Jon Rosenthal

Get crushed under the sonic weight of Spanish black/doom duo Pestilength in 126 seconds or less.

Hear the ever-prolific Erech Leleth return with his latest heavy black metal creation, the debut full-length LP from Narzissus.

Featuring current and former members of Cetus, Cleric, Wolvhammer, Sovereign, Philadelphia’s Fragile Body offer a concise approach to post-metal.

Atmospheric black metal project Spectral Lore reveal new 20-minute epic from forthcoming full length IV.

Hear two former Dødheimsgard guitarists keep it Norweird with Void.

Hear live Mizmor and Hell musician Andrew Black emerge from the darkness via Litha‘s self-titled debut, streaming here ahead of its Friday release.

Valdrin made a great, catchy metal album in Throne of the Lunar Soul. Stream “Paladins of Ausadjur” here. Accordion? In my metal? Believe it. Embrace it.

Hear Slovakian evil metal masters Malokarpatan return with their first new material in three years from the forthcoming Vertumnus Caesar.

Hear Blut Aus Nord mastermind Vindsval team with Borknagar/Solefald vocalist Lars “Lazare” Nedland in Ershetu, creating a uniquely whimsical take on black metal.

Hear Ancient Mastery mainman and prolific multi-instrumentalist Erech Leleth indulge his old-school heavy metal itch with Bergfried.

Hear Spectral Lore mastermind Ayloss indulge his black/thrash metal impulse via Auriferous Flame‘s new bludgeoning riff-fest.

Maniac Neil’s latest death metal gusher Dripping Decay is gruesome to the last drop.

Hear frozen black metal outfit Imperial Crystalline Entombment return with a new track from their first LP in two decades.

Leon del Muerte talks about self-releasing the album from his avant garde mid-’90s-leaning project Lightbreaker album. Read on and stream Annihilation of the Annealids ahead of its release.

Gilead Media signees Big Garden are the latest — and perhaps greatest — entrant into the early ’90s-style shoegazing, grungy alt-rock revival.

Legendary ex-Bethlehem/Pavor vocalist Rainer Landfermann returns with more vocal acrobatics on his latest two-track EP.

Hear mysterious raw black metal duo dai-ichi return with their second boundary-obliterating self-titled record.

Naturvidrig could very well be your new favorite black metal band. Hear the Swedes’ new self-titled LP before its release this Friday.

Norwegian black metal’s “weirdification” delivers a genre landmark with Fleurety‘s debut LP, Min tid skal komme.

Belgian progressive death metallers Pestifer are anything but a nuisance on spectacular new track “Defeat of the Nemesis.”

Watch progressive death metal vets Gorod shine bright in the latest video taken from their forthcoming record, The Orb, out March 10.

Hear the latest single from USBM phenom Lamp of Murmuur ahead of the march release of new LP Saturnian Bloodstorm.

Though Palace of Worms is now over, hear Cabal briefly breathe new life into this project’s doomed carcass and read an interview with Balan here.

Listen to Haavard ahead of its Friday release date and read an interview with the ex-Ulver guitarist the artist here.

Norwegian black metal adventurers Dødsengel return with “In the Heart of the World” the second single from their forthcoming full-length Bab Al On

Prolific USBM project Book of Sand celebrates today’s release of new LP, seven candles for an empty altar with a lengthy new interview.

The legendary Chicago photographer tells tales of shooting the biggest names in metal and punk in the city’s most revered rock ‘n’ roll venue.

Brazilian black metallers Power From Hell power up with the first single from their Debemur Morti Productions debut Shadows Devouring Light.

Hear prolific guitarist and vocalist Ryan Clackner’s juxtaposition of traditional American folk music and atonal black metal in Crestfallen Dusk.

Hear the opening track from Of Dusk and Crumbling Silence, the debut LP from USBM upstarts Alvaldur, before its Friday the 13th release date.