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Swedish doom trio Laser Dracul are the children of the night, and the music they make is LOUD.

These days, dozens of online tastemakers can each have their own Top 10 list without overlapping any other list.  It’s a testament to the affordability of recording technology, to the direct connections artists forge with their fans, and to ever more insulated channels of musical taste.  Here are a few albums you might have missed but should probably check out before you lose yourself to all the glorious promises of 2017.

Brutal Unrest unveil Trinitas, their pummeling third full-length. 

Celebrate the death of 2016 with Philly-based label/distro Horror Pain Gore Death Productions.

War is hell, and hell sounds better than ever on Dead War’s The Triumph of Death.

Just in time for the holiday season, we bring you this exclusive full album stream of Veneration of Armageddon, the sophomore record from Germany’s Goatblood.

Before you put 2016 to rest, here’s one last black metal victory to serve as an elegy.

Meta is Car Bomb‘s second self-released record, and if you heard 2012’s cryptically titled w^w^^w^w then you probably know where this one is headed.  Spend a little time in Car Bomb’s headspace and you can be sure to either evolve or disintegrate into your very own pool of primordial goo.  And yes, both Joe Duplantier (of Gojira) and Frank Mullen (of Suffocation) lent their talents to parts of Meta.

Class is in session, and old school death revivalists Sentient Horror are on the syllabus.

Exalt, for the wait to hear the new Panzerfaust album is over. Today we bring you the exclusive premiere of The Lucifer Principle, the fourth album from these Canadians in Satan’s Service. Warning: This material may be hazardous to your soul.

Spazz is rereleasing a collection of live and studio recordings from 1995-96. 

More Agathocles!

Occult rockers Albez Duz take us through their album, Wings of Tzinacan, track by track.

Eye‘s Vision and Ageless Light is a retro psychedelic prog throwback that pays homage to the past while keeping it fresh.

Not only does Calgary’s Krepitus straddle the divide between death and thrash metal, but the quartet does so with an every-cloud-has-a-silver-lining thematic uniqueness. Sure, the world is fucked and we’re all fucked, but there’s no point in revelling in being bent over and reamed by the forces that be

Portland death thrashers Dead Conspiracy are about to release their first full-length since their 1987 formation. Hear it now before it hits the streets. 

Groovy, psychedelic doom is the name of the game on The End of Electricity. 

Eternal Deformity fuse genres for a unique and challenging listen on No Way Out. 

Ruinous combines old and new death metal elements on their debut, Graves of Ceaseless Death.  

Fall to your knees before this full stream of Supreme Commanders of Darkness, full length #2 by Santiago’s death metal sacrificionados, Totten Korps—who’ve been lurking in the shadowy depths of the underground since ‘89!

Esben and the Witch‘s forthcoming album, Older Terrors, is a trancelike tribute to the sublime. Listen to it before it hits the streets. 

Italian bruisers Profanal prove Swedeath is the sweetest death on Supreme Fire.

Krypts‘ second album is another impressive piece of death-doom. Stream it in full before it hits the streets next week.

There’s nothing gimmicky about the new Vorator. Italic Raids doesn’t come out until next week, but it is streaming right here. 

Stream The Powder Room’s second album Lucky here on release day.

Stream Cardinal Wyrm’s upcoming album Cast Away Souls and read a Q&A with the band.

Belgian black/death cosmonauts Kosmokrator take a giant leap forward on First Step to Supremacy.

Iron Jawed Guru and Thought Eater joined forces to create an awesome instrumental split. Hear the album in full before it drops next week.

Venom Prison‘s debut full length is a pissed off, forceful death metal album.

Sons of Balour has had a presence in the Norwegian black metal scene since 1992, but it is finally time to hear the band’s debut album.