Tribulation announce North American tour (including dates w/ Pallbearer)
photo by Esther Segarra Sweden’s Tribulation returned earlier this year with the great Down Below, which picked up where The Children of the Night‘s blend of black/death metal and classic rock left...
View ArticleCovering Pink Floyd’s “The Wall” with Summoner and the Melvins
… Pink Floyd’s magnum opus The Wall stands tall among even the most legendary rock albums of the 1970s. As the last great record of a decade that has come to define the genre, and the fallout within...
View ArticleLive Report: Pallbearer, Weedeater, Heavy Temple, and Solace Rain Doom Upon...
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View ArticleAndrew Sacher’s Top Metal Albums of the Decade
… Metal had some prevalent trends in the 2010s (“blackgaze” being the first one that comes to mind), but right now, I think what I’ll remember most about this decade of metal is how it wasn’t defined...
View ArticleChris Butler’s Top Albums of the Decade
… One of my greatest fears has always been running out of time. There are so many fascinating and rewarding pursuits in the world, and true mastery of any of them requires more than a lifetime of...
View ArticleLangdon Hickman’s Top Albums of the Decade
… As I mentioned in my year-end list for 2019, these types of lists cause me an incredible amount of anxiety. For the sake of space and time, I won’t get into any of the mechanical reasons why these...
View ArticleUpcoming Metal Releases: 10/18/20 — 10/24/20
Here are the new (and recent) metal releases for the week of October 18th to October 24th, 2020. Releases reflect proposed North American scheduling, if available. Expect to see most of these albums...
View ArticlePallbearer Return With “Forgotten Days” + Making-of Video
Palbearer — who made at least three of our IO Best of the Decade lists — have returned in the first (shitty) year of this new decade with Forgotten Days, their fourth LP. Along with the Randall...
View Article“I Don’t Want to Go Home”: Amplifest Weekend One Unites the Full Spectrum of...
Amplifest crowd.Photo Credit: Colin Williams “Amplifest has always been special,” Amenra vocalist Colin H. van Eeckhout says. “André [Mendes, Amplifest organizer] gave us a chance that not every...
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