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There are moments, as a writer, when you open a press email, scan a genre list that reads like someone fell down the Metal Archives tag section and hit select all, and immediately, instinctively, you brace for impact. Not the good kind either, the ‘this is going to be a confused and unlistenable mess’ kind.…
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Colombian speed freaks Louder have floored it with their new track Speed Junkie, the second single from their upcoming debut album Devil’s Night, arriving May 14th, via Fighter Records. It lands as a lyric video, and this thing is built to burn rubber and stay loud. Speed Junkie sets the tone early: rapid-fire riffs, pounding…
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Heavy psych voyagers Elder are back in orbit, having unveiled Capture/Release, the second single from their upcoming album Through Zero, landing May 29th via Stickman Records (Europe/UK), Blues Funeral Recordings (North America), and Bird’s Robe (Australia). This one hits more direct than you might expect. According to vocalist/guitarist Nick DiSalvo, Capture/Release pulls from an older…
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Wooden Shadow has dropped a new EP, Age of Tree, out now via Inverse Records. The project, helmed entirely by Jeremia Ponto, sticks to its lone-wolf formula: every instrument, every vocal, every note handled by the same pair of hands. No bandmates, just one guy in the sonic woods building something that shifts between Melodic…
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If Ed Wood was still alive, he would not only have been a huge fan of Vampire Zombies… from Space!, he would’ve probably found a way to at least produce it. Which is the highest praise I can think of. In fact, it’s so influenced by The Master of Schlock Cinema that they have a…
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Finnish Blackened Death Metal band Se, Josta Ei Puhuta are opening the gates of Hell again, whether you’re ready or not. The band will release their fourth studio album Syvyyden portit on saatava auki on May 29th, via Inverse Records, and they’ve just unleashed the third single, Muinaiset jumalat kuuntelevat. The track is a slower,…
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Finnish Stoner Rock/Metal outfit Distressed ha e released a new video for the track Masters of Doom, taken from their latest album: Made of Stone. Following their 2023 debut Nothing For No One, the Jyväskylä crew return heavier, broader, and clearly less interested in staying in one lane. The core is still there, but this…
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Oakland’s volume merchants Disastroid are back with something raw, loud, and very much live. The band have released Live At Tiny Telephone, a two-track EP captured inside Tiny Telephone Studios and dropped via Doom Stew Records. It marks their first release with new drummer Jordan Perkins-Lewis, who wastes no time making his presence felt across…
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Thirty years on from their first recording, US Black/Death veterans Aurora Borealis are still doing what they’ve always done best, staying aggressive, precise, and completely uninterested in slowing down. Their new album Disillusioned By The Illusion arrives as a focused, standalone collection rather than a tightly locked concept record. Instead of following a single narrative…
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Today, my Kung Fu freaks and geeks, we are digging into a 1990 classic that is essentially a high-octane love letter written in blood, sweat, and cheap cologne. We are talking about Skinny Tiger, Fatty Dragon. Now, if you’ve been hanging around the Archives for a while, you know I have a deep, borderline obsessive…