Artist: Junius

An extremely welcome surprise in 2011 was Reports From The Threshold Of Death, a throbbing, gauzy dream-rock record from Boston's Junius (read here). One shitty major magazine described Reports as the intersection of Neurosis and The Smiths, but a sharper listen reveals Deftones-sized hooks and melancholic majesty more akin to Loveless by My Bloody Valentine and [...]

When Wolves Like Us played at The Underworld with Kvelertak before Christmas we took a few moments to catch up with one of our favourite new bands of 2011. Drummer, Jonas Thire was telling us about how excellent their Prosthetic Records labelmates, Junius were and that they wanted to tour together. Well, it's happened. Wolves Like Us + Junius April 2012 UK tour dates 22 Nottingham Hit The Deck Fest 23 Glasgow Ivory Blacks [...]

Have you guys all seen Junius live yet? Holy shit, they are SO GOOD. I'm not nearly as enamored of their recordings as a lot of other people seem to be, but I'll happily go see them live anytime. Their energy is just so righteous. And now they've announced a co-headlining tour with O'Brother, who [...]

FEATURING MEMBERS OF MELVINS, RED FANG, JUNIUS, EXHUMED, RWAKE, ORPHANED LAND, HULL, EARTH, AND KILL THE CLIENT Every year year, MetalSucks asks musicians from across the vast spectrum of the metalsphere (or, in a few cases, the almost-metalsphere) what their favorite albums of the year have been. Death metallers, thrash metallers, black metallers, stoners, grinders, and djenters alike [...]

Uh-oh. It's started. It's not even December yet and yet the great Season Of Lists is upon us. As 2011 slowly creeps to a close, every man, woman, magazine, website, and radio station is publishing their Albums Of The Year List. Of all the major players, Decibel Magazine - America's only monthly metal magazine, and [...]

The crushing power of atmosphere.

No surprise, but Evanescence and Five Finger Death Punch nabbed the #1 and #2 spots on the Current Hard Music charts for the third week in a row. The rest of of the Top 10 isn't much better; aside from Foo Fighters (#4) and Mastodon (#8), the lot is pretty disappointing. BUT, there were solid [...]

Photo via The Swizard's iPhone Enslaved When: October 13th, 2011 Where: Slim's, San Francisco, CA With: Alcest, Junius by The Swizard (CA) Black Metal is certainly a hot topic today. Whether it's shoddy New Yorker articles, stellar rebuttals to shoddy New Yorker articles, band members allegedly assaulting women, or Brooklyn hipsters attempting to redefine the genre, it seems as though its

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Death loses its bleak connotation in favor of optimism.

This week's list of releases covers a lot of ground, between the sludge punk of Black Tusk, Noctem's blackened thrash, a heavier side of Russian Circles, East of the Wall, Carnifex, Hammers of Misfortune and much more. Check it all out by clicking below. Black Tusk – Set The Dial (Relapse) Only a year and [...]

So Metalheads! Tomorrow is Tuesday meaning we will get some new releases - and this week is a big week! So support your scene, buy your music and keep your bands on the the road! Here they are! Bahimiron - Rebel Hymns of Left Handed Terror (Moribund) Black Tusk - Set The Dial (Relapse) Carnifex - Until I Feel Nothing (Victory) Craft - Void (Southern Lord) Danzig - The Essential Danzig (Sony) Death - Individual Thought Patterns Re-Release (Relapse) [...]

Junius are set to release From the Threshold of Death on October 25, 2011 via Prosthetic Records . The album is the latest from the band who have been compared to Neurosis and the Smiths and follows The Martyrdom of a Catrastophist in 2009. Check out a stream here .

October 14th, 2011 was a day I was reminded how much I love Metal. As the audience threw their horns and banged their heads in unison, I felt myself being consumed by the atmosphere of the crowd. I was overwhelmed by the sense of happiness and excitement; it was as if I was teleported into [...]

I'm running out of ways to describe how good I think Junius are. I'm also running out of ways to describe their sound. The very first time I read this description I knew that the writer had hit the mark: Junius are The Smiths gone metal. There's a new Junius track called "The Universe Without [...]

• Junius - A Universe Without Stars

Yes, it's true: our interview with Enslaved's brilliant bassist/vocalist, Grutle Kjellson, came at the end of a very long and stressful day involving behind-the-curtains technical issues here at MetalSucks, and another devastating loss by Vince's beloved New York Mets. So, yeah, we may have had a few to loosen up before heading into Kjellson's dressing [...]

Junius have posted another new song from their upcoming Prosthetic Records debut. The record is titled Reports from the Threshold of Death and is due out October 25, 2011 . It is the follow-up to The Martyrdom of a Catrastophist which was released in 2009 and saw the band described as a "hybrid of Neurosis and The Smiths." Find the song via Guitarworld .

• Junius - A Universe Without Stars

The weekend is upon us. Here are some awesome new tunes to help you get the party started! Lacuna Coil is coming back around with a new album. The above is a little teaser for their new single, "Trip The Darkness," which hits iTunes this Tuesday, from their upcoming release, Dark Adrenaline which hits stores ...

Some metal bands can be compared to historians. There are some bands who dedicate their entire existence to communicating their ideas about culture. There is Nile and Coffin Texts, both Egyptian themed bands; Xibalba, dedicated to Mayan culture; and Drudkh/ Hate Forest/ Astrofaes, who embrace their Slavonic roots. Enslaved , from Norway, have been playing viking-themed black metal since 1991. While the term "black metal" often elicits panda-painted men singing about satan, Enslaved have always operated outside of the box. Not content with the black metal status quo, Enslaved isn't all tremolo and blast beats. The band side-steps the [...]

HUGE drop of new releases this week including much-anticipated new records from Mastodon and Machine Head, as well as a ton of excellent other stuff from Craft, Dead In The Dirt, Landmine Marathon and more. My release reviews are a bit shorter than usual just due to the sheer volume of material coming out this [...]