One of the best songs from one of the best metal albums of 2025. No Loss, No Love veered from savagely heavy, pick-scraped ...

Billy Steele, Deputy Editor, Reviews I didn’t discover Bandsplain in 2025, but I definitely listened to it more than any ...

Death metal continues to thrive in 2025. With subgenres ranging from melodeath and technical death metal to deathcore, ...

The River City is nothing if not consistent. The world could be on fire, and that cool hip-hop collective you’ve heard of would still release four albums in a single year. Half the city could be ...

This is what the Defector staff listened to and enjoyed this year. From the Pyre, by The Last Dinner Party In a year where ...

Megan Hilty will not perform Dec. 19 - 20, Dec. 21 at 2pm, Dec. 27 at 2pm, Jan. 3 at 2pm, and Jan. 6. Hilty's final performance will be Jan. 11, 2026. Jennifer Simard will not perform Jan. 6 - 11.