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.
This semi-Gothy crust-punk outfit features members of U.K. Subs, the Subh… more »
The debut studio recording by pianist Matthew Shipp’s current trio,… more »
Lamb of God are one of the best metal bands inAmerica, and drummer Chris … more »
This fifth album, and U.S. debut, by furious Finns Amoral finds them evol… more »
This Brooklyn band is to the Jesus and Mary Chain what Interpol is to Joy… more »
Grindcore is not typically a restrained genre. The drums blast, the guita… more »
Lamb of God’s seventh studio album (counting their debut as Burn th… more »
These Ohio headbangers synthesize a variety of sub-styles into a blend th… more »
This doomy, female-led Salt Lake City art-metal outfit made one of the mo… more »
On album No. 2, Minnesota-based Wolvhammer have moved from the tiny Init … more »
If you like Neurosis, you’ll like Hull. Vocalist Nick Palmirotto ha… more »
Joni Haastrup has one of the most fascinating stories in Nigerian music h… more »
Joni Haastrup has one of the most fascinating stories in Nigerian music h… more »
Joni Haastrup has one of the most fascinating stories in Nigerian music h… more »
The first Primus album in a dozen years is a step backward, but a somewha… more »
Toxic Holocaust is fundamentally a one-man show; guitarist and vocalist J… more »
In the early 1960s, as the manic improvisations of bebop gave way to blue… more »
In 1963, trumpeter Lee Morgan had a major breakthrough hit with the funky… more »
Even as Wayne Shorter established himself as a leader, Art Blakey’s… more »
Tenor saxophonist Wayne Shorter came to Blue Note in the mid ’60s f… more »
On his own albums, organist Larry Young took the instrument far from its … more »
The organ trio (organ, guitar and drums) is the bedrock of soul jazz, but… more »
Saxophonist Sam Rivers first came to broad public attention via a short s… more »
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 »
