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We’ll be lucky if I don’t bust out crying: The Albini memorial playlist John Wohlmacher, Rob Hakimian, Steve Forstneger, Todd Dedman, Kyle Kohner, Jasper WIllems, Tom Williams, Jeremy J. Fisette and Chase McMullen·May 13, 2024Fuck all of this, I don’t want to have to write this – not today, not ever! To...FeaturesLists
BPM Team’s Personal 2023 Round-ups Rob Hakimian, Jasper WIllems, John Wohlmacher, Kyle Kohner, Larry McClain, Ray Finlayson, John Amen, Steve Forstneger and Joshua Pickard·December 20, 2023Having finished our annual festive round-up of the best music of the year with our Top 50 Albums...Best of 2023Features
Festival Review: Knoxville’s Big Ears Festival stays weird and wonderful and wholly necessary Joshua Pickard·April 4, 2023Big Ears still feels like a secret, a hidden treasure nestled in The Marble City. Gathering together artists...Festival ReviewLive ReviewsReviews
Album Review: Liturgy – 93696 Todd Dedman·April 4, 2023The title of Liturgy’s sixth studio album is a translation of ‘heaven’ via Thelemic numerological interpretation. Thelema, founded...Album ReviewsReviews
Liturgy unveil the radiant children’s choir piece “Angel of Sovereignty” Rob H·January 11, 2023Boundary-pushing band Liturgy have given us another dose of their forthcoming album 93696 in the form of “Angel...News & Track Reviews
BPM’s Most Anticipated Releases of 2023 Chase McMullen, Rob Hakimian, Joshua Pickard, Kyle Kohner, Kristy Sawyer, Aleksandr Smirnov, Grady Penna, Todd Dedman, Tom Williams, Jeremy J. Fisette, JT Early and Steve Forstneger·January 10, 2023Here we are in another January facing down another year full of surprises. While some of those surprises...FeaturesLists
Liturgy drop experimental four-track EP and the blistering “93696” ahead of new double album Kyle Kohner·October 5, 2022The ecclesiastical avante-garde metal of Liturgy is finally here to grace us with its spirit-filled grandeur for the...News & Track Reviews
BPM Team’s Personal 2020 Round-ups Rob Hakimian, Chase McMullen, Kyle Kohner, Todd Dedman, Ray Finlayson, Tim Sentz, Jeremy J. Fisette, Gareth O'Malley, Ana Leorne, John Wohlmacher, Andy Johnston and Aleksandr Smirnov·December 14, 2020It’s been a year of many endings, but Beats Per Minute’s is one of re-birth. For those many...Best Of 2020EssayFeaturesLists
BPM’s Top 50 Albums of 2020 Rob Hakimian, Michael Cyrs, Mimi Kenny, Kyle Kohner, Andy Johnston, JT Early, Chase McMullen, Todd Dedman, Conor Lochrie, Lauren Mullineaux, Tim Sentz, Scott Zanassi, Ray Finlayson, Josh Sand, Carlo Thomas, Ethan Reis, John Wohlmacher, Jeremy J. Fisette, Aleksandr Smirnov, Grady Penna, Emma Bauchner and Gareth O'Malley·December 9, 2020Well. Well, this was a year. When we got back together, a mixture of old school BPMers and...Best Of 2020FeaturesLists
Album Review: Liturgy – Origin of the Alimonies Todd Dedman·November 26, 2020This is how Liturgy were always destined to end up – producing a work of such complete and...Album ReviewsRecommendedReviews