Daniel Lukes

There has always been something witchy about black metal. The black metal persona, long-haired, uglified with…

It's called death metal, but it's actually a very vital form of music. Now in its fifth decade, it's more rel…

The last meal before the apocalypse. A feast that binds a civilisation. A hunger that no world — real or imag…

In his 2011 book Retromania: Pop Culture's Addiction to Its Own Past, Simon Reynolds argues that pop culture …

The euphoric black metal turn is precious alone for how it irritates chuds like Neill Jamison, who cannot hel…

by Daniel Lukes "They dumped the corpses in the middle of the pool-a beautiful curvy pool with no flat bottom…

Death metal is not exactly a genre that has the world's admiration and respect, but which musical genre, I as…

As pundits scramble to define fascism for Trump 2.0, a recent book by media scholar Jack Z. Bratich, investig…

Morgan Lander of revived nu metallers Kittie recently looked back at being "the lone woman in a sea of nu-met…

A new anthology brings more than 60 artists together to dream of a free Palestine.

Somewhere between Stephen King taking inspiration from John Wayne Gacy (a serial killer who moonlighted as a …

It's a Friday night, the 4th of July, and downtown Montreal is hopping. Once you find your way to the upstair…

Trouble are one of those bands that may have been denied mainstream success, but as soon as they kick in toni…

It's a rainy Monday evening in Montreal, with melting snow turning to slush on the ground, but L'Olympia is a…

There is nothing quite like a thirtieth* anniversary tour of an album that came out when you were a teenager …

A Cardboard Box Wrapped In Gold Shiny Paper With A White Felt Bow In the middle of construction, structural c…

Daniel Lukes reviews Charles Burns’s “Final Cut” and “Kommix.”

My name is Genevra Badger. That is not my real name. I can't remember my real name, and I don't care. But I c…

Listen to this episode from Cave Dweller Music on Spotify. James sits down with editors Daniel Lukes and Stan…

"The location is a bus station, a hospital entrance, or some other public area where people come and go, and …

Written by Daniel Lukes Editor's note:Today we're proud to feature an op-ed from Daniel Lukes, a heavy music …

Conference will bring together writers, researchers, and students across disciplines to tackle key questions …

Economist Gernot Wagner says embracing sustainable climate technology to win the global clean energy race is …

I remember the time humanity took a weekend that never ended. It was a Friday: people went home from work as …