Dutch Pearce

Molten Chains, one of the most extraordinary new bands in the metal underground, on sophomore album Torment Enshrined, which blends heavy metal, prog, black and death, Shakespearean themes and sorcerous vocals into one mind-blowing sound.

Hear Under the Skin, the debut EP from post-apocalyptic noise stalker Trace Amount as uncompromisingly remixed by Pig Destroyer’s Blake Harrison.

Chicago doomlords The Skull (featuring ex-members of Trouble) roll out the latest video from their second album, The Endless Roads Turns Dark.

Greek black metal cult Caedes Cruenta offer up the potent single, “Recitation of Abyssic Necropsalms” in preparation of the release of their forthcoming powerful third album, Of Ritual Necrophagia and Mysterious Ghoul Cults.

We catch up with Zander Ness, formerly of USBM Decibel darlings Høst, to discuss his new dark grunge/post-metal band Enditall.

This week’s Demo:listen follows the trail of USBM nightcrawler Saidan.

L.A.’s high-speed heavy metal defenders Saber unleash a debut worthy of its name and your immediate attention. Hear Without Warning in its entirety right now.

Amid all the now-legendary albums of 1988, one ridiculously awesome effort stands out from the rest. That album is King Diamond’s third solo LP, “Them”. Welcome back (home) to the Hall of Fame, Grandma.

Spanish death metal devastators Devotion premiere the closing crusher from their forthcoming sophomore album, The Harrowing.

Canadian quantum death technicians Fractal Generator forecast humanity’s brutally prosperous future on “Contagion,” the latest single from their forthcoming sophomoric monolith Macrocosmos.

Rescued from obscurity by a Russian archivist, check out the recently unearthed complete recordings of Italy’s Enslaved, a death/thrash band from the late ‘80s.

Cybernetic Oregon-based death grinders Apraxic envision a brutal future on Edge of Human.

USBM’s new sovereigness Hulder slays unholy black metal and sings for the people on the latest single from her forthcoming debut album Godslastering: Hymns of a Forlorn Peasantry.

This week Demo:listen falls under the spell of singular black/death Kansans Assault Sorcery.

Bay Area death thrashers Molten invoke stygian forces on the latest single from their impending debut full-length, Dystopian Syndrome.

Mondo twisted California death metal weirdos Dipygus offer a nauseating appetizer to their forthcoming sophomore slammer Bushmeat.

Baptism Death, the debut album from Southern California deathmakers Vrenth (featuring members of bands you already love) comes out this Friday on Rotted Life records. Hear the full album in all its ungodly crushing brutality right here.

New England one-man black metal band Ritual Inscription leave their unholy mark on this week’s Demo:listen.

U.S. brutal death metal legends Deeds of Flesh will return with their first full-length in seven years. Hear Nucleus now.

Elite Swedish Satanic black metallers Malakhim will finally release their first proper full-length come January 2021. Catch a blinding glimpse of Theion now with this exclusive premiere of the album’s opener, “There Is A Beacon.”

German black/heavy metal trio Markgraf present an anachronistic and refreshing sound on their debut full-length. Out next Friday, stream Markgraf in its entirety right now.

USBM insurgents Unshriven Aghast take this week’s Demo:listen hostage to debut their 3-song demo Beacons of Revolt.

Portland, Oregon dark power metallers Silver Talon reveal their latest single from their new 7”, “Deceiver, I Am” via this bewitching music video.

Turkish death maelstrom Engulfed return with a mini-album the size of crashing heaven. Hear Vengeance of the Fallen in its entirety before it’s out next week.

The scathing winds of Quebecois black metal return with a vengeance on De Misère & D’Engelures, the first full-length from Montréal’s Moulin Banal.

Beasts of German black/death metal Voreus unleash primordial might on “Progeny of Fire,” from their forthcoming debut mLP, The Proclamation. Hear the whole thing before its out next Friday.

The full self-titled demo from intense and relentless Gothenburg necksnappers Avlivad, out Black Friday on Invictus Productions.

This week Demo:listen premieres the earth-heaving demo from Costa Rican one-man death metal operation SolarCrypt.

This is how they play dungeon synth down in Goblin City! Stream Toadlickers outlandish debut in its entirety right now.

An accursed relic of the Portuguese underground, hear Black Mold’s debut full-length of evil black/thrash before it’s out next week.