Self-Released

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

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

Meet Denver’s only melodic/progressive busking death metal band, Insipidus.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

Puget Sound doom pushers Mother Crone show us the “Unseen Way” on their twisty, progressive new single.

UK’s proggy death thrashers Unburier dig up some serious foulness on new single “Survive the Vermin.”

Hear Beantown bashers Karate Steve lay down some black belt-quality hardcore sludge on third full-length Time Under Tension.

Hear the harsh melodicism of Norwegian blackgaze outfit Sundrowned, paying homage to the fall equinox on new full length, Higanbana.

Swedish melodeath mashers After Earth dabble in cannibalism in new video for “Skinwalker.”

Sandrider’s Jon Weisnewski delivers some grindcore insanity via his latest Nuclear Dudes track, “Truth Paste,” featuring vocalist Brandon Nakamura (ex-Teen Chtulu).

Night Demon bassist/vocalist Jarvis Leatherby discusses the band’s upcoming limited release 10th anniversary Curse of the Damned box set.

Hear Denver sludge trio In the Company of Serpents rip it up on new track, “A Patchwork Art.”

Post-punk, industrial Chicago trio Burndy tune out the “Static” on new single from their self-titled debut.

South Jersey melodic death fire-breathers Chronepsis go to battle on debut mini-album Weight of Eternity.

Swedish death crushers Övervåld stomp their HM-2 pedals with impunity and bring the (sonic) rot in their new video for “Förruttnelse.”

Multi-state progressive DM collab Pyrrhic Salvation return to the fray with manic, ambitious new EP, When Society Crumbles.

Skeletonwitch guitarist Scott Hedrick’s left-hand path is more meditational than metal on his new debut solo album, Devotional Drift Vol. 1.

Deathcore outfit Conjonctive is co-fronted by Swiss miss Sonia Kaya in new video for “Misère de Poussière.”

Austin retro blues-doom outfit Heavy Velvet wanna scratch “The Itch” on their new single.

Drink in the Madeira madness of melodic thrash/death outfit Karnak Seti’s new track “I Breathe the End.”

Hear Helsinki quartet Soul Incursion shake off the winter blues with some deathtastic thrash on their new Eternal Darkness EP.

Hear Dutch metallic hardcore ragers LIES! shout at the devil on new album, Mind Pollution.

Buffalo death metal miscreants Morgue Terror aren’t clowning around in new video for “Broken, Beaten, Beheaded.”

Hear Indian thrash lords Kill the King shred the haters on new track, “Hate Advocacy.”

Hear Finnish melodic DM quintet As the Sun Falls offer up a three-track taste of new melancholic material on Where the Silence Reigns.