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Track Premiere: Mutagenic Host – “Artificial Harvest of the Obscene”
December 2, 2024 Adem Tepedelen
Hear UK death demons Mutagenic Host rail against the horrors of unchecked AI on new track, “Artificial Harvest of the Obscene.”
Album Premiere: Thinking About Thrashing with Montreal’s MUTANK
November 28, 2024 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Take an advance left cross to the chops with MUTANK‘s new full-length!
Book Review: Marty Friedman –Dreaming Japanese
November 27, 2024 Adem Tepedelen
Guitarist Marty Friedman’s Megadeth years seem quaint compared to his fame in Japan, as detailed in his new memoir, Dreaming Japanese.
Q&A: Skin Yard Bassist Daniel House Talks About the Band’s Legacy and New Box Set
November 25, 2024 Adem Tepedelen
Skin Yard co-founder and bassist Daniel House shares the details of the grunge progenitors’ new deluxe singles box set.
Full Album Stream: Rvkkvs –Antithesis of Prosperity
November 20, 2024 Adem Tepedelen
Hear Kiwi death grinders Rvkkvs kick up a vicious maelstrom on new nine-song debut, Antithesis of Prosperity.
Track Premiere: Flummox – “Executive Dysfunction”
November 18, 2024 Adem Tepedelen
Hear Nashville genre-mashers Flummox get brutally bizarre on new single, “Executive Dysfunction.”
EP Stream: Grinding the Groove with CHÜZO’s M.T.M.D.(Maximum Threshold, Minimum Decay)
November 14, 2024 Kevin Stewart-Panko
There’s a lot to be said about the new EP by Montreal extremists CHUZO
Track Premiere: Graveripper – “Cybernetic Nightmare”
November 13, 2024 Adem Tepedelen
Hear Indiana speed metal dealers, Graveripper, issue an apocalyptic warning of the potential “Cybernetic Nightmare” on new new Wise Blood Flexi single.
Full Stream Ahead: Nepenthe – ‘The Fading Promise of Tomorrow’ + ‘Elegies of Loss and Doom’
November 13, 2024 Tim Mudd
Canadian blackened doom upstarts Nepenthe deliver a double-dose of doom with something old, something new.
Full Album Stream: Septaria –Astar
November 11, 2024 Adem Tepedelen
French post-metal dynamists, Septaria, say the quiet part (and loud part) out loud on debut Astar.
Full EP Stream: Seven Kingdoms –The Square
November 6, 2024 Adem Tepedelen
Hear Florida power metal quartet Seven Kingdoms play outside the box on new EP The Square.
Unholy Metal: Empty Throne Unleashes Their Debut Album’s Title Track
November 6, 2024 Tim Mudd
Prepare for darkness incarnate—Empty Throne is about to descend with a powerful new video for “Unholy,” the title track of their upcoming debut full-length album, set for release on November 27.
Video Premiere: The Triceratops – “Can’t Take You”
November 4, 2024 Adem Tepedelen
Watch Brooklyn grunge-punk duo The Triceratops’ new low-budget, “sci-fi epic” for the punchy track “Can’t Take You.”
Video Premiere: Yellfire Find Peace in House Show Chaos with “Wabi Sabi”
October 31, 2024 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Watch Seattle noise rockers Yellfire murder property values and piss off the HOA with their new video!
Full Album Stream: Eldingar –Lysistrata
October 30, 2024 Adem Tepedelen
Greek pagan black metalers Eldingar want World Peace Now! on new long player Lysistrata.
Video Premiere: An Autumn Finds New Purpose in the Second Single from Ethereal
October 30, 2024 Tim Mudd
After 15 years and 10 albums, Dutch post-black metal band An Autumn is embracing a new chapter, and their latest single, “Dreaming,” from Ethereal, captures that transformation in all its intensity.
Q&A: Scott Hedrick (Skeletonwitch) on His Debut Instrumental Solo Album, Devotional Drift Vol. 1
October 29, 2024 Adem Tepedelen
Skeletonwitch guitarist Scott Hedrick’s left-hand path is more meditational than metal on his new debut solo album, Devotional Drift Vol. 1.
Video Premiere: Mugger – “Candy Apple Baseball”
October 28, 2024 Adem Tepedelen
Austin noisy hardcore outfit, Mugger, swing for the fences on new single, “Candy Apple Baseball.”
Full Album Stream: Faster Than the Devil III Compilation
October 23, 2024 Adem Tepedelen
Indianapolis indie underground metal label, Wise Blood, offers up its latest Faster Than the Devil comp, featuring Bloodletter, Ninth Realm, Acid Mass and Grozov.
Video Premiere: Conjonctive – “Misère de Poussière”
October 21, 2024 Adem Tepedelen
Deathcore outfit Conjonctive is co-fronted by Swiss miss Sonia Kaya in new video for “Misère de Poussière.”
Video Premiere: Portland Punks HELP Wrap Turmoil in Humour and Hoops with “Black Cloud”
October 17, 2024 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Check out the latest video by noisy Portland punks, HELP!
Full Album Stream: Ottone Pessante –Scrolls of War
October 16, 2024 Adem Tepedelen
Brass-kicking Italian trio Ottone Pessante return with a new full-length of horn-heavy metal on Scrolls of War.
Auriferous Flame Unleashes Revolutionary Ferocity in New Track “The Insurrectionists”
October 16, 2024 Tim Mudd
Ayloss of Spectral Lore and Mystras returns with the third album of epic thrash mixed with atmospheric elements of dark black metal as Auriferous Flame.
Track Premiere: Mandroïd of Krypton – “The Waltz of Death”
October 14, 2024 Adem Tepedelen
“The Waltz of Death” from Swiss thrashers Mandroïd Of Krypton aims to make mosh pits more waltz friendly.
Q&A: Chuck Billy (Testament) Goes A Haunting
October 10, 2024 Chris Dick
Decibel interviews Chuck Billy of thrash metal titans Testament about the reissues of The Legacy and The New Order.
Track Premiere: Codespeaker – “Rescission”
October 9, 2024 Adem Tepedelen
Po-faced post-metal Scots Codespeaker communicate clearly on monolithically heavy new single, “Rescission.”
Vanishing Kids Unveil Haunting Visuals in New Video for “Demon Glove”
October 9, 2024 Tim Mudd
Wisconsin-based dream doom and gothic psych-rock innovators Vanishing Kids release a captivating new video for their single “Demon Glove.”
Track Premiere: Thyrathen – “Religious Agonies”
October 7, 2024 Adem Tepedelen
Epic Greek black metal outfit Thyrathen tackle—surprise, surprise!—”Religious Agonies” on new single from second album, Lakonic.
Video Premiere: Seattle Noise-Niks Anthers Create Visual Chaos with “Mabel”
October 3, 2024 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Get down with strobe-light induced seizures and noisy noise rock with Anthers‘ new video!
Full Album Stream: Life Abuse –Systemization
October 2, 2024 Adem Tepedelen
East Coast hardcore lifers in Life Abuse get crusty on new Armageddon Label debut, Systemization
