It always stops me in my tracks a little bit when I’m reminded that the same Martin Rygge that is responsible for one half of the guitar insanity in Oslo avant-grinders Beaten to Death is also responsible for one half of the chin-stroking technical wizardy… Read More »Track Premiere: Grant the Sun Besmirch Musical Tedium with “Tedium”
We’re just three months away from the return of Magazine Metal & Beer Fest: Denver—the world’s loudest, heaviest, headbangingest, two-day craft beer event—so it’s time to make those December 3-5 weekend plans NOW! Southern doom supergroup Down make their first Denver appearance in over 12 years to… Read More »Metal & Beer Fest: Denver 2026 Is Only 3 MONTHS AWAY! Make Your Plans NOW!
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As conservationists, we often mourn the forests we never saw. Much of Ontario was once covered in old growth forest – ancient ecosystems with complex forest structure, large quantities of woody material, and unique types of habitats and nutrient cycling. Many of the trees in… Read More »Slow and Steady: Old Growth in Ontario
It’s not often we get to premiere a more or less brand new band and their first release, but Baltimore blackgazers Stellar Rot are so fresh they aren’t even listed on Metal Archives (though the duo’s previous USBM outfit Unendlich are on there). The outfit was… Read More »Track Premiere: Stellar Rot – “Through The Eternity Stairs”