
Fitting right into the Atmospheric Black Metal-heavy label that is AOP Records, Agrypnie are back with a nine-track effort, Erg. Continue reading
ALBUM REVIEW: A Swarm Of The Sun – An Empire
It doesn’t take long at all to realize that A Swarm Of The Sun have a knack (and an ear) for the sprawling cinematic nature that absolutely thrives especially in the post-Metal landscape.Continue reading
INTERVIEW: Dudley Tait of Dvne Talks About their New Album “Voidkind” and “Dune Themed Metal”
In this episode drummer Dudley Tait, of post-Metal band Dvne discusses their new album “Voidkind” – out now on Metal Blade Records! Dudley caught us up on the last few years of the band, the new album, and whether or not he has seen “Dune 2!” Continue reading
ALBUM REVIEW: Black Birch – Black Birch
Incorporating various influences ranging from Crust, Post-Metal, to Black Metal, Swedish Atmospheric Black Metal two-piece Black Birch are crafting an ever-gnarly, meticulously composed debut full-length after having previously released a sold-out EP. Continue reading
CONCERT REVIEW: Locrian – High Aura’d – A Monolithic Dome Live at The Alchemy
Locrian made three New England stops on their current tour making The Alchemy in Providence, RI the first up on the list with support from the Cleveland-based composer High Aura’d and A Monolithic Dome featuring members of Elizabeth Colour Wheel of Boston. I went into the show kind of blind since I had only been asked to review it maybe 48 hours previous and had no previous knowledge of either of the supporting bands.Continue reading