Weekly Rundown May 22 – 2026

A week for both unhinged aggression and conceptual exploration, predictability and surprises, mostly in its best forms.

Weekly Rundown May 15 – 2026

A slightly low-profile week allowing some low-flying radar evaders to grab a bit of attention.

Weekly Rundown May 08 – 2026

This week doesn’t hold back for a single second, throwing both surprises, affirmations and unexpected changes your way.

Weekly Rundown May 01 – 2026

A for the most part heavy ass week that draws on the eternal, blood-red wellspring of death metal for its displays of neck-snapping displeasure.

Weekly Rundown April 24 – 2026

A week of double farewells, a return to form and assurances that the spirit of dark innovation and heaviness will live on.

Weekly Rundown April 17 – 2026

It’s a week for fresh and emerging bands that still manage to sound like they’ve spent a lifetime on the scene.

Weekly Rundown April 10 – 2026

Death metal seems to have staged a coup this week, as it’s broken out of the obscure shadows and into dominating positions in the headlines.

Weekly Rundown April 03 – 2026

Sludge, stoner, prog, doom, thrash, death and black – this week has most every flavor on the dark- and extreme metal spectrum, and only personal taste can truly decide what’s superior.

Weekly Rundown March 27 – 2026

This week is thick with quality, particularly in the cold and sinister part of the spectrum, but it’s far from all bleakness and misery.

Weekly Rundown March 20 – 2026

This week had a lot on its mind, with bands big and small, young and old and styles ranging from the deeply melodic to the purposefully ugly.