Emily Bellino

Fen have refined their brand of atmospheric black metal on the first piece of their latest album, Winter. 

Bandcamp is donating 100% of their proceeds today to the ACLU in the continued fight for human rights around the world. Here are 5 releases to consider purchasing today. 

Deathwish continue to “Unleash Hell” with a new music video that precedes an album, also called Unleash Hell. 

Curse of Denial brings original blackened death. 

Xibalba issues an angry, mournful goodbye on the third and final song on their new EP, Diablo, Con Amor… Adios. 

Crystal Fairy‘s lineup includes Buzz Obsorne and Dale Crover (The Melvins), Omar Rodriguez-Lopez (At the Drive-In, ex-The Mars Volta) and Teri Gender Bender (Le Butcherettes). Find out more about the band before their self-titled album drops. 

Bleak, noisy doom is what to expect from Unearthly Trance‘s latest single, “Scythe.”

Cyborg Octopus confirm that they are indeed people and not actually cyborg octopi with guitars. 

There’s something for everyone on the new Dying Whale album, Last Moments of Misery. 

Dead Conspiracy premiere a new music video for “Paralyzed With Terror” to go with their self-titled album, which they independently released in November.

Our resident birdbrains pecks on new Kreator, Hour of Penance and The Murder Of My Sweet. 

Frowning perform mournful, crushing funeral doom. “Nocturnal Void” feels like the soundtrack to a funeral procession. 

Want a chance to partake in a meet and greet with Mayhem? Find out more here. 

Rich Davis recently released a new video for his song “Faceless.” We caught up with him to talk about the future of his solo project. 

Joy‘s new video from their 2016 EP underscores the raw anger and chaos in “Cut to the Nerve.”

Dust Moth premiere a new video and announce a tour with He Whose Ox Is Gored. 

Primal Rite just keeps cranking music out. “Sensory Link Through Pain” is part of a 7″ that will be released through Revelation Records. 

Lock Up has a new vocalist but haven’t slowed down with “Desolation Architect.” 

I AM filmed the title trick to their debut album, Life Through Torment, in the basement of a pizza shop. 

Egonaut has a new singer and new tunes. 

Warbringer ponder what happened to the souls of those destroyed by the atomic blasts at Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Are their souls trapped in their shadows forever? 

Necrowretch deliver the first ripping song off of Satanic Slavery, their newly-announced full-length. 

Phil Anselmo and horror icon Bill Moseley join forces as Bill & Phil. Hear the full stream. 

No words are used (and none are needed) to tell a story on “…The Idyllic Realm.” 

Patria have unveiled a beautiful lyric video to go with their song “Axis.” 

“Living to Try” appeared on Weltesser‘s 2015 demo, but the album version is brimming with even more sludgy, chunky riffs. 

Transcontinental duo Montfaucon tempers death-doom with elements of progressive, black and symphonic metal, creating an amalgamation of heaviness and melody. 

Brutal Unrest unveil Trinitas, their pummeling third full-length. 

“Serpent Sun” comes off Nightbringer’s upcoming Terra Damanata.

Western Addiction has returned with the first single off of Tremulous, their second album that follows their 2005 debut full-length.