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Monday June 10, 2019

On 'Gold & Grey,' Baroness Becomes A Universe Unto Itself

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On 'Gold & Grey,' Baroness Becomes A Universe Unto Itself

June 10, 2019 • The hard rock outfit, after years of lineup changes, delivers an expansive, eclectic album to remind us of how limitless electric guitar music can be.

Tuesday September 26, 2017

Grave Pleasures' 'Mind Intruders' Drips With Gothic Conspiracy

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Grave Pleasures' 'Mind Intruders' Drips With Gothic Conspiracy

September 26, 2017 • Singer Mat McNerney wraps fake friends around a reckoning with the surveillance state in a catchy, sweeping and lustful fit of gothic punk.

Grave Pleasures, 'Mind Intruder'

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Thursday July 27, 2017

Myrkur's 'Ulvinde' Destroys Evil With Evil

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Myrkur's 'Ulvinde' Destroys Evil With Evil

July 27, 2017 • Surrounded by the Norns, the three fate goddesses of Norse mythology, Myrkur's Amalie Bruun offers a prescription: Go into the wild, take an evil sound, bend it to a positive end.

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