Mick Barr is the ridiculously gifted weird-metal guitarist whose shredding always sounds too mathematically assured to be the work of just one guy with one instrument. As the guiding force behind…   Read Story »

This is the final Haunting The Chapel. In case you missed my earlier tweet, I accepted a position at Pitchfork, where I'll be returning as an Editor on Monday, 8/1. "Returning," because I worked…   Read Story »

Before the quibbling starts: I didn't include YOB's Atma because it isn't out until August. It would be way up there. I've also been listening to Dragged Into Sunlight's Hatred For Mankind quite a…   Read Story »

We still have plenty of time and music left in 2011, but since we're at the halfway (or so) mark, we thought it made sense to pause and take stock of the best albums of the year so far. There was…   Read Story »

In four years Krallice have managed to release three complex, hypnotic, ambitious, whirlpooling albums -- even with its four members performing in a dozen or so outside bands. The biggest structural…   Read Story »

A lot's changed in American black metal since Krallice formed three years ago. A lot's changed for Krallice, too. Strange it's only been three years -- feels like they've always been around. Maybe…   Read Story »

What've you been up to this summer? Chances are, not as much as R. Loren. I've already posted a couple of tracks from the Texas musician's Sailors With Wax Wings. In addition to his work under that…   Read Story »

This "And Clash And Clash Of Hoof And Heel" video is more a teaser (or "a really elaborate song stream," to quote Jessica) than an actual "video," but it gives you a complete listen to another track…   Read Story »

A few months ago I was DJing metal and noise at what was more of a sweaty dance party than a space for metal and noise, but somehow Pyramids "Hellmonk" got people especially psyched: Arms in the air,…   Read Story »

When people write about NY doom crew Bloody Panda, they usually mention those executioner masks: The sextet removed the hoods, though, and Yoshiko Ohara isn't the only one showing her face, so folks…   Read Story »