Emperor Norton’s Jazz Band plays “trad jazz,” or traditional jazz, a genre of music that’s on the older side and is, well “… traditional—two things that the band itself is not. And ...

Black metal legends Emperor have just announced a limited run of U.S. tour dates, their first proper tour through the country since 2007, ... 11 Best Progressive Black Metal Bands of All Time.

The plot gets way, um, thicker than that, but suffice it to say the band leaves plenty of room to geek-out on the lyrics. More compellingly, Emperor of Sand marks the third Mastodon album directly ...

The band estimates that since 1960, it has released 280 to 300 albums (an estimate because there are so many compilations) and sold 105 million LPs and CDs worldwide, with its two biggest singles ...

In many ways, Emperor of Sand, out Friday, harnesses the same gut-punching catharsis as their last conceptual piece, 2009’s Crack the Skye.That album marked a emotional turning point, with ...

For Atlanta heavy metal stars Mastodon it was impossible to escape real life in the making of the band’s seventh album, Emperor Of Sand.Inspired by tragedy that circled around three of the four ...

Godspeed You! Black Emperor makes wordless music that nevertheless shouts like a street-corner prophet. The band's new album, Luciferian Towers, comes out Sept. 22.

Black Emperor have just announced an Orlando tour date in 2022. Noted Montreal musical recluses Godspeed! You Black Emperor on Wednesday announced a world tour kicking off in January of next year ...

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With Love (Blue Note, 2007) chronicled the return of the Charles Tolliver Big Band, one of the most progressive big bands of the Post-War years. Inspired in part by the vibrant creative energy of the ...

Black Emperor formed in 1994, and their first official release is F♯ A♯ ∞, an album that came out in 1997. But before that album’s release — before the band had even officially formed ...