Columns
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No Fashion Records: The Chaotic Swedish Label That Unleashed Metal’s Bleakest Classics
While Britain danced to the optimistic sounds of Britpop, a chaotic Swedish record label gave birth to the bleak, melodic…
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Misanthropy Records: Art, Murder, and the Unlikely Story of a 90s Record Label
Born from the fallout of a murder that shocked the Norwegian music scene, one fan’s unlikely venture from a quiet…
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Eternal Tears of Sorrow: The Final Chapter of a Melodic Death Metal Legacy
Finnish melodic death metal pioneers Eternal Tears of Sorrow have officially announced their disbandment, bringing an end to a nearly…
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Anorexia Nervosa: Reflecting on Their Impact and Influence in Black Metal’s Evolution
Anorexia Nervosa’s innovative fusion of classical grandeur and black metal ferocity inaugurates The Vault. This column celebrates bands that have…
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Extinct Theory: Depletion, Decay, Mutation, and Exhaustion
The possibility of extinction has always been a latent figure in textual production and archives.
