The Atlas Moth

Chicago’s metal-friendly restaurant Kuma’s Corner is celebrating its 15th anniversary this year with a one-day mini music festival.

”We apologize to anyone who was excited to see us” Power Trip says. ”This was a festival we’ve wanted to play for years, featuring two of our most respected influences in Nuclear Assault and Sacred Reich.”

The first major list of the year's best metal albums is here.

UK death-doom OGs Paradise Lost have been at it for three decades and they're still going very strong -- last year's Medusa was very well received. They're celebrating their 30th anniversary...

Chicago psychedelic metal staples The Atlas Moth returned earlier this year with the great, Sanford Parker-produced Coma Noir, and now they added dates with metalcore vets Zao.

Plus: Snow Patrol, The Atlas Moth, Anemone, Lucinda Williams/Steve Earle/Dwight Yoakam, Kimya Dawson, Dwarves, The Queers/The Dickies, John Hopkins, Iceage and more just-announced tours.

This week's Notable Releases include the catchy new MGMT album, the Kendrick Lamar-curated 'Black Panther' soundtrack, bare-bones folk staple Alela Diane, and more.

Colorado metal bands Primitive Man and Spectral Voice will continue to support their great 2017 albums on tour together this year.

The Atlas Moth's new album, Coma Noir, was recorded with Sanford Parker, who's also a member of tourmates Mirrors for Psychic Warfare (along with Neurosis' Scott Kelly).

This past Friday, retro riffers The Sword released their new album High Country on Razor & Tie. You can pick it up on iTunes, and we're also giving away an album bundle that features one copy on Double Black Vinyl, on CD copy, and one High Country Album Art T...