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Hear the latest from Dark Chapel, a new fronted by Black Label Society guitarist Dario Lorina. Their debut album, Spirit in the Glass, is due out February 28 via MNRK Heavy. 

Progressive death metallers Pathogenic prepare to release their relentless new album, Crowned in Corpses, on February 7 via Skepsis Records. And we have the video for the title track for you today.

Legendary U.S. doom crew Pentagram return with the latest single from their first new studio album in a decade.

Phoenix’s Necrambulant drop their second full-length, Upheaval of Malignant Necrambulance, via Gore House Productions in March. Check out their shattering second single from the release, “Sentenced to a Gluttonous Pit.”

Mikael Stanne (Dark Tranquillity, Grand Cadaver) on “the instinct and the 30 years of experience” that goes into the new LP from The Hallo Effect.

Prepare to be crushed when The Cimmerian unleash their debut full-length, An Age Undreamed Of, this Friday via Hyborian Rage Records / BVR (Black Voodoo Records). Check it out below.

Museum of Light unveil their latest record, Diviner, on March 14 via Spartan Records. But you can check out the video for “Blunt Force Drama” to get a taste of the album now.

We’ll get a pummeling of Danish death metal on January 31 when Maceration‘s Serpent Devourment drops via Emanzipation Productions. In the meantime, check out their video for “Where Leeches Thrive” to get a taste.

Montreal sci-fi prog-metalers Mad Parish unveil their new album, The Dust of Forever, on January 31 as a self-release, but you can preview the video for their song “Bishop’s Tomb” with us now.

Hailing from Montreal, cannabis-friendly band Tumbleweed Dealer just announced preorders for their fourth record, Dark Green, out February 7. You can check out the title track with us first.

Beneath a Steel Sky are dropping their debut record, Cleave, on January 24 via Ripcord Records. You can hear “Cyclical Dunt” from the record here as a little preview before the full LP is released.

Erik Wunder, the enigmatic figure behind the Colorado-based solo project Man’s Gin (as well as acclaimed USBM force Cobalt), on his latest sonic offering, The Reprobate

Canadian stoner rockers SweetBeast are stoked to share “Dream Eater,” a track from their forthcoming record Illusions, out this February. Hear it with us first.

Hear current and past members of EyeHateGod, Crowbar, Hellgasm, Hellknotroll, Goatwhore, Saint Vitus and Down go “At War With Punk” as Gasmiasma.

Melodic power thrashers Among These Ashes share a new video from their upcoming record, Embers of Elysium, out December 6 via Alone Records.

Quebec symphonic, melodic heroes Trollwar drop their next EP, Tales from the Frozen Wastes, on November 15. Ahead of the release, you can stream the full record right here. 

Swedish symphonic metallers Tungsten are back with their fourth record, The Grand Inferno, out tomorrow via Reigning Phoenix Music. Stream it while they explain here what each track means to them.

Italian horrorist Selvans unveils “ll Mio Maleficio V’incalzerà!,” the second single off Saturnalia, his new album due for release in 2025 via Avantgarde Music

Jazzy, technical, thrash crossover monsters Athena XIX are releasing Everflow Part I: Frames of Humanity on December 6 via Reigning Phoenix Music. Stream a few of the songs here and check out their breakdown of the upcoming tracks.

Hear self-described “beer-induced headache” Quiet Earth drop their first full-length, Lifetime in Regression, on Ancient Temple Recordings October 18.

We catch up with Progressive deathcore heroes Within the Ruins to talk about the long-gestating sequel to Phenomena

We think you’ll dig this new crusher from Phoenix bruisers Buried.

We catch up with longtime Decibel photographer Hannah Verbeuren and discuss her new book, Midnight: A Thousand Nights in Sodom out now via Bazillion Points.

Watch New York bruisers Concrete drop a new video, “Cyber Vermin,” ahead of their full-length Mortualis, out January 10 via Upstate Records.

Sister Thieves return with a new single, “Human,” from their forthcoming album CRAWL, out October 25.

Khshathra’s debut offering, “War Drums,” is weird and historical, the perfect soundtrack to an internet rabbit hole about the Battle of Carrhae. Nothing like a little history to get your Thursday going. We have it first.

Denver melodic death dealers NightWraith release their new album, Divergence, tomorrow via What’s Left Records, and you can hear the whole thing with us first.

Swedish death metallers Toxaemia debut their new video for “Blood Red” ahead of their November 15 album Rejected Souls of Kerberu.

California metalcore crushers Matriarchs process grief in new lyric video for “The Day You Slipped Away.”

Watch Wisconsin’s heavy hardcore hitters Spread Thin‘s new video, “Gaslit,” from their July album World of Snakes.