Kim Kelly
kimkellywrites@gmail.comThe contributor responsible for most of Noisey's coverage of blastbeats, black metal, and bad vibes.
Tom Waits’ New Song of Anti-Fascist Resistance Needed More Teeth
Waits and Marc Ribot's cover of the Italian partisans' anthem "Bella Ciao" should've honored modern revolutionaries, not a milquetoast march.
You'll Never Listen to All the Music You Want to Hear Before You Die
We'll never fully catch up, so settle in with the new album from Bosse-de-Nage, and new tunes from Dödsrit, Tragedy, Ancst, and Pallbearer.
We’re Already in Hell, So You Might as Well Blast Some Evil Metal
Everything sucks but at least we have new tunes from Ilsa, Chthonic, Paroxysm, Black Awakening, Untamed Land, and more.
Hey Right-Wing Jagoffs, Being a Punk Doesn't Make You a Bad Politician
Republicans trying to smear U.S. Senate candidate Beto O'Rourke for his rocker past are way off the mark (also, peep new tunes from Mantar, False Flag, Ruminant, and more).
Riding the New Wave of Anti-Fascist Black Metal
Anti-fascist black metal is everywhere all of a sudden, so we put together a heap of recommendations for Nazi-smashing metalheads, including Redbait, Underdark, Yovel, and more.
Brujeria's Gory Deathgrind Debut Inspired a Generation of Latinx Metalheads
25 years later, Latinx band members past and present look back on 'Matando Güeros,' the group’s unflinching 1993 Satanic narco-grind LP.
Unmasking Gaylord, Black Metal's Latest Anti-Fascist Enigma
A chat with the mastermind behind a Nazi-punching new black metal album that's burning up the Bandcamp metal charts.
Taking Care of Black Tusk After 13 Years, a Death, and a Rebirth
Stream the Georgia sludge 'n' roll outfit's new album and check out some sick tunes from Terrorizer, Downtrodder, Burial Invocation, and more.
Stream Rust Belt Punk-Turned-Troubadour Austin Lucas' Gritty New Album
The sepia-tinted LP, 'Immortal Americans,' is a meditation on the darkness and light of growing up in a blighted Rust Belt.
Death Metal Is Getting Old
Iconic Suffocation vocalist Frank "The Chop" Mullen is retiring after 30 years of gore, and our favorite bands are facing the brutality of aging.
Florida's Prisoners Are Getting Screwed Out of $11 Million of Music They Purchased
A new multimedia tablet program means that inmates will be unable to keep the mp3s and players they purchased under a previous for-profit program.
A Weekend at Heavy Metal Summer Camp Reminded Us Why We Love Riffs So Much
The bands, the friends, the venue, the city, and even the free bottled water—Migration Fest was the summer weekend of our collective hesher dreams.