Kim Kelly
kimkellywrites@gmail.comThe contributor responsible for most of Noisey's coverage of blastbeats, black metal, and bad vibes.
Hardcore Legends Racetraitor Are on a Mission to Defeat White Supremacy
Stream the reunited, militantly anti-racist Chicago metallic hardcore partisans' new album, '2042,' and read our in-depth interview with vocalist Mani Mostofi.
Heavy Metal Can Help You Survive Anything
Or, how riffs can help us cope in a post-Kavanaugh world (plus new tunes from Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats, Iron Reagan, Cloud Rat, and more).
Author & Punisher Creates Metal in His Own Twisted Image
The West Coast engineer's metal machine music continues to develop—and darken—on his latest album, 'Beastland.'
We Should Be Hopeful About Metal's Future
How two young Japanese girls convinced me that metal is changing for the better (plus new tunes from Carpe Noctem, Minority Threat, Domkraft, To End It All, and more).
Twin Temple’s Satanic Doo-Wop Is Feminist as Fuck
Watch the NSFW new video for "Sex Magick" and find out what makes these rock 'n' roll-loving, justice-seeking Satanic witches tick.
Metal's Inclusive Future Looks Like a Zeal & Ardor Show
Representation of diverse identities is crucial within a changing subculture that still has so far to go (Plus new tunes from Atrament, Electric Citizen, Ragana, and more).
Revocation Are Searching for Death Metal's Outer Limits
Stream the technical death metallers' Lovecraft-inspired new album 'The Outer Ones' and read our chat with guitarist Dave Davidson.
Anaal Nathrakh's New Album Is a Soundtrack for the Horrors of War
Stream the Birmingham black metal duo's WWI-inspired new album, 'A New Kind of Horror,' and read our interview with vocalist Dave Hunt.
35 Years In, Prog-Thrash Greats Voivod Are Still Reaching for Outer Space
Guitarist Dan Mongrain explains how his classical training helped lead the Quebec legends into new dimensions on their 14th album, 'The Wake'.
In Defense of Heavy Metal Gimmicks
We wrestle with the meaning of the word in a post-Neckbeard Deathcamp world, and share new tunes from Ultha, Devil Master, Smoulder, Black Viper, and more.
Neckbeard Deathcamp Are a Nazi-Stomping Black Metal Phenomenon
These unlikely leftist metal heroes turned a joke into a rising extreme metal force. Stream 'United Antifascist Evil,' their new split with Gaylord.