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In the project’s 25 years, Jimmy LaValle has never sounded this sullen—though guest spots from Bat for Lashes and Kimbra help to bring moments of hope and temporary joy.

The Canadian soundscape artist strips any semblance of sensationalism from his electronic music and thrills us like never before on his 11th solo outing.

The Austin trio uses their fourth album to upend preconceived notions of what heavy music can do—then flips the script halfway through.

The single-track The Clandestine Gate arrives digitally this Friday via Profound Lore, coinciding with the song’s live debut at Roadburn Festival.

Aaron Heard talks betting his life on his metal/hardcore crossover band ahead of their anticipated sophomore album So Unknown.

The debut album from the Baltimore post-rock group taps into a wide range of emotions like much more experienced artists.

The Chicago noise-rock group’s fifth LP demonstrates that they’ve come a long way in understanding how to effectively use experimentation and space.

Reminding us of the critical role the LP played in the rise of emo, this remastered version is much shinier than the one Braid quickly recorded in five days in 1998.

On their new EP, the Swedish collective are embracing their true identity as a death-metal band that, under the corpse paint, is really a hard-rock outfit at heart.

The influential industrial metal band recently announced their first new record in six years, with Purge landing June 9.

This recording of the Mod rockers’ 2019 London show is loaded with songs originally intended to be heard as full-bodied masterpieces.

With 19 past full-lengths, their first studio recording with an outside producer proves, once again, that nothing can contain the noise-pop group’s sound and vision.

Mike Polizze’s garage rock outfit leans further into the Dinosaur Jr. comparisons than ever before on their first record in over six years.

On her expansive and massively ambitious new album, Haela Ravenna Hunt-Hendrix finds new ways to surprise even the project’s most loyal fans.

Providing a welcome retreat from reality, Anthony Gonzalez’s ninth LP shines so bright it should come with a special pair of sunglasses.

On their fifth album, the New Zealand outfit take their once-exploratory sound one step further toward full-fledged AOR.

The first-ever vinyl release for this 2003 EP—featuring covers of Beck, Kylie Minogue, and Radiohead—isn’t only a look back at a pinnacle in the career of the Lips, but a testament to their immortality.

The 89-year-old country icon repurposes 10 compositions by Harlan Howard with a heaping tablespoon of authenticity courtesy of a heart once broken.

This fusion of grindcore and doom metal gives both bands the opportunity to explore the luminous ether produced by their combustive collaboration.

Jamie Stewart’s shapeshifting post-industrial outfit turns its eye toward dark ambient with this conceptual journey into the bowels of anarchic horror.