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The 5 Best Songs Of The Week

Every week the Stereogum staff chooses the five best new songs of the week (the eligibility period begins and ends Thursdays right before midnight). This…

Stereogum | August 21, 2020 - 5:10 pm

Ultimate Playlist

30 Essential Noise Rock Tracks

Grind. Skronk. Pigfuck. Seemingly every word associated with noise rock sounds incredibly unflattering out of context, and even in context doesn't fare much better. Before…

Jeff Terich | November 28, 2018 - 12:01 pm

Concert Review

Utrecht’s Le Guess Who? Isn’t Like Any Festival You’ll See In The USA

These days, whenever all the big-name American festivals start to announce their lineups for the year, there's inevitably a certain, noticeable same-ness. It's a consequence…

Ryan Leas | November 14, 2017 - 4:34 pm

Metz – “Blind Youth Industrial Park”

Metz are releasing a new album, Atlas Vending, in a couple of weeks. The Toronto hardcore band have shared two tracks from it so far,…

James Rettig | September 22, 2020 - 9:57 am

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Metz – “Hail Taxi”

Metz, Toronto's greatest bone-crunching noise-rock power trio, will release their new album Atlas Vending this fall. Last month, the band announced the new LP, and…

Tom Breihan | August 18, 2020 - 10:27 am

Metz – “A Boat To Drown In”

Toronto noise-rock heroes Metz have a new album dropping this fall, their first set of new music since 2017's Strange Peace (though last year they…

Chris DeVille | July 21, 2020 - 10:05 am

Metz – “Acid” & “Slow Decay”

Today is one of the days that the good people at Bandcamp, in an effort to make things easier for musicians dealing with the current…

Tom Breihan | May 1, 2020 - 12:02 pm

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Metz – “Call Of The Wighat” (The Cramps Cover)

San Diego label Three One G has put together a Cramps covers compilation for their hundredth release. In the past, they've also done tribute albums…

James Rettig | February 26, 2020 - 10:10 am

Metz – “Pure Auto” Video

First, the important news: Motherfucking John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum is out tonight. Keanu Reeves is going to decapitate a guy while riding on…

Tom Breihan | May 16, 2019 - 10:28 am

Keanu Reeves On His ’90s Rock Group Dogstar: “I Guess It Would Have Helped If Our Band Was Better”

Keanu Reeves is the subject of a new GQ cover story today tied to the impending release of John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum. It's…

Chris DeVille | April 15, 2019 - 12:51 pm

METZ – “Mr Plague” Video

Last fall, METZ released their third album, Strange Peace, and today they're sharing a video for "Mr Plague" off of it. It was directed by…

James Rettig | April 16, 2018 - 11:39 am

Metz – “Drained Lake” Video

The Toronto post-hardcore bashers Metz released their feverish album Strange Peace earlier this year, and now they've made a very strange video for the driving,…

Tom Breihan | October 26, 2017 - 10:41 am

Stream Metz Strange Peace

In an era of political turmoil and widespread angst, Metz’s Strange Peace provides a timely coping mechanism. The Toronto-based noise punks’ third album is a…

Julia Gray | September 14, 2017 - 2:08 pm

Metz – “Mess Of Wires”

Canadian rock heavy hitters Metz have shared an absolute blitzkrieg from their upcoming Strange Peace. The abrasive and electrifying album opener "Mess Of Wires" is…

Chris DeVille | August 22, 2017 - 2:27 pm

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Metz – “Drained Lake”

Next month, the brutalist Toronto power trio Metz are coming back with their new album Strange Peace the follow-up to 2015's utterly raucous II. We've…

Tom Breihan | August 2, 2017 - 10:37 am