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10 awesome album covers from May 2013

From simple to psychedelic, here's a look at ten great works of album art from this month.

Interview: Sigh’s lucid nightmares inform eclectic, metallic In Somniphobia

Formed in Tokyo in 1990, Sigh isn’t like most extreme metal bands. To the uninitiated: Imagine Mr. Bungle, doubled down…

Earth Crisis by Candlelight

Syracuse hardcore outfit Earth Crisis is signing to Candlelight Records for its ninth studio album, which plans to be recorded…

ALARM’s 50 (+5) Favorite Songs of 2012

Last month ALARM presented its 50 favorite albums of 2012, an eclectic, rock-heavy selection of discs that were in steady…

ALARM’s 50 Favorite Albums of 2012

Another year, another torrential downpour of albums across our desks. As always, we encountered way too much amazing music, from…

Review: Ihsahn’s Eremita

Former Emperor guitarist and vocalist Ihsahn has made a career of densely melodic riffs. On Eremita, his fourth solo album,…

Review: Fear Factory’s The Industrialist

Though speaking to the complications of being an android, Fear Factory’s The Industrialist is a well-orchestrated montage of universal agitation…

Video: Sigh’s “Far Beneath the In-Between”

In advance of its ninth studio album, In Somniphobia (Candlelight, 3/13/12), Japanese prog/black-metal outfit Sigh has premiered a video for…

50 Unheralded Albums from 2011

In just one more trip around the sun, another swarm of immensely talented but under-recognized musicians has harnessed its collective…

Mayan metal quartet Yaotl Mictlan to feature Aztec dancers, Chicano artist at release party

On Saturday, September 4, Salt Lake City's Yaotl Mictlan celebrates its newest album, Dentro Del Manto Gris de Chaac, its…