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First Listen: Cormorant, 'Dwellings'

November 27, 2011 • Dwellings is an emotionally and musically complex metal album about the pursuit of immortality.

Remembering Death Metal Pioneer Chuck Schuldiner

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Remembering Death Metal Pioneer Chuck Schuldiner

December 12, 2011 • Ten years after Schuldiner's passing, members of Cynic, Cormorant, Exhumed, Charred Walls of the Damned, Baroness and more write about their favorite Death songs.

NPR Music's 50 Favorite Albums Of 2011

50 Favorites Of 2011: B-E

December 5, 2011 • This year was about changing perspectives. American string quartet Brooklyn Rider revealed a warmer Philip Glass and France's Ebène Quartet found a common thread from Mozart to Bruce Springsteen. Demdike Stare proved that dark techno can be breathtakingly beautiful and Conor Oberst reinvented himself as a rock star. The list of our 50 favorite records of 2011 continues with Bright Eyes, Brooklyn Rider and more artists from B to E.

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The Best Metal Of 2011

November 30, 2011 • Metallic meditations ruled Lars Gotrich's 2011, but so did knotty death-metal and "The Grain."

Viking's Choice: 2011 In Metal And Outer Sound

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Viking's Choice: 2011 In Metal And Outer Sound

November 30, 2011 • Lars Gotrich highlights the year in Swiss gondola recordings, progressive metal and dramatic drone.

Viking's Choice: 2011 In Metal And Outer Sound

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Cormorant: Follow The Blackened Thread

September 16, 2011 • A horrific story reported by NPR inspired an epic, yearning song from the Bay Area metal band.

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