J. Andrew

Five For Friday: July 26, 2024

July 26, 2024

This week’s new releases include the latest heavy hitters from bands like Defacement, Void Witch, Laceration and more!

Five For Friday: July 12, 2024

July 12, 2024

This week’s new metal releases include the latest from Pestilent Death, Krallice, Cranial Disorder and more!

Five For Friday: June 28, 2024

June 28, 2024

Sear Bliss (I hope you like brass), Limbonic Art (I hope you like synths) and the tailor-made-for-Decibel-coverage outfit in 200 Stab Wounds headline this week’s new stuff.

Five For Friday: June 21, 2024

June 21, 2024

It’s a weekend for reflection and catharsis with the latest from Alcest, Cavalera Conspiracy, Hyperdontia and more!

Full EP Stream: Paragnosis – “Paragnosis”

June 20, 2024

Check out the techy, trippy, and unrelentingly dynamic new release from the New York City-based prog outfit, Paragnosis.

Track Premiere: Throat Locust – “Crimson (Water Reservoir)”

June 17, 2024

Hear Texan maniacs Throat Locust deliver a pure shot of death metal energy with new single “Crimson (Water Reservoir)”

Five For Friday: June 14, 2024

June 14, 2024

This week’s new releases include the latest dark offerings from Ulcerate, Crypt Sermon, Malignancy and more!

Full Album Stream: Desolat – “Get Sick And Let Me Watch You Die”

June 13, 2024

Get sick and enjoy some righteous noise from Austria’s Desolat with an exclusive full stream of their new album.

Full Album Stream: Torturers’ Lobby – “Deadened Nerves”

June 10, 2024

Check out the debut album from Tampa’s Torturers’ Lobby, with a sound that joins death, black, and thrash metal for a crushing combination.

Five For Friday: June 7, 2024

June 7, 2024

Prepare for a weekend of riffs, blasts and growls with the latest from Severe Torture, Umbra Vitae, Fractal Generator and more!

Video Premiere: Øvi – “Crucifixation”

June 4, 2024

Check out the striking new music video from the Los Angeles-based “modern black metal” collected known simply as Øvi.

Track Premiere: Deathwish – “Aftermath of a Severed World”

May 31, 2024

According to Deathwish‘s lead singer: “I thought barely surviving a attempted homicide might make for a good song!”

Five For Friday: May 17, 2024

May 17, 2024

This week’s set of new releases include the latest deadly doses of heavy from Gatecreeper, Tzompantli, Extinguish and more!

Five For Friday: May 10, 2024

May 10, 2024

This week brings us a lot of heavy music from across the spectrum, including the latest from Terminal Nation, SVNEATR and more!

Five For Friday: April 26, 2024

April 26, 2024

You don’t get a new Darkthrone or Deicide album every week, but you get one today, along with other cursed musical offerings!

Five For Friday: April 19, 2024

April 19, 2024

This week’s new releases have an extra-dreary and dark energy to them, including the latest from Dool, My Dying Bride and more!

Five For Friday: April 12, 2024

April 12, 2024

This week’s new metal releases include the latest death-dealers from Necrot, Replicant, Heavy Temple and more!

Track Premiere: Okular – “Wake-Up Call”

April 9, 2024

“The music was written with the intent of making something completely wild and chaotic, yet still catchy and melodic.”

Track Premiere: Black Tusk – “Breath of Life”

April 8, 2024

Check out Black Tusk‘s pounding new single, “Breath of Life,” from their upcoming seventh album, The Way Forward.

Five For Friday: April 5, 2024

April 5, 2024

This week brings forth monsters, and by that I mean the latest from Dialith, Funeral Leech, Witch Vomit and more!

Full Album Stream: Suffer – “Grand Canvas of the Aesthete”

March 27, 2024

“We wanted to have one last chance to make a Suffer album that sounded the way every Suffer recording should have sounded.”

Full Album Stream: Verwoed – “The Mother”

March 25, 2024

According to Dutch black-metallers Verwoed, the band’s new album is “truly is a prayer of blood and fire.”

Five For Friday: March 22, 2024

March 22, 2024

This week’s load of new arrivals comes in heavy with the latest from Necrophobic, Khold, Mastiff and more!

Full Album Stream: Dödsrit – “Nocturnal Will”

March 18, 2024

Listen to Nocturnal Will, a one-of-a-kind album from Dödsrit, a musical entity that combines mourning and triumph in equal measure.

Austin Death Fest: Interview With Jason Dahlke

March 15, 2024

Jason Dahlke, founder of Austin Death Fest, tells us how the event came together, how the bands were chosen, and the vision for the future.

Album Premiere: Chapel of Samhain – “Black Onyx Cave”

March 14, 2024

Dive into the Black Onyx Cave with Chapel of Samhain to see just how dark the dimensions of life and death can be.

Five For Friday: March 8, 2024

March 8, 2024

The electric eyes are on you this week with the latest metal releases from Judas Priest, Slimelord, Midnight and more!

Five For Friday: March 1, 2024

March 1, 2024

This week’s new releases comes in all shades of black, death, and thrash including the latest from Devastator, Vorus, Volcandra and more!

Five For Friday: February 23, 2024

February 23, 2024

This week’s set of new releases includes big and brutal names like Job For A Cowboy, Darkest Hour, and Borknagar.

Full Album Stream: Karkosa – “Esoterrorcult”

February 19, 2024

Delve into the vast subconscious with the new album from the blackened-death metal masters in Karkosa, out this Friday!