In honour of Nothing But Black Metal November, I'm reviewing Darkthrone's last great record: Panzerfaust.

For someone who doesn't usually associate with the country genre too much, Townes Van Zandt is like a cure to the soulless drivel and self-important show boding that the genre is permeated by in the present day.

Mere Mortals uses the oscillation between silence and chaos as an incredibly powerful tool to evoke the ideas of Pandora's unleashed entropy. Like an auditory representation of all the chaos and evil stored in Pandora's pithos, "Movement 3" uses dissonant strings and polyrhythmic beats to unnerve and offput the listener.

This grants the album a very cinematic and dramatic progression, not dissimilar from Dante's own journey from the dark, mysterious woods where he emerged in Canto I.

We're just about through the summer and I think it's high time we report in on some of the records that have most resonated with us here at WXOU so far this year.

Across the Bounds of Fate is something of a concept album allowing Lena Raine full freedom to memorialize what could have been with EARTHBLADE.

For years now fans have been in agreement that if there was anyone who could revive the band, it would be Aaron Turner. It would seem Neurosis agreed.

Tonally, the album veers from softer tracks like "Daylight" to more aggressive and lyrically condemning tracks like "Shovel" which criticizes the music industry and tries to defame music criticism... oops.

Despite its massive length at 80 minutes and 20 tracks, Dragon remains compelling due to all the little intricacies in its performances and style.

Tchaikovsky's final symphony is one big enigma. Exactly as planned.

Wovenhand capitalized on smothering atmosphere to create a new vision for Gothic Country.

The singularly most popular and most critically acclaimed death metal album in existence.

Short and bitter-sweet psych-folk perfect for the late summer.

A review of Big Time Rush's most recent stop at Pine Knob.

Psychedelic rock band King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard pull catalogue from Spotify over CEO's AI technology military investments.

A comprehensive run-down of the many albums and artists which shaped stoner metal.

Alfa Mists liquid smooth debut, features an array of interesting instrumentation.

A sample of March's singles from unreleased albums.

The infamous Geek Rock duo is touring internationally- and Detroit was the latest stop.