Myrkur

Following her unexpected death at the age of 46, tributes to The Cranberries’ singer have been coming in from fellow musicians, including Ted Leo, Amanda Palmer, Land of Talk, Michelle Branch, Nicole Atkins, Frank Turner, Holly Miranda, Wavves, Questlove, PAWS, Liz Phair, Duran Duran, and more.

Last week it was Rough Trade Shops, and now metal mag Decibel is here with another Best Albums of 2017 list.

It’s officially End-of-the-Year list season as Rough Trade Shops — always first out of the gate — have announced their Top 100 Albums of 2017…

The 2018 Decibel Magazine Tour has been announced, and the headliners are Norwegian progessive metal vets Enslaved, whose new album E came out last week (10/13). The openers are three hot younger metal bands…

The sampler is free to download as always, but if you do want to donate, this year 100% of the proceeds are going to Rock to the Future, which provides music education for Philly’s underserved youth.

Conflicts include The Brian Jonestown Massacre vs Pelican, Psychic TV vs King Diamond, Mastodon vs Warning, and more.

Somewhere between metal, dream pop, and folk music, Myrkur’s two new singles have Mareridt looking like it might be the most unique thing she’s done yet.

Black metal/folk musician Myrkur is releasing Mareridt, the followup to her 2015 debut album M, this fall via Relapse. It was produced by Randall Dunn, who’s also worked with Marissa Nadler, Sunn O))), Boris, Wolves in the Throne Room, and more…