It was almost a year ago to the day that we first premiered “The Paradise Gallows,” the lead single and title track from Inter Arma’s third full-length. Paradise Gallows closed out 2016 with the top ...

Sky Burial, the outstanding 2013 album by the Richmond, Virginia, metallurgists in Inter Arma, kicks off with one of the most clobbering, thunderous guitar riffs you’ll ever hear. Paradise Gallows, ...

Learning a lot about the inner workings of any art form can be a double-edged sword. Knowledge of the arcana that let creative people work their magic can provide a point of access for fans to ...

Virginia five-piece Inter Arma made waves back in 2012 with their full-length Sky Burial and again with 2014’s 45-minute long-form single track The Cavern. The upcoming Paradise Gallows will be their ...

This new album from Inter Arma is shaping up to be an absolute beast. “Transfiguration,” the first song they released, was a sludgy grinder, ripping flesh from your body with a meat hook one bloody ...

INTER ARMA‘s music resists generalization and categorization, but if there’s one thing that’s consistently true, it’s that the VA quintet possesses an unparalleled sense of scope. Few artists today ...

The Richmond metal band's new album both expands and contracts the realms of extreme music; it's huge in scope and sound, with instrumental... Note: NPR's First Listen audio comes down after the album ...

Nothing characterizes sludge and doom like turbulence and despair — and Richmond, VA doom greats Inter Arma have pretty much captured these emotions and channelled them directly into the music on ...

Richmond extreme-metal experimenters Inter Arma are finally streaming their new album The Paradise Gallows and its a doozy. A long, dense, powerful listen, this one takes a lot of time to absorb, but ...