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Treble Roundtable: The Best Writing on Treble

We share our favorite pieces from our fellow scribes

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Pageninetynine, Cloud Rat, HIRS Collective to play New Friends Fest

Plus Respire, .gif from God, Joie de Vivre and more

The best albums of 2022

The 50 Best Albums of 2022

The debuts, comebacks, cult favorites and blockbusters that defined a year

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The 30 Best Metal Albums of 2022

The best, heaviest music from a stacked if unusual year

Cloud Rat : Threshold

The Michigan grindcore group delves into their harsher, thornier material but finds stunning sounds all the same

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25 Essential Grindcore Albums

Celebrating a milestone for the most extreme form of metal.

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The 22 Most Anticipated Albums of Fall 2022

The albums to watch to close out 2022

Archers of Loaf

Essential Tracks: Archers of Loaf, Sorry and more

Plus Kal Marks, Rachika Nayar, High Vis and Cloud Rat

Adult Swim Singles 2021

Iceage, Oranssi Pazuzu, Moor Mother and more featured on Adult Swim 2021 Singles series

Hear Iceage’s “High & Hurt,” which kicks off the series.

Maryland Deathfest 2022

Maryland Deathfest to return in 2022

More bands added, more to be confirmed soon.

Thou, Cloud Rat, War on Women, Sunn O))) featured on Shut It Down, a benefit for Movement for Black Lives

46 bands featured on the compilation, being released on Bandcamp Friday.

The Top 50 Albums of 2019

The best albums of the year.

Big|Brave interview

The 25 Best Metal Albums of 2019

The 25 best of the heaviest and gnarliest records of the year.

Throwing Muses play Pasadena Daydream on Aug. 31, 2019

Kristin Hersh, Cloud Rat, Theon Cross on SXSW 2020 initial lineup

Plus Vanishing Twin, Kokoroko, Horse Jumper of Love and more.

JPegmafia new album 2019

The Best Albums of September 2019

The 11 best albums of the past month.

Thirdface do it with a smile review

Cloud Rat – Pollinator

The Michigan band raises the bar for hardcore with their bracing, cathartic fourth full-length release.

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The Best Metal Albums of 1989

A look back at 30 years ago in metal.