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Song of the Day: Maudlin of the Well, “Undine and Underwater Flowers,” from My Fruit Psychobells... (Dark Symphonies, 1999)

Five minutes of flawless, hypnotic beauty followed by, well... other stuff.

Song of the Day: Mad Dog, “Johnny Cyclops,” from Mad Dog (Stud, 1987)

How could you pass on that album cover?

Review: Autumn's Dawn, Gone (Eisenwald, 2014)

'Tis (almost) the season, after all.

Song of the Day: Kodiak, “Sinking Like a Rock” (2005)

Sinking like a rock that rocks.

Review: Noothgrush, Erode the Person: Anthology 1997 - ​1998 (Throne, 2014)

74 minutes of stripped down, hammering sludge.

Song of the Day: Hobbs' Angel of Death, “Satan's Crusade,” from Hobbs' Angel of Death (Steamhammer, 1988)

Aggressive, in your face thrash... just ignore the lyrics, eh?

Song of the Day: Pantera, “We'll Meet Again,” from Power Metal (Metal Magic, 1988)

Stop lying, you know it rules...

Interview: Gøran Karlsvik (This Sect)

Party like there's no Gomorrah with these Scandinavian post-punk provocateurs...

Song of the Day: Shades Apart, “September Burns,” from Save It (Revelation, 1995)

Just another New Jersey band that always deserved more love...

Tumbling Down the Chris Thompson Rabbit Hole

What do Michael McDonald, John Farnham, Harold Faltermeyer, Jan Hammer, and John Parr have in common?

Song of the Day: Bullet Lavolta, “Rails,” from Swandive (RCA, 1991)

More than just any old "alternative rock band."

Song of the Day: Wait, Stone & Sure, “When the Bones are Clean” (2013)

Morose melodic metal from ex-Fall of the Leafe members.

Song of the Day: The Isley Brothers, “Good Hands,” from Wildcats (Warner Bros., 1986)

He's gonna take you in his arms and rock you, girl...

Song of the Day: Fear Factory, “Scumgrief,” from Soul of a New Machine (Roadrunner, 1992)

Credit where credit is due...

Song of the Day: Trial by Jury, “Hasn't Ended Yet,” from 1991 Demo (1991)

A perfect slab of early-'90s metallic hardcore.

Review: Simmer, Your Tonal Mess (Self-Released, 2014)

Morose emo/pop-punk gets grungy—with maybe a tinge of shoegaze influence, too.

Song of the Day: Benümb, “Struggle On,” from Soul of the Martyr (Relapse, 1998)

File under "The Greatest Breakdowns in the History of All Living Things."

Review: Chain Gang Grave, When Your Friends Become Cops (Self-Released, 2014)

It is what it is. And it's unusual. And it's awesome.

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