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Rain has started to leak into the ducts as Spring gets wetter and wetter. While I’m away, vacationing…

In a year that’s seen At the Gates release a seminal album that stands not only as a…

Written By: Aleken’s Gunstrosity Every year has one magical moment that I look forward to with great anticipation:…

Without question, Friday is my favorite day of the week. Even more tantalizing than the conclusion to an…

The harsh environs of Australia are the perfect breeding grounds for brutal music. Xenobiotic based their latest on…

In 2019, I accidentally stumbled upon St. Petersburg’s wacko dark cabaret metal freaks Tardigrade Inferno’s debut Mastermind, depicting…

For progressive death metal acts, the shadow of the masters, Opeth, looms large. Yet some recent progressive death…

Anyone who’s brushed against James Joyce’s modernist classic Ulysses has almost certainly encountered the phrase “remorse of conscience”…

Spanish metalcore/melodeath quintet Unexpectance lived up to their name when I encountered them for the first time in…

Fromsoftware’s behemoth action-RPG Elden Ring is an enigma. How a game so obtuse, difficult, and uniquely itself in…

Blah blah blah, deathcore sucks, blah blah, okay, we got that out of the way. Now, for everyone…

They say it’s going to be a harsh winter this year. They always say that, and it’s almost…

Stuck in the Filter: March 2026’s Angry Misses