black metal

New England one-man black metal band Ritual Inscription leave their unholy mark on this week’s Demo:listen.

Austrian newcomers Gjoad create entrancing worlds with atmospheric dark rock on their debut LP, Samanōn.

Elite Swedish Satanic black metallers Malakhim will finally release their first proper full-length come January 2021. Catch a blinding glimpse of Theion now with this exclusive premiere of the album’s opener, “There Is A Beacon.”

German black/heavy metal trio Markgraf present an anachronistic and refreshing sound on their debut full-length. Out next Friday, stream Markgraf in its entirety right now.

USBM insurgents Unshriven Aghast take this week’s Demo:listen hostage to debut their 3-song demo Beacons of Revolt.

Her Name in a Cemetery welcome the winter with their cold Demo MMXX.

Finnish black metallers Havukruunu list the Top 5 Bathory albums that changed their lives. Blood, fire, death!

Hear this crucial split between obscure American black mist Valac and Australia’s insanely prolific Kommodus.

The scathing winds of Quebecois black metal return with a vengeance on De Misère & D’Engelures, the first full-length from Montréal’s Moulin Banal.

Swedish black metal duo Golgata anonymously wield scorched melodies on their mesmerizing sophomore record, Tempel.

Read our second and final book excerpt, this time focusing on the early days of American black metal cult legends Profanatica, and order your copy of USBM now.

As part of it’s “Enlightened” exhibition, Norway’s national library has honored Darkthrone‘s classic album.

Colombian black metal squadron Horncrowned unleash their new album of demonic warfare, the Armageddon-beckoning Rex Exterminii (The Hand of the Opposer).

Hear “The Trees Die Standing,” the first officially released material from Calvin Robertshaw’s (ex-My Dying Bride) black/doom project Many Suffer.

An accursed relic of the Portuguese underground, hear Black Mold’s debut full-length of evil black/thrash before it’s out next week.

Hear the first new song from Swedish gothic metallers Tribulation in three years.

Daniel Lake sits down with Tombs frontman and ‘Metal Matters’ podcast host Mike Hill to discuss the process of assembling the new book, USBM: A Revolution of Identity in American Black Metal.

Our cooped up correspondent pecks on thrash metal legends, U.S. black metal’s unsung heroes and, um, a flute rock.

Wolf-blooded Finnish black metal duo Sarvekas guide us through woodland feeding grounds in their new single, “The Sacred Hour of the Hunt.”

Serpents Oath want you to listen when the “Leviathan Speaks.”

Infera Bruo observe “The Breath of Chaos.”

Hear Dutch black metal band Shagor‘s Sotteklugt in advance of its Friday release on Babylon Doom Cult Records.

New Hampshire black metal tectonic plate shifters Northern Curse erupt once again after a three years deep underground.

This exclusive from Decibel‘s new book, USBM: A Revolution of Identity in American Black Metal, explores the misogynist and racist behavior and other character flaws of some of USBM’s most prominent artists.  

Heavy metal photographer Jeremy Saffer discusses his upcoming photo book of corpse painted nude portraits, Daughters of Darkness.

The new blackened crust duo featuring members of Trash Talk, Alpha & Omega and A Storm of Light is anything but Soothing.

Wake up screaming in “Anguish Cradle,” from Chapter III: The Void God, the forthcoming full-length by black-cloaked USBM duo Shaidar Logoth.

Canadian deathbringers WAKE never stay asleep for long. Surrender to blackened chaos by streaming their Confluence EP now.

One-man speed metal troupe Hellripper returns.

USBM: A Revolution of Identity in American Black Metal, the new 544-page hardcover from Decibel Books featuring a foreword from Tom Gabriel Warrior, is available for pre-order now.