Jason Roche

Thursday, Jan. 7 Haunter Complex This San Antonio trio throws its hat into the atmospheric black metal ring, but not before caking it in layers of caustic crust. Existing in the happy medium between Deafheaven and Portland crusties Tragedy, Haunter also throws in a small touch of math-y technicality to......

Thursday, Jan. 7 Haunter Complex This San Antonio trio throws its hat into the atmospheric black metal ring, but not before caking it in layers of caustic crust. Existing in the happy medium between Deafheaven and Portland crusties Tragedy, Haunter also throws in a small touch of math-y technicality to......

During my formative years as a college radio DJ in Northern Michigan, I was granted a few minutes on the phone with Lemmy Kilmister for an on-air interview. Having no idea what to ask Lemmy that he hadn’t been asked dozens of times during his music career — which was......

Another year, another flood of superb heavy metal releases by artists who are pushing the boundaries of what can be done within the confines of the genre, as well as artists who excel by simply reinforcing what we love about metal in the first place. Below are the records that......

In his Hollywood office, Southern Lord Records founder and Sunn O))) bassist-guitarist Greg Anderson is filing away records from his day's listening. The pile includes a vinyl reissue of demo recordings from '80s New York hardcore greats Agnostic Front. Anderson loved metal and hardcore during his 1980s teenage years in......

Friday, December 4 Black Dahlia Murder Regent Theater Since their formation in 2001, this Michigan group has weathered multiple trend storms in metal by sticking to their tried-and-true formula of bruising melodic death metal. Newest album Abysmal is anything but. Guitarists Brian Eschbach and Ryan Knight continue to excel equally......

Friday, December 4 Black Dahlia Murder Regent Theater Since their formation in 2001, this Michigan group has weathered multiple trend storms in metal by sticking to their tried-and-true formula of bruising melodic death metal. Newest album Abysmal is anything but. Guitarists Brian Eschbach and Ryan Knight continue to excel equally......

When heavy metal promoter Ryan Avery talks about his upcoming Midnite Communion event, the phrase “depressing yet beautiful” tumbles from his mouth. That phrase is a very accurate summation of the bevy of dark graphic art and doom metal that will be on display this Friday, Nov. 13 and Saturday,......

Tuesday, November 3 He Whose Ox Is Gored Complex This Seattle group specializes in mathy doom metal loaded with psychedelic atmospherics. New record The Camel, The Lion, The Child is a 60-minute haze-laden trip, filtered through post-rock and sludge that resembles slower tracks from acts such as Kylesa. Keyboardist Lisa......

Tuesday, November 3 He Whose Ox Is Gored Complex This Seattle group specializes in mathy doom metal loaded with psychedelic atmospherics. New record The Camel, The Lion, The Child is a 60-minute haze-laden trip, filtered through post-rock and sludge that resembles slower tracks from acts such as Kylesa. Keyboardist Lisa......