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Experimental French black metal collective Non Serviam collab with Sigh vocalist Mirai Kawashima on noise-laden new track, “Victory to Kali.”

India’s Godless have spent more than a decade sharpening their death metal into something ruthless, precise, and increasingly severe. Their new single, “Architect of Torment,” drops today.

New Swedish melodic DM crew Abandon Agony start their ascent with full-length debut Endbringer.

Hear former and current members of Decrepit Birth, Animosity, Akurion, Neuraxis, Augury, Emasculator and more gather as The Conflux Collective.

Resurrected Seattle splattercore legends, The Accüsed, are slicing and dicing on violent new single, “Interfectrix.”

Hear Arkansas deathcore deviants Gorepig bring all the squeals.

New Belgian blackgaze outfit, Achryma, take us in the studio for the morose title track to their new Hollowlight EP.

Where there’s smoke, there’s black metal, and Italian ragers laCasta are engulfed in the acrid fumes of their new full length Olibanvm.

The Phoenix, Arizona death metal outfit Lago returns with Vigil, a dense, suffocating, and surgically cold new full-length that pushes their bleak atmosphere into sharper, more punishing territory.

Tucson crushers Wyrmhaven whip up a melodic death metal monsoon on new track “Unrelenting Storms.”

Check out the new single by Indian crazies Maneating Orchid!

Virginia stoner rock trio Üga Büga fire up the grill on new single, “Divine Slaughter (Backyard Barbecue Bonanza).”

Hear New Jersey deathcore unit 9 Dead let it rip on their latest single, “Parasite.”

Scottish trio Tyrannus ride post-punk angst to a fiery black metal explosion on new track, “Flesh Eternal.”

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Vancouver, BC symphonic DM stalwarts Atavistia inject a folk metal forest vibe into new single “I Skogens Djup.”

Hear Toward Dead Temples, the forthcoming split release from Baltimore black metallers Nixil, and Portland black/death metal quartet Drouth

Swedish extreme metal multi-instrumentalist Oscar Rask returns with his death thrash project Since the Death and new album, Entangled.

The folks who bring you the Fire in the Mountains Festival discuss the power of music and community.

Philly’s proggy black metallers Iatt check in with the penultimate chapter in their upcoming Etheric Realms of the Night album and film.

Progressive death metal still carries a certain baggage—either a promise of something transcendent or an excuse to disappear into excess. On Blind In Abyssal Realms, Ordh don’t bother arguing with either side.

Seattle author Jonathan Evison discusses the in-progress documentary on the short-lived ’80s venue, the Metropolis, and the role it played in the rise of grunge.

Hear the melodic, folk-inspired black metal rage of Eveale on the title track, “Enter the Woodland Realm,” from their upcoming debut full-length.

Taken from the upcoming Ten Billion Years, Kilter’s “Weather Cycle” forms a crucial moment in the album’s sweeping conceptual arc, which traces the birth and death of our solar system through the journey of a single water droplet.

Hear the collaborative performance by Dutch extreme bands Throwing Bricks and Ontaard on a special seven-song set they wrote and composed for Roadburn 2025.

Making the case for Hellripper‘s latest, Coronach.

If melodic and power metal is your bag, give a thought to Vancouver’s Hyperspace Metalfest on April 16-18.

Belgian atmospheric black metal outfit Splendidula are born to touch your feelings on new full-length, Absentia.

Move to the beat of L.A. hardcore punk ’n rollers, Sweat, featuring members of Graf Orlock, Dangers, Dogteeth and Ghostlimb.

Read all about it: Emperor and Blood Incantation Kicked off the Emperial Wrath Tour in Toronto on Friday Night!