Combining elements of alternative metal, post hardcore, and progressive rock, San Antonio outliers Donella Drive cannot be categorized by a singular label. Consisting of songwriters Aidan Escalante (lead vocals/guitar) and Andrew Salazar (bass/backing vocals) the young San Antonio band hearkens to the hyper-energized punk-prog of fellow Texans At The Drive-In. There’s a decidedly more metallic edge to their sound, but at its heart they’ve got a really refreshing explorative melodic fury.

Counting members of underground greats GNOD, Ghold and US experimental hip-hop legends Dälek amongst its ranks, Holy Scum are back with a new album and 3 musical influences.

Belgian dark pop duo KØCAZE releases their haunting and evocative new EP D’Or et de Sang via Dune Altar. Across six intricately layered tracks, the band dives into themes of grief, transformation, and ancestral memory, weaving neoclassical instrumentation, electronic textures, and brooding dark pop sensibilities into a deeply affecting body of work.

Thank you for this incredible journey from a struggling band that were one time known as Earth to inspiring others to pick up an instrument, and laying the groundwork on the metal genre.

Swiss punk noisers, Torpedo, have released a gut-wrenching third album: What the Fucked Do We All Do Now? | – Lights, projecting us beyond the show, into the rawness of real life, that of you and me in our kitchens, weeping over a human world that has become unbearable for all the Living. . .

All Men Unto Me is the moniker of musical artist Rylan Gleave, who recently released his second album Requiem. We asked Rylan to list 3 releases that have been very influential to him.

The undisputed ‘Godfather of Spaghetti Rock’ Giac Taylor just released his solo album The Last Sicilian Standing. We asked him about 3 releases that have influenced him a lot,

This June 27th marks the official release of Magnum Dopus, the explosive debut solo album from ZED bassist and underground mainstay Mark Aceves. Mark talks to us about 3 musical influences.

Underground neo-psych legends The Chemistry Set recently released a double CD retrospective – An Introduction to The Chemistry Set. Paul and Dave from the band provided us with 3 very influential releases.

Benthos thrives in spaces between modern progressive metal, mathcore, and post-hardcore. They just released their new album ‘From Nothing’ and we asked the band about 3 of their musical influences.

French band Point Mort  just released ‘Le point de non-retour’, which sees the band crafting a raw and energetic universe of sounds from the blackened stardust of pop, rock, electro and hip hop. We asked the band about 3 important musical influences.

Minnesota based sludge/noise/post-metal act Serac has released new music video ‘Hanging Garden’ from their debut album Baring Teeth in a Famine

Atmosphere and layering are the cornerstone of Pennsylvania’s post-rock maximalists The Depth Beneath Us. Particularly on their forthcoming sophomore album Descent, the quintet finds captivating new ways to build symphonic guitar layers, vaguely reminiscent of how U2’s Joshua Tree created wide open, soaring sonic spaces

From the windswept landscapes of Iceland to the echoes of distant shores, Mario Infantes Ávalos embarks on a musical voyage with Bitácora – a sonic journal that transcends borders, languages, and traditions

Well, there it is. I said at the beginning that I was going to take a close-ish look at the first StrangeForms, and then just wing it from there, and that’s what I’ve done. . . I think you should seriously consider spending a relatively small number of your Earth Pounds on a ticket, or tickets, for StrangeForms 2025.

Listening to the live show, you can just close your eyes and imagine yourself being at those gigs in Germany, rooting for the Soft Machine.

STRANGEFORMS FEST will be 10 this spring. That, I think, deserves some kind of retrospective thingy. A look back, if you will. I have no idea whether or not anybody else is going to do it but somebody has to, even if that somebody is me. So, yeah, here it is.

Often under the radar, World Record doesn’t get mentioned a bit from their catalog, but World Record is a defining album that deserves recognition.

The distorted, anxious and surrealist visual style of the album’s cover art (painted by artist Madalena Pinta) speaks perfectly to the album’s direct, albeit melted, psychedelic electronic post-metal. Riff after riff comes and goes, never wearing out its welcome.

On the eve of an extensive UK tour to celebrate their new record, we though it it the perfect time to find out a little more about what makes the Champs chime. So we asked Danny George Wilson to tell us about four albums that have been hugely influential on the creation of You Are Not A Stranger Here. And in a delicious twist, all of the albums Danny chose are visible in the band’s latest video…

This album deserves a lot of recognition for the way Bill wanted to prove his fans that he was more than just a founder of Be-Bop Deluxe and Red Noise.