FOCUS // FLAGRANT: TRACE AMOUNT ON DAILY DYSTOPIA, FINDING FLOW IN INDUSTRIAL CARNAGE, AND PERSISTING THROUGH THE HORRORS
EXCLUSIVE // CULT AND CULTURE PODCAST TO RELEASE COMPILATION WITH SMASHED PLASTIC FEATURING THE EXPLOITED, HIRS COLLECTIVE, THE LOCUST, SWING KIDS, AND MORE
EXCLUSIVE // DEAF CLUB AND INDECLINE COMMEMORATE THE EVENTS OF 9/11 WITH INCENDIARY VIDEO FOR “PAIN IN THE ASSERY”
FOCUS // BACK FROM THE LAB PT.2: PAVLOV’S BELL PUSH THE SCIENCE ROCK ENVELOPE WITH PHYSICS ISN’T FAIR AND SHARE A LIVE TRACK-BY-TRACK ANALYSIS
GEAR // MEASURING SUCCESS: DESIGNING THE S-6, ADAPTING TO TARIFFS, AND EMBODYING NOISE ROCK WITH FLORIAN SCHNEIDER OF MILLIMETRIC INSTRUMENTS
GEAR // NOT ANOTHER FECKING GEAR REVIEW + GIVEAWAY: RUNNING WILD WITH THE NOKILL PEDAL CO BORZOI GLITCH FUZZ
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NEW MUSIC // VØVK PAINT WITH COLORS OF POST-HARDCORE AND PROG ON LITERA Michael Whiteside·October 6, 2025It’s been a solid three years since we heard Ukraine’s Vøvk for the first time, but it didn’t...DARK AND HEAVYRELEASE-O-METER·0 Comments·0·32 views
EXCLUSIVE // YOWIE DEFIES ALL WITH A FULL STREAM OF TAKING UMBRAGE AND THREE PART Q+A Michael Whiteside·October 2, 2025Just as spooky season is picking up, it’s only fitting that we report on a cryptid sighting –...DARK AND HEAVYEXCLUSIVESHEADLINEJAZZY AND WACKYRELEASE-O-METER·0 Comments·0·144 views
NEW MUSIC // Irk deliver pulverisation and profundity on new LP The Seeing House Josiah Luck·September 27, 2025Close to the end of ‘My Life in Bins’, track eight on Leeds noise rock trio Irk’s stellar...DARK AND HEAVYHEADLINERELEASE-O-METER·0 Comments·0·56 views
NEW MUSIC // THE ARMED PULL OUT THE BIG GUNS WITH THEIR INDOMITABLE NEW LP, THE FUTURE IS HERE AND EVERYTHING MUST BE DESTROYED Michael Whiteside·August 1, 2025At this point, we’ve known it in our hearts for years – to be a fan of The...DARK AND HEAVYHEADLINEJAZZY AND WACKYRELEASE-O-METER·0 Comments·0·50 views
NEW MUSIC // IRAN IRAN DROP SERIOUS HEAT WITH NEW EP DOG TRAMADOL Michael Whiteside·July 1, 2025If you’re not already familiar, Iran Iran is one of those ArcTanGent Festival adjacent UK bands that have...DARK AND HEAVYHEADLINERELEASE-O-METER·0 Comments·0·56 views
NEW MUSIC // TURIAN BREAKS LOOSE WITH THE WILD AND PROFOUND BLOOD QUANTUM BLUES Michael Whiteside·June 6, 2025Seattle’s Turian has always been an impressively forward thinking heavy band, holding a sense of unified progression over...DARK AND HEAVYHEADLINERELEASE-O-METER·0 Comments·0·79 views
NEW MUSIC // VILDHJARTA CONTINUE TO EVOLVE WITH THE STUNNING + där skogen sjunger under evighetens granar + Michael Whiteside·May 30, 2025To be honest, we thought we knew where we’d sit with + där skogen sjunger under evighetens granar...DARK AND HEAVYHEADLINERELEASE-O-METER·0 Comments·0·78 views
NEW MUSIC // STRESS POSITIONS LEAVE A CRATER IN OUR SKULLS WITH HUMAN ZOO EP Michael Whiteside·May 17, 2025Just over a month ago, we caught up with Stress Positions about the background and writing process behind...DARK AND HEAVYHEADLINENEW MUSICRELEASE-O-METER·0 Comments·0·45 views
FOCUS // ON A SUPERPOSITION: LOGAN VOSS OF SNOOZE DETAILS THE MAKING OF I KNOW HOW YOU WILL DIE Michael Whiteside·April 8, 2025If you haven’t already heard, Snooze dropped a strong contender for album of the year last Friday in...BACK TO THOSE GOLD SOUNDZDARK AND HEAVYFOCUSRELEASE-O-METER·0 Comments·0·267 views