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King Woman ‘Celestial Blues’ Review: Kris Esfandiari returns with a punishing and rewarding follow-up to 2017 debut. Musical busy bee Kris Esfandiari has a host of musical projects, including the industrial tinged NGHTCRWLR, the shoegaze driven Miserable and the poppy Sugar High. But fans of her work with the doom metal outfit King Woman will be […]
Evi Vine ‘Sabbath’ Review: single from forthcoming album showcases a furor of dark delights, and an impressive goth pedigree. When you’re about to listen to a song called Sabbath for the first time, expectations are high. The title of course draws associations with the progenitors of metal Black Sabbath, but it also conjures images of religious […]
19 Most Anticipated Alternative Rock and Metal Albums of 2019: its shaping up to be a potentially amazing year for rock fans. Hello folks and a belated happy New Year! 2019 is off and running, and for those hoping for some rocking new tunes during our current, crazy times, all signs point to a truly great […]
Chelsea Wolfe ‘Hiss Spun’ Review: singer continues to perfect her fusion of goth and doom metal. [rating=5] Chelsea Wolfe’s sound has evolved in surprising and satisfying ways throughout her career, but perhaps the biggest quantum leap was from 2013’s Pain is Beauty’s stark and delicate arrangements to 2015’s Abyss, which incorporated elements of industrial and doom […]
Watch New Video For Chelsea Wolfe’s ’16 Psyche’: atmospheric vocalists brings doomy bliss for retro music video. Doom/Shoegaze chanteuse Chelsea Wolfe has just premiered the new video for 16 Psyche, the first single off her upcoming album Hiss Sun (due September 22nd via Sargent House), which you can check out via YouTube below. The video […]
Levitation 2016 Kickoff Party Review: Chelsea Wolfe, The Veldt: a silver lining to a cancelled festival. Downtown Austin was filled with many sad, bewildered faces last Thursday evening. The unexpected announcement that Levitation 2016 was cancelled due to bad weather reverberated throughout the city. While all festival attendees were guaranteed refunds, for those traveling from […]
Listen to New Chelsea Wolfe Song ‘Hypnos’: Wolfe previews track off forthcoming Hypnos/Flame 7-inch single. Goth songstress Chelsea Wolfe will release a new 7-inch single on April 1st, featuring the tracks Hypnos and Flame. You can preview Hypnos via Soundcloud below. It’s a haunting track that showcases Wolfe at her best–both dark yet luxuriant. The […]
SLIS’s 15 Best Rock Albums of 2015: the best metal and alternative rock albums of the year. Last week I covered the 25 best rock songs of 2015, and now it’s time to celebrate the best albums of the year. As always I pride myself on sticking to rock oriented releases in a sea of pop nonsense, […]
SLIS’s 25 Best Rock Songs of 2015: counting down the most rocking tunes of the year. It’s just a few weeks until we say goodbye to 2015 (really?), so that means its time to break our best-of lists, starting off with the best rock tracks of the year. Here’s my favorite 25 from the worlds of alternative, […]
Chelsea Wolfe ‘Abyss’ Review: California songstress creates a modern Goth masterpiece. [rating=5] In recent interviews, Chelsea Wolfe has stated that her new album Abyss was largely inspired by her bouts with sleep paralysis (i.e. the inability to move or speak upon waking up, often accompanied by disturbing hallucinations). And from opening track Carrion Flowers, it’s clear that Wolfe […]
