In the mid-90’s, in the cold, bleak north of Seattle, Washington, two friends in their mid-20’s, Greg Anderson and Stephen O Malley, were wading deep in the behemoth dirge of the Melvins, and melting into Earth‘s expansive, glacial-paced, guitar-based soundscapes, heavily influenced by these sounds. Greg and Read more…

Long-running Amsterdam hardcore punk outfit VITAMIN X has issued the first single from their upcoming sixth LP, Age Of Paranoia, the band’s first release for Southern Lord. The album-opening “Modern Man” has been unleashed through a premiere at No Echo alongside a brief Read more…

Southern Lord will reissue NMC17 (No More Censorship) from the seminal Washington, DC punk band SCREAM on CD and LP formats this April 27th, the band’s first album to feature drummer Dave Grohl.

The reissue is dedicated to the influential photographer Naomi Petersen Read more…

Vancouver’s BAPTISTS announce their third full-length album, Beacon Of Faith, now confirmed for release through Southern Lord on May 25th. The album’s brooding “Capsule” has been made available for streaming.

Beacon Of Faith broadly follows the same trajectory as the album’s predecessors, Read more…