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Track by Track: Brainstorm –Plague of Rats

February 26, 2025

German trad metal stalwarts Brainstorm take us track-by-track through their powerhouse new full length for Reigning Phoenix Music, Plague of Rats.

Full Album Stream: Spoiled –Collapse

February 24, 2025

Hear Italian crossover punks Spoiled rip through 15 furious tracks on full-length debut, Collapse.

Full Album Stream: Cross Bringer –Healismus Aeternus

February 19, 2025

Hear the melodic black metal mysticism of multinational quartet Cross Bringer on their new full-length, Healismus Aeturnus.

Full Album Stream: Mean Mistreater –Do or Die

February 17, 2025

Hear Texas trad metal warriors Mean Mistreater lay some rubber on their high-horsepower second full-length, Do or Die.

Full EP Stream: Pyrrhic Salvation –When Society Crumbles

February 10, 2025

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

Track Premiere: Kazea – “Trenches”

February 5, 2025

Sludgy Swedish post-metal trio Kazea chill out on frigid new single “Trenches,” featuring guest vocals from Black Birch’s Gina Wiklund.

Video Premiere: Industrial Puke – “Hoax-Mongers”

January 29, 2025

Hear Swedish D-beat crusters Industrial Puke hurl their vitriol at “Hoax-Mongers” on their brand new single for Suicide Records.

Track Premiere: Hirax – “Worlds End”

January 27, 2025

Hear old-school titans Hirax celebrate 40 years of SoCal thrash on new single “Worlds End.”

Track Premiere: Novarupta – “The Bullet Shines Before Impact”

January 22, 2025

Swedish post-metal collective Novarupta, headed by Alex Stjernfeldt, returns with a new single, “The Bullet Shines Before Impact,” from its final album, Astral Sands.

Track Premiere: Guts Club – “Remember the Mountains”

January 20, 2025

Hear the mournful new elegy from New Orleans experimental doomgazers, Guts Club, “Remember the Mountains.”

Video Premiere: The Curse Within – “Through Inferno”

January 15, 2025

Watch Toronto melodic DM hooligans, The Curse Within, get their Kill Screen thrills on in their new video for “Through Inferno.”

Full Album Stream: Axestasy –Withering Tides

January 13, 2025

Hear German power thrashers Axetasy find that Motörhead-meets-Helloween sweet spot on new Dying Victims full-length, Withering Tides.

Track by Track: Ex Deo –Year of the Four Emperors EP

January 8, 2025

Get caught up on your ancient Roman history on Ex Deo’s majestic new symphonic DM EP, Year of the Four Emperors, courtesy of Reigning Phoenix Music.

Track Premiere: Euphrosyne – “Funeral Rites”

January 6, 2025

Hear Greek post-metal quartet Euphrosyne’s intense rumination on, what else, death on new single “Funeral Rites.”

Track Premiere: Warlung – “White Light Seeker”

December 19, 2024

Houston doomsayers Warlung run to the light on new single Heavy Psych Sounds single, “White Light Seeker.”

Ful Album Stream: Hexenbrett –Dritte Beschwörung: Dem Teufel eine Tochter

December 16, 2024

Hear cinematic German cult Hexenbrett beguile and bewitch on their horror-show second full-length, Dritte Beschwörung: Dem Teufel eine Tochter.

Full Album Stream: Lord Sin –Confessions

December 11, 2024

Hear Portuguese doom deceivers Lord Sin shake foundations on their second album Confessions.

Video Premiere: Claustrofobia – “Unleeched” (live)

December 9, 2024

Watch Brazilian death thrash trio Claustrofobia unleash “Unleeched” live on stage opening for fellow countrymen Sepultura.

Track Premiere: Light Creates Shadow – “Beauty For Ashes”

December 4, 2024

Portland prog power trio Light Creates Shadows wanna get (meta)physical on their new single, “Beauty For Ashes.”

Book Review: Marty Friedman –Dreaming Japanese

November 27, 2024

Guitarist Marty Friedman’s Megadeth years seem quaint compared to his fame in Japan, as detailed in his new memoir, Dreaming Japanese.

Q&A: Skin Yard Bassist Daniel House Talks About the Band’s Legacy and New Box Set

November 25, 2024

Skin Yard co-founder and bassist Daniel House shares the details of the grunge progenitors’ new deluxe singles box set.

Full Album Stream: Rvkkvs –Antithesis of Prosperity

November 20, 2024

Hear Kiwi death grinders Rvkkvs kick up a vicious maelstrom on new nine-song debut, Antithesis of Prosperity.

Track Premiere: Graveripper – “Cybernetic Nightmare”

November 13, 2024

Hear Indiana speed metal dealers, Graveripper, issue an apocalyptic warning of the potential “Cybernetic Nightmare” on new new Wise Blood Flexi single.

Full Album Stream: Septaria –Astar

November 11, 2024

French post-metal dynamists, Septaria, say the quiet part (and loud part) out loud on debut Astar.

Video Premiere: The Triceratops – “Can’t Take You”

November 4, 2024

Watch Brooklyn grunge-punk duo The Triceratops’ new low-budget, “sci-fi epic” for the punchy track “Can’t Take You.”