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CRO-MAGS Premiere Exclusive New Recording of “Hard Times” via the Decibel Flexi Series!
January 8, 2026
Score an exclusive flexi featuring hardcore legends Cro-Mags new re-recording of the classic “Hard Times,” while supplies last!
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Video Premiere: Viogression – ‘Light Harvester’
January 19, 2026
Milwaukee death metallers Viogression drop a new video from their latest album.
Editorial
An Endless Wave of American Darkness: USBM’s Hidden Underground
December 26, 2025
Neill Jameson digs deep into the best that underground U.S. black metal had to offer in 2025.
Full Album Stream: New Mexican Doom Cult –Ziggurat
January 19, 2026 Adem Tepedelen
Swedish desert rock worshippers New Mexican Doom Cult offer up their second psyched-out full-length, Ziggurat.
Five For Friday: January 16, 2026
January 16, 2026 J. Andrew
This week features all things fast, heavy, and brutal with the latest from Kreator, Void Monuments, Viserion and more!
Listen: Shane Embury’s DARK SKY BURIAL Streams ‘The Sacred Neurotic’
January 16, 2026 Albert Mudrian
Hear The Sacred Neurotic, the new LP from Shane Embury’s prolific electronic project Dark Sky Burial.
Album Premiere: Viserion – ‘Fire and Blood’
January 15, 2026 Addison Herron-Wheeler
Viserion‘s forthcoming atmospheric crusher, Fire and Blood, is set to manifest in this realm on January 16. You can stream it here before the rest of the world hears it.
Q&A: Ex-Cryptic Slaughter Guitarist Les Evans Discusses His New Band, Subversion Trigger
January 14, 2026 Adem Tepedelen
Hear the blistering new crossover EP from former Cryptic Slaughter guitarist Les Evans’ new band Subversion Trigger.
VITAMIN X Return With New Single and Video “Chop Chop Chop”
January 14, 2026 Tim Mudd
Amsterdam hardcore thrash lifers Vitamin X return with the video for “Chop Chop Chop,” the first single from their upcoming full-length, Ride the Apocalypse, due March 13 via Svart Records.
Track Premiere: Moros – ‘Drowned in Decomposed Remains’
January 13, 2026 Emily Bellino
Philly filth overlords Moros return with a new slab of death/doom.
Blast Worship: Smearing
January 13, 2026 Gene Meyer
Hear Seattle crushers Smearing deliver D-beats and death blasts in equal measure on the freshly released Acts of Service.
Track Premiere: Blackwater Drowning – “The Sixth Omen”
January 12, 2026 Adem Tepedelen
Hear North Carolina melodic death metal outfit Blackwater Drowning reveal “The Sixth Omen,” the new single from their upcoming Obscure Sorrows full-length.
Full Album Stream: Sad Whisperings – “The Hermit”
January 12, 2026 Emily Bellino
Death/doom OGs Sad Whisperings return with their first album in 33 years.

