J. Andrew

Five For Friday: June 11, 2025

July 11, 2025

This week’s new releases bring the power of fire and ice with the latest from Hell, Angerot, Imperial Crystalline Entombment and more!

Video Premiere: Azure Emote – “Bleed With the Moon”

July 8, 2025

Avant-garde death metal masters in Azure Emote return after a five-year absence to present us with a new world of towering drama and darkness. Get a taste.

Five For Friday: June 27, 2025

June 27, 2025

It’s a week of towering legends with the latest in metal releases from Sodom, Lord Belial, Deadguy and more!

Five For Friday: June 20, 2025

June 20, 2025

This week’s new releases include the latest lessons in violence from Cryptopsy, Helheim, Angel of Damnation and more!

Video Premiere: Phantom Fire – “Sleep to Die”

June 19, 2025

The rhythm punches, the vocals rip, and the riffs crunch! Check out the new song and video from Norway’s Phantom Fire!

Five For Friday: June 13, 2025

June 13, 2025

Slash your way into the weekend with the latest horrors from Hexvessel, Sigh, Shrinkwrap Killers and more!

Five For Friday: June 6, 2025

June 6, 2025

It’s time to play catch up with some bangers from the last couple weeks, including the latest from Vader, Velvet Cross and more!

Video Premiere: Concrete – “Chains of Oppression”

May 30, 2025

Check out the latest song and video from Concrete, New York’s expert-level purveyors of crossover death metal.

Five For Friday: May 16, 2025

May 16, 2025

Get ready to rip and tear with the latest in metal from Full of Hell, Blood Monolith, Desekryptor and more!

Five For Friday: May 9, 2025

May 9, 2025

Embrace your aggressive preferences, let the riffs flow through you with the latest from Candlemass, Jade, Escarnium and more!

Track Premiere: Paralysis Expletive – “Willow Road”

May 5, 2025

No nuance, no subtlety, and absolutely no mercy will be found on the new track from mysterious newcomers Paralysis Expletive.

Video Premiere: Drouth – “The Teeth of Time”

April 29, 2025

Check out the song Drouth says “encapsulates the lyrical and musical themes most central” to the band, off their upcoming album.

Five For Friday: April 25, 2025

April 25, 2025

This week’s new entries in the book of heavy include the latest from Disfuneral, Insineratehymn, Venator and more!

Track Premiere: ANZV – “Imdugud”

April 24, 2025

Check out the new song and video from Portugal’s ANZV and be taken in by the flowing guitars, punishing drums, and air of mystery.

Five For Friday: April 18, 2025

April 18, 2025

It’s an excellent day for extreme music, as we welcome the arrival of new albums from Ancient Death, Iron Lung and more!

Track Premiere: Faetooth – “Death of Day”

April 18, 2025

Check out the new song from LA’s Faetooth and immerse yourself in the blend of doom, sludge and shoegaze they call “fairy doom.”

Five For Friday: April 11, 2025

April 11, 2025

This week’s new releases include the latest in loud and heavy from Diabolizer, Malphas, In the Woods … and more!

Track Premiere: Prophetic Suffering – “Gift of Decay”

April 8, 2025

Check out the new deathcrusher from Prophetic Suffering: “a front-loaded assault which pays homage to our speed metal masters!”

Five For Friday: April 4, 2025

April 4, 2025

This week’s crop of new releases leans heavily on the epic and theatrical side with the latest from Allegaeon, Eonian, Tómarú and more!

Five For Friday: March 28, 2025

March 28, 2025

This week’s new releases include the latest in heavy, including new releases from Deafheaven, Svartsyn, The Darkness and more!

Five For Friday: March 21, 2025

March 21, 2025

Your Friday is officially on fire with the latest from Cradle of Filth, Imperial Triumphant, SpiritWorld and more!

Five For Friday: March 14, 2025

March 14, 2025

This week brings us the latest bolts of deadly power with new albums from Dessiderium, Rwake, Sanhedrin and more!

Five For Friday: March 7, 2025

March 7, 2025

This week, we’re going deep into dungeons with the newest monsters from Destruction, Mortuaire, Cryptosis and more!

Track Premiere: Decrepisy – “Corpseless”

March 4, 2025

Hear Decrepisy reveal another new crusher from their early death/doom album of the year contender, Deific Mourning.

Five For Friday: February 28, 2025

February 28, 2025

This week’s new releases include the latest heavy hitters across the spectrum of extremity, including Havukruunu, Vacuous and more!

Album Stream: Havukruunu – “Tavastland”

February 27, 2025

Havukruunu, one of Finland’s finest black metal exports, reveal Tavastland before its Friday release.

Five For Friday: February 21, 2025

February 21, 2025

This week’s set of new releases comes in extra cold and dark with the latest from Scour, Malacath, Killswitch Engage and more!

Five For Friday: February 7, 2025

February 7, 2025

It’s cold outside but the year is heating up with the latest from Tormentor Tyrant, Phrenelith, Inborn Suffering and more!

Five For Friday: January 31, 2025

January 31, 2025

All death metal, all the time — check out the latest from Consumption, Mephitic Corpse, Rats of Gomorrah and more!

Full EP Stream: Dejecter – “Oblation Husk”

January 30, 2025

Regardless of how you classify Dejecter, the band plays a fascinating mix of straightforward brutality and risk-taking creativity.