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Draconian — In Somnolent Ruin
Six years after Under a Godless Veil. Lisa Johansson is back on a Draconian studio record for the first time since 2011. Blabbermouth's Dom Lawson gave it 8.5/10. Distorted Sound, KNAC, At The Barrier all praised it. Sweden's gothic doom standard-bearers, restored.
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RIFF POST Darkthrone's Siberian Thaw — the riff a rusty fan couldn't resist.
Esoteric Order ov the Riff has 53 subscribers. He is out of practice. He still couldn't resist learning the new Darkthrone the day after release. The Siberian Thaw riff, from Pre-Historic Metal, is the kind of doomy slow-burner that pulls musicians back to their guitars even when life has pulled them away.
10 May 2026
OPINION AC/DC at Oakland 1979. With Bon Scott, this is what a rock band looks like.
I have always been an AC/DC fan. The 1979 Oakland Coliseum performance of Highway to Hell is the thirty-three-minute proof. Bon Scott on vocals, the Young brothers in their prime, less than a year before Bon would be gone. Forty-six years later, nobody has written a better three-chord rock song.
10 May 2026
DEEP DIVE Amenra. The Belgian post-metal band that turned a hardcore scene into a church
Amenra is a Belgian post-metal band from Kortrijk, founded in 1999. Their Mass series and the Church of Ra collective built one of the most influential heavy scenes in Europe. A deep dive into the country's loudest export.
10 May 2026
DEEP DIVE Darkthrone. Pre-Historic Metal points back to Celtic Frost, Bathory, Hellhammer.
Norway's most influential black metal duo released their twenty-second album on 8 May 2026. Forty years after they emerged in Kolbotn under the name Black Death, Fenriz and Nocturno Culto skipped polished modern black metal and went deeper into the genre's pre-history. The record sounds ancient and fresh at the same time.
10 May 2026
DEEP DIVE Hellfest. The festival France built and the rest of Europe is still trying to catch up to
Hellfest is a French metal festival founded in 2006 in Clisson, near Nantes. Six stages, 60,000 fans, four days. In 2026 it has overtaken Wacken as Europe's best programmed festival. Here is why.
10 May 2026
DEEP DIVE Jinjer. The band Tatiana Shmayluk fronts is heavier than the viral clip
Jinjer is a Ukrainian progressive groove metal band from Donetsk. Tatiana Shmayluk gets the views, but the rhythm section is what makes the songs work. A deep dive into the band, not just the voice.
10 May 2026
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