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Vader will be bringing 12 lean ’n’ mean albums and a legacy of reliably gnarly performances to their career-encompassing sets.

Harm’s Way celebrate Common Suffering with a record-release show featuring the resurrection of their longtime homies Weekend Nachos.

Heavy music titans Boris and the Melvins come together for the Twins of Evil tour, where each band will play one of their most iconic albums.

No matter what kind of bad-vibes throwbacks you’re into, Something Is Waiting’s new record has Absolutely has something for you.

Sleaford Mods’ angry worldview and direct, confrontational style results in a wholly satisfying and cathartic release.

During their initial run from 2002 to 2009, These Arms Are Snakes defined an era and a movement of thinking person’s heavy music.

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After a genre-defining release, death metal band Blood Incantation strip their music to its bare elements for a spooky, ambient synth record.

The makeup, the pyrotechnics, the guitars that shoot fireworks, the blood spitting, the levitating band members, the fire breathing, the glitz, the glamour, the rock ’n’ rolling every night and […]

Full disclosure: Mike Lust has recorded a handful of records I’ve played on. I also played in a band with him for a while. But there are probably a few hundred local musicians who could say the same thing. Between his prolific career as a recording engineer, his nearly 20-year tenure as the high-kicking, guitar-shredding […]