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Track Premiere: Desert Collider – “ThumpeRRR”

February 18, 2026

Hear the sonic explorations of Italian psych-stoner quartet, Desert Collider, on their brain-tweaking new single, “ThumpeRRR.”

Single & Video Premiere: Graufar – “Foltertrog”

February 18, 2026

Graufar return with the third single from their upcoming full-length, Via Necropolis, steeped in blackened death metal ferocity with a slow-burning sense of dread.

Lyric Video: Ape Vermim – “Awakened”

February 12, 2026

Check out a new lyric video for “Awakened” from North Carolina progressive sludge metal juggernaut Ape Vermin taken from their latest EP, Andromedas Colossus, released in 2024.

Track Premiere: Salos – “Sagittarius”

February 11, 2026

Hear Greek instrumental post-metal duo Salos explore the sonic cosmos on new single, “Sagittarius.”

Video Premiere: Hibernaut – “Mark of Shame”

February 11, 2026

Utah doom crushers Hibernaut return with a harrowing new video for “Mark of Shame.” The track appears on the band’s upcoming split LP with Arizona extreme outfit Face Pulp, due March 6 via What’s Left Records.

Full Album Stream: Fossilization – Advent of Wounds

February 11, 2026

Emerging from the abyssal depths of the underground, Fossilization return with Advent of Wounds, a suffocating descent into death metal extremity that sharpens every weapon the Brazilian duo has wielded so far.

Video Premiere: Irreversible – “Thoth”/”Esus”

February 9, 2026

Sludgy Atlanta post-metal makers Irreversible return from 11-year absence with two-track crusher, Vessel.

EP Premiere: Bergtagen – In Forests Eternal

February 5, 2026

Hear the the two-decades-in-the-making debut EP, In Forests Eternal from dark atmospheric metallers Bergtagen.

DEAD HEAT Premiere Exclusive Track, “Light Me Up,” via the Decibel Flexi Series!

February 5, 2026

Hear and acquire this exclusive new flexi disc single from crossover crushers Dead Heat before the issue containing discs are sold out for good!

Full Album Stream: Stress Spells –Hearts Never Tire

February 4, 2026

Hear the manic, twitchy mathcore of New Jersey quartet Stress Spells on their new album, Hearts Never Tire.

Video Premiere: Beltfed Weapon – “Digital Genesis”

February 4, 2026

Seattle’s Beltfed Weapon new single, “Digital Genesis,” hits like a chrome-plated thrash hammer to the skull.

Track Premiere: The Fifth Alliance – “Phoenix”

January 29, 2026

Sludge/post-metal/post-hardcore collective The Fifth Alliance share their new song “Stenahoria,” the title track from their upcoming album released through Tartarus Records/Breathe Plastic/Ardua Music.

Full EP Stream: Feral Nature –Cradle of Twigs & Bone

January 28, 2026

Hear Oslo metallic hardcore quartet Feral Nature’s new noise on self-released EP Cradle of Twigs & Bone.

Video Premiere: Gutslit – “I, Berzerker”

January 26, 2026

Hear Mumbai DM brutalists, Gutslit, lose their shit on new single “I, Berzerker.”

Track & Video Premiere: In Aeternum – “The Vile God of Slime”

January 22, 2026

Swedish black/death metal veterans In Aeternum are closing the chapter on their long-awaited return with “The Vile God of Slime,” the second and final single to be revealed from their upcoming album …Of Death and Fire, due February 6.

Video Premiere: Belonging – “The Dog”

January 21, 2026

Portland post-metal sludge trio Belonging ‘s bark is worse than its bite on new track “The Dog.”

Full Album Stream: New Mexican Doom Cult –Ziggurat

January 19, 2026

Swedish desert rock worshippers New Mexican Doom Cult offer up their second psyched-out full-length, Ziggurat.

Album Premiere: Viserion – ‘Fire and Blood’

January 15, 2026

Viserion‘s forthcoming atmospheric crusher, Fire and Blood, is set to manifest in this realm on January 16. You can stream it here before the rest of the world hears it.

Q&A: Ex-Cryptic Slaughter Guitarist Les Evans Discusses His New Band, Subversion Trigger

January 14, 2026

Hear the blistering new crossover EP from former Cryptic Slaughter guitarist Les Evans’ new band Subversion Trigger.

VITAMIN X Return With New Single and Video “Chop Chop Chop”

January 14, 2026

Amsterdam hardcore thrash lifers Vitamin X return with the video for “Chop Chop Chop,” the first single from their upcoming full-length, Ride the Apocalypse, due March 13 via Svart Records.

Track Premiere: Blackwater Drowning – “The Sixth Omen”

January 12, 2026

Hear North Carolina melodic death metal outfit Blackwater Drowning reveal “The Sixth Omen,” the new single from their upcoming Obscure Sorrows full-length.

Split Album Premiere: Creaturess and Sungrave – ‘Sepulchral Echoes’

January 8, 2026

Just a year after their debut release, Idyll, Denver post-metal band Sungrave return with a collaborative new EP with Creaturess. Stream Cold Flesh and No One now.