Forget what you think you know about heavy metal and any of its various proliferations — thrash, doom, sludge, etc. For me, that’s an easy ask. As I told Brittany Fugate, co-lead vocalist for the ...

The last time Rwake put out a new record, Barack Obama was in his first term as president of the United States. So much has changed since then. Now, 13 and a half years later, the Little Rock sludge ...

Sometimes the warriors you need aren’t the warriors you expect. In March, Little Rock psychedelic metal outfit Rwake (pronounced “wake”) released a majestic comeback album, The Return of Magik ...

In the late '90s, the sludge metal monsters known as Rwake came stomping out of Little Rock, Arkansas with a sound that could swallow universes. Rwake made crushing, rabid epics that regularly ...

Rwake headlined the Slow Southern Steel day show at Room 710 on March 21st in Austin during SXSW, along with support from Hex Machine, The Roller, Seahag, Music Hates You, and last minute addition ...

Oh Rwake, where art thou? It’s been eight years since the Arkansas outfit released a new album (not counting the 2015 re-release of their 1998 demo, Xenoglossalgia: The Last Stage of Awareness). Which ...

Little Rock, Arkansas sludge metal vets Rwake have announced their first album in over 13 years, The Return of Magik, due March 14 via Relapse (pre-order). Recorded in early 2024 at East End Sounds in ...

What the sweet fucking fuckity fuck does “xenoglossalgia” mean? Obviously the “xeno” prefix is quite common, but beyond that, I’m pretty much stumped. To Wikipedia! Xenoglossy (/ ˈ z iː n ɵ ɡ l ɒ s i ...

In the first decade of the 21st century, when there was a lot of weight being thrown behind the burgeoning "southern sludge" movement, Little Rock's Rwake (pronounced "wake") tore off an all-time run ...