Castevet's Mounds Of Ash was one of 2010's best metal releases. The NYC trio's blend of muscular black metal, hardcore punk, progressive post-rock, compositional implosions, and a "fuck you" attitude…   Read Story »

Clichés be damned -- this really was a good year for metal. I had a harder time organizing a Top 10 in 2010 than ever before. Ditto the Top 20. It was such a good year that I went overboard and…   Read Story »

There's something mentally purifying about New York City trio Castevet's muscular, aggressive blend of progressive black metal, genre-stretching/time-shifting hardcore, ink-dark ambiance, and raw,…   Read Story »

On 8/1 Haunting The Chapel is presentng a show at the Studio @ Webster Hall in collaboration with Fred/BBG from BrooklynVegan. (You know, the guy who does their metal writing.) We organized a…   Read Story »

Every year I'm tempted to -- and sometimes do -- say "this has been a great year for metal." It's a toss-away idea: If you consume the genre obsessively, every year seems sort of great, the chaff…   Read Story »