Ulcerate

“After three long years of pandemic interruption, we are very proud to finally announce the first shows on North American soil to showcase Stare Into Death And Be Still,” says the band’s Jamie Saint Merat. “To finally have this come to fruition is nothing short of cathartic.”

The Saint Vitus Bar co-owner and booker reflects on 2020 and lists some of his favorite music of the year, including releases from HUM, Gulch, Ulcerate, Nothing, Deftones, Pallbearer, Jesu, Jessie Ware, Oranssi Pazuzu, Lido Pimienta, Chubby and the Gang, Freddie Gibbs and The Alchemist and more.

From Napalm Death to Ulcerate to Black Curse to Faceless Burial to Boris to Necrot, here are our favorite metal albums of the year…

Featuring Mastodon, Obituary, Death, Nothing, Torche, Baroness, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Pig Destroyer, Neurosis, High On Fire, YOB, Windhand, Full of Hell, Integrity, and so much more…

From Run The Jewels to Fiona Apple to Hum to Bartees Strange to Napalm Death to Mary Lattimore, here are our favorite albums of this whirlwind year…

The doom duo’s list includes Atramentus, Necrot, Eye of Nix, the Spectral Voice/Anhedonist split, and more…

Nate Garrett and Marcus Bryant’s lists include Ulcerate, Pallbearer, Oranssi Pazuzu, Sweven, Kirk Windstein, MSW, Paysage d’Hiver, Run the Jewels, Sturgill Simpson, and more…

Brett’s multi-genre list includes Autechre, Unwed Sailor, Bohren Und Der Club Of Gore, Loma, Ulcerate, and more…

From the thrashy new Boris album to death metal up and comers like Ulthar and Terminal Nation to industrial-metal torch carriers Code Orange, here are 15 metal albums from this year (so far) not to miss…

Dylan’s playlist includes the late John Prine and Bill Withers, a song off the new Ulcerate album, and more…