Emily Bellino

Death metal? In my swamp?

Andorran melodic death metal band Persefone discuss their latest release.

Listen to a new song from Amblare, featuring the final recording of late Hum drummer Bryan St. Pere.

Heavy metal, hard rock and first-wave black metal collide on Armagh‘s new album, Exclamation Point.

Swampbeast announce their new album and stream its first single, “Valley of Defilement.”

Exhumed frontman Matt Harvey discusses the inspirations and recording process behind his new ambient album, Toward the Cold Light.

Mutilated by Zombies worship at the altar of gore, groove and brutality on their new album.

Polish metal collective Shadohm, featuring members of Batushka, Decapitated and Antigama, debut their first album.

Indiana power-thrashers Idol Throne debut the first single off of their second album.

Iberian funeral doom outfit Blazar stream their debut album, Fatal Cosmic Wound.

Watch Salt Lake City Iota trio get trippy in new music video.

Dig into heavy covers of post-punk and new wave classics with Wax Donut Records’ newest release.

Hear the new album from Guiltless, featuring members of Intronaut and A Storm of Light.

A pirate’s riff is the riff for me.

Revisiting the now-defunct Ferret Music label.

Tankcrimes owner Scotty Heath discusses how the Brainsqueeze Tour — which starts TOMORROW and features Municipal Waste, Ghoul, Necrot and Dead Heat — came to be.

Oak, Ash & Thorn soar to new heights with “Auras.”

Death metal quartet Aberration go dark and strange places on “Interstitial Enmity.”

Get the scoop on 206 Blast Fest before it goes down this weekend.

“Spoiler” alert: This new Kinghorn song is heavy as hell.

Shock Withdrawal (Maruta, Turbid North, Noisear) deliver two minutes of grindcore fury on “Built to Suffer.”

Philly scumbag kings Eat the Turnbuckle discuss their final show, hardcore wrestling and what it’s like to bleed for a living.

Prisoner‘s latest single is a violent eulogy for the environment.

Lair of the Minotaur‘s classic lineup got back together to track two new songs—hear the first one now.

What was left of them, anyway? Find out on Deadyellow‘s new album.

Stream the debut demo from Tennessee death metallers Purulency.

Finnish stoner rockers Craneium dream of a planet beyond Earth on new single “One Thousand Sighs.”

Sink your teeth into war-themed death metal from Domination Campaign, featuring members of Psycroptic.

Enter to win the paintings from Vitriol‘s music video for “The Flowers of Sadism.”

Hear the title track from progressive sludge outfit Lord Dying‘s new album, Clandestine Transcendence.