New girl group Heart Of Woman have debuted in an unusual way: with a full, thirteen-track album. This used to be a much more common approach in K-pop, but these days single albums (or even digital singles) are much more the norm — especially for… Read More »Song Review: Heart Of Woman – Lost In Proof
The digital age has deprived us of the sense that an album is an event. By the time a record is released, it’s been shared piecemeal via song premieres, lyric videos, and more. The day before the album comes out, there is often a full… Read More »“It Was Like Being Blind Reaching Into A Dark Room:” Tom Gabriel Fischer On 20 Years of Celtic Frost’s ‘Monotheist’
Seeing the Firekeeper Alliance name and logo plastered alongside every mention of the Fire in the Mountains festival might make it seem like it is solely a partner in the production of the fest. But their work extends beyond the past couple of years of… Read More »Q&A With Charlie Speicher of the Firekeeper Alliance
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There’s no point in doing a track premiere, when an album only contains two tracks, so, what the hell, here’s the whole damn thing. Callous Faulter is the solo project of Aussie J. Angus (ex-Greytomb, Paroxysmal Cavitation)—assisted by R. Stone (drums) and Tim Stoker (sax solo)—and this self-titled… Read More »Full Album Stream: Callous Faulter – S/T