Pitchfork — This December, long-silent Canadian instrumental churn-rock titans Godspeed You! Black Emperor will return, curating and headlining ATP's Nightmare Before Christmas festival, which comes to Minehead, England December 3-5. Today, the ATP folks annou... more info

Pitchfork — Artist: NachtmystiumAlbum: Addicts: Black Meddle Pt. IIRelease Date: June 8Label: Century Media Tracklist: 01 Cry for Help02 High on Hate03 Nightfall04 No Funeral05 Then Fires06 Addicts07 The End Is Eternal08 Blood Trance Fusion09 Ruined Life Continu... more info

Metalsucks — What do you think Varg is thinking about in this photo? Reader K-Milo alerted us to the fact that Stereogum recently conducted an interview with the man of the hour, Varg Vikernes. Most of it is exactly the kind of idiotic nonsense you’d expect fro... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — words by Ilya Blokh, photos by Meghan McInnis If the biblical Salome got John the Baptist's head for her seductive performance, then Salome the band deserve all of our heads on sticks. This Virginia trio opened Thursday's epic show at... more info

Metalsucks — Here’s something you probably don’t care to know about me: I went to NYU. (I actually did my freshman year at a school called Bard, but gave up on living in a shack in the woods and transferred back to the city after that.) And when I was there, ... more info

Metalsucks — Almost a year ago our own Satan Rosenbloom interviewed Wolves in the Throne Room frontman Aaron Weaver. Ever the articulate and intelligent gentleman, Weaver shared his thoughts about black metal, the commercialization of music, the ideologies behind... more info

Altsounds — Aside being on tour with massive acts like *ISIS* and *Dälek, Mamiffer* is currently half-way through the recording of a new full-length album. The record is being engineered by *Randall Dunn (Earth, Sunn 0))), Kayo Dot, Wolves in the Throne R... more info

Guardian Music — A new generation of black metal-influenced musicians is tempering the genre's bloodthirsty Viking charge with a frostbitten ambience. Call it Music for Mausoleums ...For a music reportedly of cult – or, if you know the parlance, "kvlt" â€â€... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Paul Birman, words by Black Bubblegum Wolves in the Throne Room Like a dark mist settling in the Hudson Valley before blowing off to sea, Wolves In The Throne Room, Krallice, and A Storm of Light cast darkness... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Black Bubblegum "I think that black metal fundamentally is an attempt to reawaken an ancient spirit." Aaron Weaver of WITTR at Scion (more by Anthony Childs) Wolves In The Throne Room are the outcasts of the outsiders. Among the... more info