Ben Handelman
Interviews
Inside MAALSTROOM, Roadburn Festival's Ambitious New Black Metal Project
The Dutch heavy music fest continues its tradition of collaboration with a new commissioned piece showcasing the Dutch black metal scene.
Ben Handelman
12.19.18
Premieres
Enter the World of Spectral Wound's Black Satanic Glamour
Stream the Montreal black metal collective's stunning new album, 'Infernal Decadence.'
Ben Handelman
5.30.18
Interviews
Roadburn Have Done Something No Other Festival Has Done Before, and It Rules
We spoke to Roadburn curator Walter Hoeijmakers, Oranssi Pazuzu's Toni Hietamäki, and Misþyrming's Tomas and Dagur about their big plans for the Dutch festival's 2018 edition.
Ben Handelman
2.2.18
Interviews
Yellow Eyes' New Black Metal Tour de Force Is Inspired by the Siberian Wilderness
Stream NYC quartet's new album, 'Immersion Trench Reveriem,' and read our interview about wild dogs, social media, and black metal as spiritual war.
Ben Handelman
10.20.17
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One-Man Experimental Black Metal Project Botanist Branches Out
Stream the hammered dulcimer-led entity's new album, 'Collective: The Shape of He to Come'—its first recording as a full band.
Ben Handelman
9.1.17
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Neun Welten's Dark Folk Enters a New Dimension on 'The Sea I’m Diving In'
Listen to the veteran neofolk act switch things up (in English!) on their first new album in eight years.
Ben Handelman
7.20.17
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Surrender to Oxbow's Choppy New Film Noir Video for "Host"
The clip is taken from the experimental stalwarts' new album, 'Thin Black Duke,' and was directed by Chris Purdie.
Ben Handelman
7.13.17
Interviews
Lifting the Veil on Jute Gyte's Adventurous Microtonal Black Metal
Listen to 'The Sparrow' and read our interview with the ever-prolific Adam Kalmbach on inspiration, tonality, and the perks of working alone.
Ben Handelman
7.10.17
Premieres
Stream Tombs's Powerful New Album, 'The Grand Annihilation'
The NYC trio has returned with a muscular, destructive new full-length (out June 16 via Metal Blade Records).
Ben Handelman
6.15.17
Premieres
Stream Portland Doom Heavyweights Norska's 'Too Many Winters'
Members of Yob and Dark Castle collide with sludge, doom, and noise rock on this Oregon outfit's sophomore album (out May 26 via Brutal Panda).
Ben Handelman
5.25.17
Premieres
WODE's New Album Is Another Victory for British Black Metal
The black metal upstarts have returned with 'Servants of the Countercosmos,' a far-reaching foray into melodic aggression.
Ben Handelman
5.24.17
Interviews
From Throbbing Gristle to 'Art Sex Music,' Cosey Fanny Tutti Has Always Been a Fighter
We spoke to the controversial art rock icon about censorship and control (and nabbed an exclusive excerpt from her new memoir)
Ben Handelman
5.4.17
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