He Whose Ox Is Gored

Samothrace touring with He Whose Ox Is Gored around MDF/Northwest Terror Fest

Samothrace are playing Maryland Death Fest and Northwest Terror Fest this year, and they’re also going on a headlining tour…

These Arms Are Snakes reunited & played a show (video)

The Seattle band who broke up in 2010 played Seattle Thursday night.

watch Netherlands' new video for "In Cyan"

Local metal crew Netherlands have been making weird, spacey sludge music since their first album was released in 2010. They put out a new album called Audobon earlier this summer, and now they’re sharing a new video for the song “In Cyan,” which we’re premiering…

Retox touring with He Whose Ox Is Gored and Silent

Grindy punk weirdos Retox have announced a headlining tour. They’ll be hitting the road in August and September with support from Seattle sludge crew He Whose Ox is Gored and Silent…

Ghost Bath announce tour dates

North Dakota-based black metal band Ghost Bath have been building considerable buzz since way back in early 2015, when their particular brand of anthemic, melodic, shoegaze-y black metal was still riding the post-Deafheaven wave of popularity. They have something of a weird internet origin story, since as recently as 2015 when they first dropped songs from their second LP Moonlover, blogs were still under the impression that they were from China. Yes: they pretended to be Chinese in order to build buzz…

He Whose Ox Is Gored releasing a new 7" on RSD (stream "Vulse")

Seattle heavy rockers He Whose Ox Is Gored are following last year’s The Camel, The Lion, The Child with the Vulse//Static 7″ on Record Store Day (4/16). We’ve got the premiere of the a-side, “Vulse,” which marries proggy rhythms to dreamy vocals and atmospheric sludge.

Absu prepping new album, announce tour

Also playing Toronto’s Modified Ghost Festival with Dillinger Escape Plan, Cattle Decapitation, Suffocation, Misery Index, Dead Cross & more

Mutoid Man & Royal Thunder playing New Year's shows at Saint Vitus; Stephen Brodsky lists his top 10 of 2015

Two bands who mix metal and heavy blues, Mutoid Man and Royal Thunder, will ring in the new year together in NYC. They play New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day at Saint Vitus with different openers e…

He Whose Ox Is Gored playing Reggies on tour, streaming LP

Seattle prog-doom crew He Whose Ox is Gored are streaming their new album The Camel, The Lion, The Child over at Invisible Oranges. The record is a very satisfying blend of early-Mastodon style riffing with a strong emphasis on melody and songcraft (IO’s Joseph Schaefer compared them to early Alice in Chains, which is weirdly spot on)…