Here’s a band that’s been through it all, from internal strife to somehow surviving the death of founder/drummer Bill Bumgardner; they’ve broken up and gotten back together, enlisting the help of members from bands as various as Indian, Pelican, Yakuza, and Abigail Williams to complete this blackened opus of terror,

There are very few artists whose music can reach into my chest like an 80s movie shaman and pull my beating, bleeding heart out of it. I have yet to witness LINGUA IGNOTA live, but just watching this full set has me in tears; my whole body in chills; my

Hissing hail from Seattle Washington and create a frenzied concoction of noise, death, and black metal. Permanent Destitution is the bands first full length, debuting on Profound Lore records. I have to admit that coming into this review I was quite intimidated. Hissing have an extremely complex sound, one of

Bliss Signal is a bridge between different worlds. James Kelly aka WIFE (also known from Altar of Plagues) and Jack Adams aka Mumdance collaborate in order to bring to life this connection between the black metal and electronic music realms. The result is equally impressive and disturbing as the duo unleashes

Pallbearer emerged from Little Rock, Arkansas in 2012 with a stunning debut full-length, Sorrow and Extinction. The record, which played like a seamless 49-minute doom movement, melded pitch-perfect vintage sounds with a triumphant modern sensibility that made songs about death and loss feel joyfully ecstatic. Pallbearer possessed what many other

Musician, composer, artist and survivor are just a few words you can use to describe Kristin Hayter. Performing under the name Lingua Ignota, she creates a live show which has been unanimously described as an exorcism. Her mix of choral, black metal, industrial, classical and doom metal makes for an