Articles by Addison Herron-Wheeler

Darkthrone

Arctic Thunder

PUBLISHED Oct 17, 2016

For 25 years, Darkthrone have been delivering straightforward, old school, punk-influenced black metal, and that's exactly what they do on...

Inter Arma

Paradise Gallows

PUBLISHED Jul 6, 2016

Nothing characterizes sludge and doom like turbulence and despair — and Richmond, VA doom greats Inter Arma have pretty much captured these...

eyeswithoutaface/IRN

Split

PUBLISHED Jun 22, 2016

Short, sweet, and straightforward, this little split does exactly what a split album is intended to do. It entertains and showcases the dif...

Baroness

Purple

PUBLISHED Dec 16, 2015

It's a wonderful thing when a highly anticipated metal record finally comes out and turns out to be really worth the wait. People have been...

Baroness Talk the Rehabilitative Process Behind 'Purple'

PUBLISHED Dec 16, 2015

For those who have been following the Baroness saga, Purple is especially monumental. After their first three records, Red Album, Blue Reco...

The Body & Krieg

The Body & Krieg

PUBLISHED Nov 12, 2015

This split record is truly a match made in hell — doomy noise twosome the Body seem to thrive on making records with others, and thei...

Revenge

Behold.Total.Rejection

PUBLISHED Nov 12, 2015

When black metal is aggressive and furious, it rages with the energy of a thousand dying suns. Few bands capture that dark and grim imagery...

Exquisite Ending

The Rite of Misanthropism Psalms V to IX

PUBLISHED Oct 21, 2015

Lately, black metal has seemingly been all about the brooding and the introspecting, which can be enjoyable but generally tends to strip th...