On her snowy, self-produced ninth album, the UK songwriter howls from inside the squall.
With an eye for novelistic detail, the California quartet conjures a spectral brand of alt-country on its confident and disarming full-length debut.
The Utah producer reimagines dungeon synth—a genre rooted in the atmospheric synth intros of vintage black metal—as a medieval fantasia, complete with liturgical chants and alehouse sound effects.
The Norwegian post-hardcore band’s second album is equal parts claustrophobia and confrontation, unleashing furious lyrics alongside thrashing hooks.