As 2025 kicked off, BABYMONSTER were still promoting their first album with a series of follow-up tracks. A second album has been promised for this fall (though take that with a grain of salt given YG Entertainment’s track record) and the summer-themed Hot Sauce acts… Read More »Song Review: BABYMONSTER – Hot Sauce
Master Butchers The Making of Carcass’s Surgical Steel Carcass’s decision to take a well-earned victory lap a little more than a half-decade into the 21st century quickly turned into a succession of shows and tours. The band, which then featured originals Jeff Walker and Bill… Read More »Carcass – Surgical Steel
The new track, “Devil on the Thrown,” from Euro doom crew Anchorite may evoke images of Satan dropping a deuce, but we’re pretty sure that’s not the intended message here. Nonetheless, it’s a slow-moving doom grinder that definitely sounds like it emanated from the bowels of someplace… Read More »Track Premiere: Anchorite – “Devil on the Throne”
It’s summer, it’s a million degrees, and it’s exactly halfway through 2025. You know what that means: it’s time for […] The post Albums You May Have Missed in 2025 appeared first on The Alternative.
Philly act Kaonashi have been grinding in the heavy underground for a long time. Originally formed in 2012, the band quickly gained popularity in the metalcore scene but before long, the trio began incorporating various elements of progressive metal and chaotic, 2000s-style mathcore into their sound.… Read More »Interview: Kaonashi Talk Touring, Songwriting and New Album, I Want to Go Home