After 26 years, you can expect a band like Mors Principium Est to know how to light up a room with riff-laden pyrotechnics and flatten it with crushing intensity. And that’s exactly what the band brings on their latest album, Darkness Invisible, due out tomorrow via via… Read More »Full Album Stream: Mors Principium Est – “Darkness Invisible”
We don’t know if it means something different in Norwegian, but Higanbana, the second full-length from Norway’s blackgaze quartet, Sundrowned, is the word for the red spider lily flower in Japanese. It’s the “flower of the equinox,” typically appearing in the fall, like this new album.… Read More »Full Album Stream: Sundrowned –Higanbana
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– September 24th, 2025 – European Tour With Paradise Lost To Begin Next Month Watch MESSA’s video for “Reveal” HERE Italian doom metal outfit MESSA are pleased to unveil their new video for “Reveal.” The track comes off the band’s critically-adored new full-length, The Spin,… Read More »Messa: Italian Doom Metallers Unveil Video for “Reveal”
“Everything is cringe!” The Sonder Bombs, Cleveland’s own indie agitators, lean into this declaration until its disconcerting reality turns liberating. […] The post Track Review: The Sonder Bombs – “Everything” appeared first on The Alternative.