Articles by Addison Herron-Wheeler

Kylesa

Exhausting Fire

PUBLISHED Sep 30, 2015

Lately, psych-inspired doom, especially from female-fronted bands, have been enjoying their time in the limelight. Which is great for the b...

Black Grail

Misticismo Regresivo

PUBLISHED Sep 30, 2015

Chilean black metal outfit Black Grail add to the black metal conversation in a very interesting way. Misticismo Regresivo is ripping and b...

Tetragrammacide

Typhonian Wormholes: Indecipherable Anti-Structural Formulæ

PUBLISHED Sep 30, 2015

Much of black metal, especially obscure black metal, draws its appeal from the fact that it is meant to be bewildering and confounding to l...

Todesstoss

Hirngemeer

PUBLISHED Sep 25, 2015

Black metal that flirts with the void and embraces the idea of bending all the rules is always fun to listen to if you are okay with aural...

Windhand Are Ready for 'Grief's Infernal Flower' to Break Through

PUBLISHED Sep 25, 2015

There have been a few bands that have helped define what doom metal is as a genre for their generation (pioneers like Black Sabbath, Saint...

Black Breath

Slaves Beyond Death

PUBLISHED Sep 23, 2015

Hardcore can come in many forms — sometimes it can sound almost happy, upbeat and positive; it can discuss social issues; it can be b...

Dark Buddha Rising

Inversum

PUBLISHED Sep 23, 2015

The relationship between metal and psych rock has been going on since the very inception of both genres, and almost always yields interesti...

Horse Head

Missionary

PUBLISHED Sep 23, 2015

Doom darlings Horse Head just released a new EP featuring four tracks of rocking, rolling tunes. They are known for their sludgy roots and...