I'm proud to be an avid fan of a band that is vulnerable and tough, and yet compassionate, caring and always willing to learn and grow. Thrice is that band.
Experiencing Torche, Kvelertak, and Wild Throne up close certainly hasn’t cleared up my ambivalent attitude regarding the labels associated with heavy music
Going from a spectral folk singer to psychedelic troubadour doesn’t work, and that is clearly what Damien Jurado has done on Visions of Us On The Land.
Cody Davis lists out the acts he is excited to catch during Moogfest 2016. Featuring: Blood Orange, GZA, Sunn O))), Zombi, Lunice, The Body, and King Mez.
So where do we find punk rock in 2016? If Attachments, the debut from Trials of Early Man is any punk is as antagonistic, vigorous, and creative as ever.
The best noise rock albums of 2015 along with several other albums that fall into the rock and shoegaze genres. There's other great stuff included too.
B.G.M. ranks all best heaviness of 2015. Literally every metal album that came out this year that is good is here and if its not then don't listen to it.