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Books
Better Red Than Dead: Towards A Socialist Black Metal
The history of black metal has been marred by lurid tales of church-burning fascists and the far-right represent an ongoing blot on the scene, but as *Tonight It’s A World We Bury* author Bill Peel argues, black metal remains a site of contestation with much to offer to left thought
Anniversary
Voices From Valhalla: Quorthon’s Bathory Revisited
This year marks the 25th anniversary of Bathory's seminal third album Under the Sign of the Black Mark, one of the blueprints for black metal. As the Godreah label prepare to release a tribute to Bathory's late mastermind Quorthon, Steve Earles speaks to label head Crin about his influence
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Cassettes
Spool’s Out: A Tape Review Column For June
Tristan Bath returns to tape reviewing duties with coverage of new cassettes from Tashi Dorji, Weightausend, Faux Fur, AyGeeTe, Solvognen, Siavash Amini and Laplante/Dunn/Smith. Internet friendly image of cat and synth from the Weightausend Tumblr
A Quietus Interview
Precious Sounds Uncut: An Interview With Hilde Marie Holsen
On debut Ask, Hilde Marie Holsen forged a singular sound world of dense, textural pieces out of her trumpet and electronics set-up. She talks to Russell Cuzner about her sonic approach, improvising solo and titling troubles
