Music video for “Tomorrow Police” by Valient Thorr from the album “Immortalizer.”

Music video for “The Mission” by Puscifer from the “C is for (Please Insert Sophomoric Genitalia Reference Here)” EP.

Photo and video coverage of Dark Castle, the Atlas Moth & Empires at Minneapolis’ Alamo House.

Under Siege: A weekly recap of the noteworthy riffage from the wicked world of metal and hardcore… this week: Faih No More, Fuck The Facts, Off With Their Heads, Converge, and much more!

Music video for “H.M.A.” by Japan’s Boris from the “Japanese Heavy Rock Hits” 7″.

obZen is Meshuggah at their most fully realized status yet, and it is an album that challenges every other metal band to match the fury of their attack even as we enter the new decade.

These pioneers of post-hardcore and metalcore are feeling prolific again, and have scheduled the release of OXEP as a follow-up companion to be ready for consumption November 10.

Video footage of Cattle Decapitation from the band’s recent performance at The Rock in Maplewood, MN.

Though my expectations were admittedly underwhelmed in some respects, I couldn’t help but appreciate what a diverse palate of doom had been delivered that night. Each band that performed was cut from the same cloth, but they each executed their craft in a much different way and indicated that as long as there are cities full of musicians playing doom, the genre will continue to expand in ways like we’ve never seen—for better or worse.

Music video for “Circuits of Fever” by Thusrday from the album “Common Existence.”

Performance and interview footage of Gospel Gossip on the Northern Outpost series.

Music video for “A Play of Nonsense” by Sweden’s Uniforms for the Dedicated.