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

NINE SONGS I LIKED THIS WEEK IN LIST FORM NOV 27 – DEC 3

Keep safe, y'all. Shitload of interviews coming your sweet way. Much thanks for the kind and lovely support.  As always, check out our various interview projects and other cool shit. And if you'd like to… להמשיך לקרוא

THE WAR INSIDE MY HEAD: AN INTERVIEW WITH CRYPTAE

In a year that has already produced some of the best, most exciting albums in recent memory, the analog devastation that is Capsule, the newest album from Dutch fuck-it-let's-call-death-metal duo Cryptae, shines like… להמשיך לקרוא

NINE SONGS I LIKED THIS WEEK IN LIST FORM NOV 20 – NOV 26

A super insane time, which is why I took a bit of a break last week. Thanks for bearing with me. Also, check out this new interview with the wonderful Spider God. They… להמשיך לקרוא

The War Inside My Head: An Interview with Spider God

Ever since their debut release, the wonderful Den Inre Borgen / The Interior Castle I have been in L.O.V.E love with UK black metal project Spider God. And, as I stated in my… להמשיך לקרוא

NINE SONGS I LIKED THIS WEEK IN LIST FORM NOV 6 – NOV 12

Another week of hurling toward death. But also a week in which I published one of my favorite interviews, a new conversation with Australian heavy/death metal band Sacriphyx about their timeless 2013 masterpiece The… להמשיך לקרוא

Machine Music's Albums of the Decade: An Interview with Sacriphyx

This is the 50th installment of the Albums of the Decade series of interviews. For the rest of the series go HERE.] Artist: Sacriphyx Album: The Western Front Year: 2013 Label: Nuclear War Now! Productions Favorite… להמשיך לקרוא

NINE SONGS I LIKED THIS WEEK IN LIST FORM OCT 30 – NOV 5

Same as every week. Overworked, over-excited, over-anxious, and tired. Roadburn announcements season is upon us again, which means another winter and spring of heartache. What the kids call FOMO, I believe. One day.… להמשיך לקרוא

NINE SONGS I LIKED THIS WEEK IN LIST FORM OCT 22 – OCT 29

Other than stressing over life, kids, work, and breathing, I basically did one thing this week: Listened to three new and upcoming albums (aside from the wonderful crop below, naturally), all already mentioned… להמשיך לקרוא

NINE SONGS I LIKED THIS WEEK IN LIST FORM OCT 16 – OCT 21

A busy week here in Machine Music HQ, with two new interviews published: one with Danish dissonant death metal band Dysgnostic, that also included a premiere of a new single, and the other… להמשיך לקרוא

Pillars of the 90s: An Interview with Ripping Corpse

[This is the 15th installment of the Pillars interview series. You can check out the rest here] Artist: Ripping Corpse Album: Dreaming with the Dead Year: 1991 Label: Kraze Favorite Song: "Beyond Humanity" The Bare Bones: Dreaming… 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

NINE SONGS I LIKED THIS WEEK IN LIST FORM OCT 9 – OCT 15

Heyo. Another week of way too much to do, but one salvaged by the news of new music from the Swedish wonder that is Speglas (members of Sweven and all that jazz). I… להמשיך לקרוא

The War Inside My Head: An Interview With Speglas

A few years back, still very much under the influence of what had been then a recent AOTD interview with Robert Andersson of Morbus Chron about that band's final masterpiece, Sweven, I was sitting… להמשיך לקרוא

NINE SONGS I LIKED THIS WEEK IN LIST FORM OCT 2 – OCT 8

So, another week of life blowing by, and another week of watching the world kind of crumble in a very uncool way. Peace and security to all you out there getting royally fucked… להמשיך לקרוא