A guy on a cell phone stands outside of a Washington state casino and drops this: “I wanted to take a vacation from the Celtic aspect of my writing and get back into the myths and fables of The ...

Back in 2018, former Absu guitarist Melissa Moore said that she had been kicked out of the band for being transgender. Absu broke up earlier this year; they had previously announced an album called ...

American black metal maestros Absu have had a hell of a year. After emerging from the shadows in early 2007 with several live and split releases, main man Proscriptor assembled a crack team of ...

For my money, one of the best black metal bands in the US will play NYC tonight at Saint Vitus, the first of a two-night stay for the “mythological occult metal” band Absu. Krallice will provide ...

It’s rare that MS contributor Grim Kim chooses to heap praise upon bands the rest of actually know and love, but there it is, dangling like a big, juicy meatball: Absu’s Abzu as one of her picks for ...

Former Absu guitarist Melissa Moore (known as Vis Crom during her time with the band) has been sharing details about her exit from the band in recent days, detailing how she was let go by Russ R.

In heavy metal, the battle between seriousness and silliness can often seem like a binary. Either an act just wants to play real hard and real fast while singing about drinking, hanging with wizards, ...

It's a long way to the top if you wanna rock 'n' roll, and while some musicians are content to focus all their energy on one project, many others find themselves saddled with a crackling excess of ...

Covering 42 dates, Absu's routing takes them from the East Coast in Virginia across the entire country, up through Canada and finishing close to where they started in North Carolina on April 30. The ...