The metal I know and (sorta) love dates back to the 1980s. Little Rock’s Rwake sounds nothing like those acts, nor does its ...

In the first decade of the 21st century, when there was a lot of weight being thrown behind the burgeoning “southern sludge” ...

metal wraiths RWAKE’s first album since 2011 ... more fearsome and furious than ever on the sprawling new double LP from Relapse Records. Return of Magik takes the band’s spellcraft into ...

Read on for my picks. What’s your favorite release of the week? Rwake – The Return of Magik (Relapse) The Little Rock band conjure up a mix of sludge, psych, prog, alt-country, witches ...