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10 spooky albums to soundtrack your Halloween

BE WARNED! These albums are not for the faint of heart.

The World is in Shambles and Chat Pile is the soundtrack

Just when I thought that “Knocked Loose” would be the best album I’d hear this year, Chat Pile swooped in with their sophomore record, “Cool World.”

Revisiting a masterpiece: The aching nostalgia of ‘Transatlanticism’

It’s been two years since I first gave that album a full listen, and that crow is now tattooed on my chest.

Falling in Reverse’s new album cements them as one of the worst bands of all time

You don’t have to separate the art from the artist, I promise — the music isn’t worth listening to either.

The new Nails album ripped my ears off and I liked it — “Every Bridge Burning” review

Extreme metal legends, Nails, have returned after eight years since their last effort, “You Will Never Be One of Us,” with a new project that continues their streak of deadly and pummeling grindcore.

Review Roundup: Sabrina Carpenter, Fontaines D.C., Magdalena Bay

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YOU WON’T GO BEFORE YOU’RE SUPPOSED TO is the best album of the year, if not the decade.

While so many metal and rock bands have switched to a poppier sound as their careers have gone on, “Knocked Loose” has only doubled down on throat-shredding screams, neck-destroying breakdowns, and ominous riffs that leave you haunted as well as headbanging.

Essential Albums of Summer 2024

Since I couldn’t give my usual album roundups over summer vacation, here are the albums released this summer that I think you need to hear.

Colin’s Review Rundown: Future and Metro Boomin, Lizzy McAlpine, Benson Boone, Civerous

Is it bad? Definitely not! But I found myself continually checking my phone to see how many tracks were left.

Colin’s Review Rundown: English Teacher, Imminence

English Teacher “This Could Be Texas” For fans of: Black Country, New Road; Black Midi British rockers English Teacher came…