It’s a very lucky day for metal listeners, with this week’s edition covering the latest from Mayhem, Converge, Worm and more!

Check out a new lyric video for “Awakened” from North Carolina progressive sludge metal juggernaut Ape Vermin taken from their latest EP, Andromedas Colossus, released in 2024.

Featuring current and ex-members of Crisis, Voivod, Dystopia, Crowbar and The Convalescence, Master’s Ashes pulls from the bleak, dystopian heaviness of the early ’90s while sharpening it into something unmistakably current.

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

Utah doom crushers Hibernaut return with a harrowing new video for “Mark of Shame.” The track appears on the band’s upcoming split LP with Arizona extreme outfit Face Pulp, due March 6 via What’s Left Records.

Emerging from the abyssal depths of the underground, Fossilization return with Advent of Wounds, a suffocating descent into death metal extremity that sharpens every weapon the Brazilian duo has wielded so far.

Five more breweries join in on the festivities set to go down on May 2-3 with Power Trip, Municipal Waste, Cryptopsy, Kylesa, Cro-Mags and more at the Fillmore Philly! Get your tickets now!

Get ready to “Kiss the Knife” with a new song from Necrosexual.

Hear Chicago goregrinders Fulminate gurgle and burp their way through 41 minutes of Dead Infection/early Carcass worship.

Sludgy Atlanta post-metal makers Irreversible return from 11-year absence with two-track crusher, Vessel.