Review: Haunter’s Discarnate Ails

A three-song behemoth from Central Texas death metal unit debut on Profound Lore

"...Profound Lore Records issuing your extreme metal album in 2022..."

May 20, 2022 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

National Top 10s

Eight critics, 80 lines by genre

"...4) Dawnbringer, Night of the Hammer (Profound Lore)..."

Jan. 2, 2015 Music Feature

The Thief

"...Vladimir Mashkov, Eketerina Rednikova and Misha Philipchuk. The theme explored in the Oscar-nominated Russian film The Thief is a..."

Aug. 28, 1998 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Best Albums of 2018 by Genre

Hip-hop, metal, pop, and more picks from our critics

"...1) Portal, Ion (Profound Lore)..."

Dec. 28, 2018 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Top 10 National Albums of 2016

Our favorite picks from across the country

"...1) Cobalt, Slow Forever (Profound Lore)..."

Dec. 30, 2016 Music Feature by Neph Basedow

Levitation Interview: Lingua Ignota

Kristin Hayter on academia, catholicism & the complexity of violence

"...July with sophomore LP Caligula, issued by Canadian tastemakers Profound Lore...."

Nov. 7, 2019 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

14 Austin Terror Fest Picks

The best metal for brave ears

"...Metal by way of 2016's Asphalt for Eden on Profound Lore, idiosyncratic noise rappers Dälek smash every category. Formed..."

June 7, 2019 Music Feature by The Music Staff

Austin Terror Fest Album Reviews

Seven platters spanning the spectrum of extremity

"...DreadnoughtEmergence (Profound Lore) Continuing to explore earthen elements, Colorado progressive metal..."

June 7, 2019 Music Feature by The Music Staff

16 Experimentalists to Help You Get Weird at SXSW

"...by the Providence-based artist, All Bitches Die reissues on Profound Lore with an intensely dynamic album featuring Aileen Wuornos..."

March 15, 2019 Music Feature by Rick Weaver

Terror Fest Picks

"...grunge Nineties. On sophomore LP for Canadian doom gods Profound Lore, Bestial Hymns of Perversion, the titular deviation refers..."

June 15, 2018 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Terror Fest Record Reviews

Tomb Mold, Come to Grief/Fistula, Chrch, Wayfarer, and Gnaw

"...WayfarerWorld’s Blood (Profound Lore) Denver black metal quartet Wayfarer injects some Southwestern..."

June 15, 2018 Music Feature by Michael Toland

Top 10 National Albums of 2017

National themed lists

"...7) Bell Witch, Mirror Reaper (Profound Lore)..."

Dec. 29, 2017 Music Feature by Isabella Castro-Cota

Pallbearer

Metallurgy

"...PallbearerFoundations of Burden (Profound Lore)..."

Aug. 22, 2014 Music Review by Michael Toland

Agalloch

"...AgallochThe Serpent and the Sphere (Profound Lore)..."

June 27, 2014 Music Review by Michael Toland

The Atlas Moth

"...The Atlas MothThe Old Believer (Profound Lore)..."

June 27, 2014 Music Review by Michael Toland

Top 10 National

"...1) Dawnbringer, Into the Lair of the Sun God (Profound Lore)..."

Jan. 4, 2013 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Pallbearer

"...PallbearerSorrow and Extinction (Profound Lore)..."

Nov. 2, 2012 Music Feature by Luke Winkie

Agalloch

Wednesday

"...AgallochMarrow of the Spirit (Profound Lore)..."

March 18, 2011 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Saturday Sleepers

"...one track, 43-minute black hole, Bliss Torn From Emptiness (Profound Lore), while Desire in Uneasiness, due in April on..."

March 14, 2008 Music Feature

Street Cred to Burn

The 1996-97 Austin Music Awards

"...Day at the age of 52, leaving behind a profound influence on Austin, Texas and songwriters everywhere. A hard-living..."

March 7, 1997 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

When Wagner Became WAGNER

With 'The Flying Dutchman,' Richard Wagner made opera bigger than big

"...his operas universal themes and monumental characters from Germanic lore and mythology...."

March 26, 2004 Arts Feature by Jerry Young

16 Spells to Charm the Beast

Playwright Lisa D'Amour's 16 Spells to Charm the Beast is an urban fable of loneliness and love set in a whimsical world where furry brutes pine for sophisticated housewives; at its best Salvage Vanguard Theater's production casts its own spell, capturing us in a thrall of poetic visions reflecting natural desire and supernatural devotion.

"...of the world, sharing them, eyes gleaming, as precious lore. She's our ardent guide of the mysteries...."

Feb. 28, 2003 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Birth of the Cool: Beat, Bebop, and the American Avant-Garde

"...art, music, and literature. He finds in legend and lore the traits of cool, looking first at the black..."

April 20, 2001 Books Review by Dale Smith

A Matter of Voice

Salt & Pepper

"...first section of Jordan's extensively researched book features history, lore, and science about the two most valued spices known..."

May 14, 1999 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Weird Bands From Texas

"...a much more salient exclamation point in local music lore than news of the label's demise. After all, any..."

Nov. 20, 1998 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Screamlines

"...device unique to the Southern novelist's version of vampire lore: that a victim must first drink from his/her maker..."

Oct. 30, 1998 Screens Feature

Top Books

Hard-Boiled Top Ten

"...9. Guillotine: Its Legend and Lore by Daniel Gerould..."

Jan. 10, 1997 Books Feature by Jesse Sublett