Having made serious waves as vocalist, lyricist, and guitarist of hardcore punk outfit Svalbard, Serena Cherry is returning to…
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Cathartic and beautifully pastoral, Bloem—set for release via Eisenwald—is the excellent third album from Dutch black metal group Fluisteraars.
Birds of Prey (Warner Bros. Pictures) is an absolute riot of a film, presenting an adrenaline-packed antidote to the setting superhero fatigue.
Rian Johnson’s Knives Out (Lionsgate) is witty, sharp, and with more laugh-out-loud moments than you would otherwise expect from a whodunnit. It is also a not-remotely-subtle skewering of the US’ current attitude to immigration.
Composed of former members of Paradise Lost and Vallenfyre, Strigoi is flying high off the release of their debut Abandon All Faith via Nuclear Blast. We spoke with Greg Mackintosh and Chris Casket about the album, politics, religion and family.