ארכיון קטגוריה: Features

Album Premiere: Get Crushed under the Wheel of Death Metal menace Cenobite

A couple of years ago, Russian death metal band Cenobite released a demo that seriously damaged my soul. It was crushing, it was dynamic, and it had a quirky, atmospheric side to it… להמשיך לקרוא

Album Premiere: Drench Yourself in Demented Darkness with Noise Nightmare Offerbeest

Maurice de Jong is one of the most relentless music minds of our generation. Not only is he the mastermind, or perhaps obsessive mastermind, behind a myriad of extreme sonic adventures – Gnaw… להמשיך לקרוא

The War Inside My Head: An Interview and Track Stream with diSEMBOWELMENT's Renato Gallina

This interview series, for the uninitiated, was meant as a way for me to allow some of my favorite artists to geek out on the music that inspires and moves them. Most of… להמשיך לקרוא

PREMIERE: Descend into The Basement of the Soul with Black Metal Experimentalists Ayyur

There is that dark corner in one's soul, the one that feels like it's encased in moss and mould, where old pictures of vaguely remembered loved ones hang on the wall, and where… להמשיך לקרוא

Track Premiere: Let the Cosmos and Megalith Levitation Engulf Your Soul

As far back as I can remember, I don't think I have ever premiered or featured a band that would fall under the general heading of "psych doom" or "stoner." Mostly, well, because… להמשיך לקרוא

Track Premiere and Interview: Let Cave Moth's Grinding Violence Squash You Like a Bug

First of all, let it be known that this write-up will not include the words "melting," "crushing," or "chaotic," and sure as hell won't include that most problematic of terms – "dissonant." I… להמשיך לקרוא

Track Premiere and Interview: Derhead Plunges the Depths of Black Metal

Ever since Derhead's 2020 EP Irrational I crashed into my head (and tape deck), the Italian one-man experimental black metal project has grown roots into my damp soul. Whether it be the unnerving… להמשיך לקרוא

Machine Music Presents: The Best Metal of 2022

What a year. What. A. Year. It was a great year for music, it was a fucking horrible year for basically anything else, and at times one that brought on that uneasy feeling… להמשיך לקרוא

MACHINE MUSIC'S ALBUM OF THE YEAR: AN INTERVIEW WITH SkyThala

Artist: SkyThala Album: Boreal Despair Label: Moonlight Cypress Archetypes / I, Voidhanger Records Favorite Song: "Variegated Stances of Self Mockery" The Bare Bones: Boreal Despair is the debut album from American black metal/classical project SkyThala, featuring members… להמשיך לקרוא

Machine Music's Album of the Year: An Interview with Scarcity

Artist: Scarcity Album: Aveilut Label: The Flenser  Favorite Song: "III" The Bare Bones: Aveilut (Hebrew for "grief") is the debut album from American avant-garde black metal project Scarcity, featuring composer Brendon Randall-Myers and… להמשיך לקרוא

Track Premiere: Succumb to the Death Metal Avalanche of Nothingness

My torrid love affair with Minnesota death metal geniuses Nothingness began one fine day in September of 2019, when I ran into their incredible debut The Hollow Gaze of Death. I was blown away,… להמשיך לקרוא

Track Premiere and Interview: Dysgnostic Unleash Dissonant Fury

Maybe it's only fitting that the entire world seems to be engulfed in dissonance just as that term, whether used correctly or not (don't ask me, I have no idea), has taken over… להמשיך לקרוא

Watch: Ghostbound Perform Live in Drew Hays Tribute

A little over a year ago Drew Hays passed away and left the world a much less interesting place, his family shattered, and many of his friends at loss for words. Drew was,… להמשיך לקרוא

MILIM KASHOT VOL. 4: A COMPILATION PRIMER

Hey all. So, we released a new compilation of unbelievable music of all shapes and sizes and from all over the world (Turkey, Israel, U.K., U.S., Australia, Brazil, and Canada). It's one my… להמשיך לקרוא

PREMIERE: IMMERSE YOURSELF IN THE MAJESTIC STORM THAT IS FORLESEN

It's my absolute pleasure and honor to present this exclusive stream of the new Forlesen track, "Strega." That's the bottom line you might have been looking for, and here it is (after the… להמשיך לקרוא

Album Premiere: Enter the Subterranean Humanity of Noise Project Batrakos

Say you went into a museum in 1917 and say a urinal. Chances are, unless you're a urinal person, you'd be pissed (pun intended?) and dismissive. "There's nothing creative there," you'd think, or… להמשיך לקרוא