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February 20, 2026
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Track Premiere: Total Maniac – “Early Grave”
February 24, 2026
Stream a new song from Baltimore street metal thrashers Total Maniac.
Editorial
An Endless Wave of American Darkness: USBM’s Hidden Underground
December 26, 2025
Neill Jameson digs deep into the best that underground U.S. black metal had to offer in 2025.
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March 2026 [#257]
Includes exclusive limited edition Dead Heat flexi disc
Hardened to Their Core! Also: the Decibel Hall of Fame: The Making of Lethargy’s It’s Hard to Write With a Little Hand, Metal & Beer Fest: Denver 2025 Reviewed, Mayhem, Carpenter Brut and more
Track Premiere: Zanjeer – ‘F*ck Berlin, Free Falasteen’
February 24, 2026 Emily Bellino
Berlin-based hardcore punks Zanjeer debut a new song from their upcoming debut album.
Boris – Pink
February 24, 2026 Raoul Hernandez
Boris‘ 2005 fuzzy game-changer, Pink, enters our hallowed Hall.
Full Album Stream: Deeper Graves –Pull Me Toward the Dark
February 23, 2026 Adem Tepedelen
Hear the new post-punk goth melancholy of Deeper Graves on third full-length Pull Me Toward the Dark.
Track Premiere: Malauriu – ‘Satanic Witch’
February 23, 2026 Emily Bellino
Malauriu take black metal back to raw, punky roots.
Full Album Stream: Harrowed –The Eternal Hunger
February 23, 2026 Adem Tepedelen
Feast on the full-length debut, The Eternal Hunger, from Swedeath duo Harrowed, out soon on Dying Victims Productions.
Five For Friday: February 20, 2026
February 20, 2026 J. Andrew
It’s a great day for musical discoveries with the latest releases from Exhumed, Nightshade, Rotten Blasphemy and more!
A High Place of Darkness and Light: Live Review: Agriculture
February 20, 2026 Adrien Begrand
Live review: Euphoric black metallers Agriculture embrace Montreal for one sold-out night in February.
Album Premiere: Unmother – State Dependent Memory
February 19, 2026 Addison Herron-Wheeler
London-based black metal quartet Unmother return with their new full-length album, State Dependent Memory. Hear in it before its February 20 release via Fiadh Productions.
Video/Track Premiere: Screaming At All the Walls With Baltimore Punks PEARL
February 19, 2026 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Check out the new video/single from Baltimore punks, Pearl!
Track Premiere: Desert Collider – “ThumpeRRR”
February 18, 2026 Adem Tepedelen
Hear the sonic explorations of Italian psych-stoner quartet, Desert Collider, on their brain-tweaking new single, “ThumpeRRR.”
