Emily Bellino

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. 

Unsigned bands: here’s your chance to get featured across the Blast Beat Network for a price lower than the record labels pay.

“The theme of ‘Baklengs mot Intet’ describes the inner battle, the bottomless despair and endless futility experienced by a walker of the Way.”

The newly-expanded quartet rips into sludgy hard rock on “Disintegrate.” 

The gods are pleased — Amon Amarth has completed an extensive European tour in support of their record Jomsviking. Check out this documentary through “Anchors to Asphalt” to learn about extensive touring, their live show and sacrifices for the gods. 

Christmas is in four days, but you have nothing to worry about thanks to these awesome gifts that don’t require any shipping. Happy holidays!

Go behind the scenes in this Killswitch Engage documentary. 

80’s Brazilian thrashers The Mist are finally seeing the first North American and European release of their 1989 debut, Phantasmagoria.