Month: December 2015
Top 5 Black Metal Albums that were More Relevant than...
Whenever you decide to take a break from burning down Christmas trees and taking washed-out black-and-white holiday card photos, you might want to take a listen to some of these awesome black metal albums from 2015! We’ve gathered a list of our five favorites from the year, and they’re sure to bring a grim, blasphemous frown to your face. … read more
Top 5 Extreme Metal Albums You Lost When Your Mom...
Your mom would throw out these extreme metal albums based on the band and album names alone. Don’t let her see the artwork—these extreme metal albums are the nasties of 2015. … read more
Top 5 Darkwave Albums that We’re Pretty Sure were Written...
In the year 2015, we’re still a long way away from creating autonomous, AI-driven androids to take over all of our menial labor, and even further away from an inevitable uprising led by an army of robotic Arnold Schwarzeneggers. Luckily, we have our own little taste of the future in the form of these five awesome darkwave albums from this year. … read more
Top 5 Synthpop Albums For Joyriding In A Stolen UFO
So you’ve figured out how to jump the mysterious metallic UFO that crash-landed in your backyard, but you’re not sure you wanna listen to whatever alien version of Justin Bieber that’s blaring from the radio on your joyride to the intergalactic space-mall. Let this list of 2015’s most innovative and alien synthpop albums soundtrack your hyperdrive. … read more
Top 5 Indie Pop Albums To Pin To Your Anorak
We get it—it’s not just a winter jacket, it’s a suit of armor for your shy sensibilities and tender emotional life. This list of pure, perfect indie pop albums from 2015 would make for perfect badges to decorate it with. … read more
Top 5 Art Albums That Should Be Sold At The...
God Hates Robots opened their doors this year, and this is an appeal to hang these art albums on its walls. These art albums paved new ground in 2015. … read more
Mike Brown: Dual Christmas!
To me, the true meaning of Christmas is getting presents. All of the other Baby Jesus stuff and loving thy neighbor and spending time with the family? Shit, man, I can do that any other time of the year. I don’t need some invisible Christmas spirit to do that stuff. … read more
SLUG Snow Photo Feature: Austin Sweetin
Last winter, Brighton was kind enough to let us get a Cat and build this jump over on Milly before it had opened. It was an insane way to start the season. It’s snowing in the mountains, so get off your lazy ass and do some Cab 5s like Austin Sweetin. … read more
SLUG Holiday Comix – December 2015
I’m so confused. Our humans make us go outside to pee … but then they bring the outside inside?! … read more
Contributor Limelight: Mistress Nancy
Senior Staff Writer, Distro Leading SLUG Mag’s readership through the gothic dystopias of EBM and industrial music, Mistress Nancy has been SLUG’s trusted guide for all things dark and electronic since August of 2013. Whether it be album reviews, interviews with the likes of Skinny Puppy, Haujobb and Author & Punisher, or knockout performance reviews