Chat Pile – Who Loves the Sun
The activist-minded Oklahoma City alt-metal quartet grapples with the discontents of modern life.
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Mastodon – Marrow Deep
On their ninth studio album, the heavy metal band hints at intriguing new directions for their collective sound.
Sleep – Hempispheres
As Sleep’s Al Cisneros attempts to sell fans on a new album without guitarist and founding member Matt Pike, the resultant Hempispheres showcases the strengths of the band’s new personnel while finding a new strain to roll up and burn.
Mastodon – The Hunter
Mastodon’s fifth album expands their repertoire and capabilities while they turn off their heads and let their fingers tell the story.
Mastodon – Crack the Skye
Mastodon’s fourth album may be polished, but don’t call it a sell out.