It’s hard to follow up an instant classic, which Black Sabbath’s 1970 self-titled debut certainly was. Armed with a guitar sound like no other, a goosebump-inducing atmosphere, and lyrics about Satan sung by a madman, […]
There are few certainties in life other than death, taxes and Mastodon’s unfailing ability to turn a simple heavy metal song into the stuff of epic lore. Since their founding 20 years ago, the Atlanta […]
In The Black Dahlia Murder‘s Majesty DVD, fans were treated to a mini-documentary that transformed the Michigan melodeath crew from onstage ear-skewerers to hilarious pot-smoking everydudes. The documentary also introduced fans to the members of Black Dahlia’s […]
In hindsight, the release date of Slayer’s God Hates Us All was sort of mind-blowing. The morning that the album dropped, two planes collided with the World Trade Center in New York City, in what […]
Sometimes, a song embodies a mode of spirit. Rather than just tell a story or express emotions surrounding an event, it captures the essence of a way that people feel. These songs are immortal, perfect […]
Earlier this month, Polish blackened death metal upstarts Behemoth announced ‘In Absentia Dei,’ a special livestreamed concert from within a ‘secret church location.’ This feels especially on-brand, as Behemoth have always enjoyed sneering in the […]
Back in 2018, I was writing a bi-monthly column for VICE’s music site Noisey, and my column for that week was focused on thrash metal’s new wave of legitimacy following its pizza-fueled revival in the […]
While plenty of rock and metal musicians love horror movies, few pay as much tribute to them in their lyrics as Rob Zombie. The shock rocker’s songs are chock full of references to Frankenstein, Dracula, […]
By the mid-1980s, the horror genre was in a strange, beautiful place. People were taking interesting risks and plumbing the decade’s quickly-mutating musical subcultures for new concepts of darkness. At the same time, the musical […]
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