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

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

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

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

Philly death doom trio Moros let the blood run red on new track, “Peeling Off Leeches.”

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

Hear Brazilian industrial death mongors Necrotech get crusty on new track, “Deadly Industries.”

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

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

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

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

Hear UK death demons Mutagenic Host rail against the horrors of unchecked AI on new track, “Artificial Harvest of the Obscene.”

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

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

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

Hear Nashville genre-mashers Flummox get brutally bizarre on new single, “Executive Dysfunction.”

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

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

Hear Florida power metal quartet Seven Kingdoms play outside the box on new EP The Square.

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