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(NCS contributor Austin Weber shares with us his year-end lists of 2013 metal (and not-metal), focusing on releases that may have evaded attention.) I’ve had a lot of fun sharing my terrible, obnoxious, and idiotic music tastes with you the sexy...

This was, by far, the most exhausting and time-consuming article I wrote for Metal Wani. Analyzing dozens of albums and coming up with only ten – especially when the crop is as good as 2016 was – for a top 10 is no walk in the park. Being the stubborn...

Kudos to my fellow Global-Mindian Chris for getting this great little MIND SCANS section up and running. It’s a great idea and a really good way to ensure that we are are introducing you guys to as much new music as possible. So here’s my...

Today we’re joined by none other than Michael Gagen, guitarist extraordinaire at bands you may have heard of, like hazards of swimming naked and (ex-) Arcane, and bands you’ve probably never heard of, like Echotide, agrammeofsoma and more. We don’t know...

As mentioned in an earlier article, Extreme Metal: 30 Years of Darkness (1981-2011) is a new book revealing the history of underground/extreme metal. Unlike many such efforts, this book approaches the topic from an academic perspective and avoids trying...