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Phil Freeman

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Phil Freeman is the former editor-in-chief of Metal Edge magazine and a frequent contributor to the Village Voice, Alternative Press, The Wire, Jazziz and numerous other magazines, newspapers and websites. He is also the editor of BurningAmbulance.com. He lives in New Jersey and likes it.

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Cross Stitched Eyes, Decompos…

This semi-Gothy crust-punk outfit features members of U.K. Subs, the Subh… more »

Matthew Shipp Trio, Elastic A…

The debut studio recording by pianist Matthew Shipp’s current trio,… more »

Lamb of God’s Chris Adl…

Lamb of God are one of the best metal bands inAmerica, and drummer Chris … more »

Amoral, Beneath

This fifth album, and U.S. debut, by furious Finns Amoral finds them evol… more »

A Place to Bury Strangers, On…

This Brooklyn band is to the Jesus and Mary Chain what Interpol is to Joy… more »

Liberteer, Better To Die On Y…

Grindcore is not typically a restrained genre. The drums blast, the guita… more »

Lamb of God, Resolution…

Lamb of God’s seventh studio album (counting their debut as Burn th… more »

Skeletonwitch, Forever Abomin…

These Ohio headbangers synthesize a variety of sub-styles into a blend th… more »

Subrosa, No Help for the Migh…

This doomy, female-led Salt Lake City art-metal outfit made one of the mo… more »

Wolvhammer, The Obsidian Plai…

On album No. 2, Minnesota-based Wolvhammer have moved from the tiny Init … more »

Hull, Beyond the Lightless Sk…

If you like Neurosis, you’ll like Hull. Vocalist Nick Palmirotto ha… more »

Monomono, Give The Beggar A C…

Joni Haastrup has one of the most fascinating stories in Nigerian music h… more »

Monomono, The Dawn Of Awarene…

Joni Haastrup has one of the most fascinating stories in Nigerian music h… more »

Joni Maastrup, Wake Up Your M…

Joni Haastrup has one of the most fascinating stories in Nigerian music h… more »

Primus, Green Naugahyde…

The first Primus album in a dozen years is a step backward, but a somewha… more »

YOB, Atma

YOB’s brand of doom is somewhat reminiscent of the titanic Sleep on… more »

Toxic Holocaust, Conjure and …

Toxic Holocaust is fundamentally a one-man show; guitarist and vocalist J… more »

Blue Note’s Mid-’…

In the early 1960s, as the manic improvisations of bebop gave way to blue… more »

Lee Morgan, Search for the Ne…

In 1963, trumpeter Lee Morgan had a major breakthrough hit with the funky… more »

Art Blakey and the Jazz Messe…

Even as Wayne Shorter established himself as a leader, Art Blakey’s… more »

Wayne Shorter, Night Dreamer …

Tenor saxophonist Wayne Shorter came to Blue Note in the mid ’60s f… more »

Larry Young, Into Somethin…

On his own albums, organist Larry Young took the instrument far from its … more »

Grant Green, Talkin’ Ab…

The organ trio (organ, guitar and drums) is the bedrock of soul jazz, but… more »

Sam Rivers, Contours…

Saxophonist Sam Rivers first came to broad public attention via a short s… more »

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Kicking at the Boundaries of Metal

By Jon Wiederhorn, eMusic Contributor

As they age, extreme metal merchants often inject various non-metallic styles into their songs in order to hasten their musical growth. Sometimes, as with Alcest and Jesu, they develop to the point where their original… more »

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