RIP Storm Thorgerson, master of the album cover
Storm Thorgerson, famed album artist and childhood friend of Pink Floyd, has died following a battle with cancer.
12 years ago
Pink Floyd
Pink Floyd, lasers, and maternity: Alt-pop duo Menomena debuts Dark Side of the Moms
Despite downsizing from a trio to a two-piece, Menomena is back with its full arsenal of pop quirkiness. And to…
12 years ago
Review: Nachtmystium’s Silencing Machine
Following its Black Meddle series, Nachtmystium takes the lessons learned from experimentation and applies them to the conventional black-metal language…
12 years ago
Yawn: Neon-Soaked Visuals Inject Energy into Electro-Pop Aesthetic
Despite its name, Chicago-based electro-psych-pop quartet Yawn has created a highly energetic and bold aesthetic for itself using vibrant, color-drenched…
13 years ago
Moses Supposes: “Termination of masters” — bringing new life to classic recordings or helping us lose them forever?
Moses Avalon is one of the nation’s leading music-business consultants and artists’-rights advocates and is the author of a top-selling…
13 years ago
Moses Supposes: Major labels brace themselves for loss of their most popular catalog in 2013
Moses Avalon is one of the nation’s leading music-business consultants and artists’-rights advocates and is the author of a top-selling…
13 years ago
Guest Playlist: Viva Voce’s songs for the apocalypse
Viva Voce: The Future Will Destroy You (Vanguard, 6/21/11) Viva Voce: "Analog Woodland Song" [audio:https://alarm-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Viva-Voce-Analog-Woodland-Song.mp3|titles=Viva Voce: "Analog Woodland Song"] Kevin…
13 years ago
Guest Playlist: Neurosis’ most vital predecessors
Neurosis: Souls at Zero (Reissue) (Neurot, 2/15/11) Neurosis: "To Crawl Under One's Skin" [audio:https://alarm-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Neurosis_Souls_To-Crawl-Under-One-s-Skin.mp3|titles=Neurosis "To Crawl Under One's Skin"] Earlier…
13 years ago
The Metal Examiner: Augury’s Concealed
Every Friday, The Metal Examiner delves metal's endless depths to present the genre's most important and exciting albums. Augury: Concealed…
14 years ago
The Metal Examiner: Enslaved’s Axioma Ethica Odini
Enslaved: Axioma Ethica Odini (Nuclear Blast / Indie Recordings, 9/28/10) Enslaved: "Ethica Odini" [audio:https://alarm-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Enslaved_Ethica_Odini.mp3|titles=Enslaved: "Ethica Odini"] Enslaved abandoned black metal…
14 years ago
This Month In Metal: Decrepit Birth, Aeon, Cardiac Arrest
Hail! This being my first column for ALARM Press, I thought I'd dip into some overlooked summer releases to get…
14 years ago
Om: Spiritual Work and Colossal Vibrations
Om, the intense, hypnotic bass-and-drum duo that bassist Al Cisneros founded with drummer Chris Haikus in 2003, has been reinventing…
14 years ago