The Best Metal Albums of 2020

Without world wars or nuclear threats — at least the tensions in Iran had dissipated — 2020 was one of the most violent years in history. After the double or triple lockdown, the millions of deaths around the globe, and…

Album Review: Body Count disappoint on “Carnivore”

Ice-T’s rap-metal outfit is most famous for 1992’s “Cop Killer”, from their debut album, which caused outrage at the time and had to be removed following heated criticism from many prominent figures including President George H. W. Bush. Nearly 30…

Album Review: King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard—”Infest the Rats’ Nest”

Stasis has never been in King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard’s playbook. Since their formation in 2010, the shapeshifting Aussie garage-psych collective have made a point of constantly testing the limits of their sound and pushing one another out of…

The Best Metal Albums of 2017

Metal will never, ever die; Not only because it’s a genre that constantly champions innovation and compositional evolution, but because it has served as a platform for marginalized perspectives and unorthodox voices throughout the entire globe since its creation. Besides,…

Album Review: Mastodon — “Emperor of Sand”

It’s easy to disregard an album like Mastodon’s Emperor of Sand without ever listening to it. Too quickly, one can encounter the fantastical cover art, glance through the unusual song titles (“Scorpion Breath,” for example), make a hundred assumptions about…