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Mining Metal: Aara, An Axis of Perdition, Cranial Vortex, Godflesh, Mind Prisoner, Postabiogenetic Apotheosis, Skagos, and Stygian Ruin

Mining Metal is a monthly column from Heavy Consequence contributing writers Langdon Hickman and Colin Dempsey. The focus is on noteworthy new music emerging from the non-mainstream metal scene, highlighting releases from small and independent…

On Jimmy Carter’s Deep and Historic Connection With Musicians: Why He Is Remembered as the ‘Rock ‘n’ Roll President’

A young Jimmy Carter was no stranger to gospel music growing up in the small rural town of Plains, Georgia during the ’20s and early ’30’. He heard it sung by Black tenant farmers working…

SZA’s Deluxe ‘Lana’ Release Puts ‘SOS’ Back at No. 1 on Albums Chart

SZA’s “SOS” returns to the top of the albums chart (it was at No. 15 in the previous week) following the release of its deluxe reissue, a 15-song extension dubbed “Lana.” This is the 11th…

Jimmy Carter’s Most Rock and Roll Moments

A devout Christian, a progressive southerner, and a fervent disciple of rock and roll, Jimmy Carter assembled one of the strangest voting coalitions in American history and brought a new kind of swagger to the…

Grimes Says “Getting Into Christianity” Helped Her Quit Vaping

Grimes has found God. Sort of. In a post on Twitter / X, the noted vaping enthusiast who wrote an entire album based in polytheism said that “connecting” with the elements of Christianity that center on…

‘A Complete Unknown’ Director James Mangold on Consulting With Bob Dylan, Adoring Pete Seeger and Why Newport ’65 Was Like ‘Thanksgiving Dinner Gone Amuck’

Something is happening here and, given the hoopla over “A Complete Unknown,” probably even Mr. Jones has an idea what it is: Bob Dylan mania. Thanks to James Mangold’s new film, America is currently experiencing…

Let Charli XCX’s Leaked Letterboxd Account Massage Your Between-Week Brain

Pop stars, they’re just like us: Instead of hanging out with the internet’s baddest bitches or dancing so hard that her shoelaces won’t stay tied, Charli XCX has spent the holiday season catching up on…

Bob Dylan Tested A Complete Unknown Script by Performing as Bob Dylan

Perhaps knowing that if you want a thing done well, you have to do it yourself, Bob Dylan performed the part of [checks notes] Bob Dylan before approving the script for the musical biopic based…

The 25 Most-Watched Specials of 2024: Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, ‘New Year’s Rockin’ Eve,’ Academy Awards and Billy Joel

America loves a parade. America also loves to learn from Oprah, to rock with Ryan Seacrest on New Year’s Eve and to belt out the hits with Billy Joel at Madison Square Garden. The list…

Trump Urges Supreme Court to Halt TikTok Ban While His Administration Works Out a ‘Negotiated Resolution’

President-elect Donald Trump believes he can cut a deal that would keep TikTok legal — while addressing the U.S. government’s national security concerns. TikTok, under a law passed this year, faces a looming deadline that…