Sean Frasier

Canadian melodeath quintet Lutharo pack power anthems and planet-burning riffs into their debut LP, Hiraeth.

Brutal death metal project Maimed share insight into each track on their skull-crushing bloodbath of an EP, Torrential Gore.

Pennsylvanian death filth Outer Heaven share track by track commentary about their In Tribute… covers EP.

Argentinian newcomers Tumba de Carne emerge from the tomb with five meaty and mighty cuts of discordant death madness on Decatexis // Perpetuo Altar.

French death metal thrill-killers Akiavel explore the psyche and legacy of Aileen Wuornos in their murderous music video for “Lady of Death.”

Indianapolis thrashers Demiricous return with a lethal vengeance to debut their first new track in nearly 12 years, “Terminal Future.”

Dive into a riff-blizzard with Atlanta crossover thrashers Turn Cold as they unleash their three-track EP, Break Your Faith.

Minnesota black/death gravediggers Coffin Rites unleash a brutal eulogy with their apocalyptic new LP, Human Erase.

Nashville tech-death warbringers Inferi summon intergalactic menace on the title track of their new LP, Vile Genesis.

Progressive heavies Tacoma Narrows Bridge Disaster offer a treacherous post-rock expedition with The World Inside.

Death metal slimecrawlers Wharflurch chomp on shrooms of doom in their new single “Stoned Ape Apocalypse.”

Black/death misanthropes Atra Haeresis will rip out your beating heart during the lyric video for their new single, “The Sacred Games.”

UK black metal revolutionaries Underdark shine brilliantly on their debut LP, Our Bodies Burned Bright on Re-Entry.

Ukrainian death metal brain-scramblers Brilliant Coldness continue their shrewd genre progression on their new full-length album.

Blast into the deep cosmos with New Zealand stoner doom space travelers Planet of the Dead on their Kurt Vonnegut inspired single, “Pilgrim.”

Unendlich’s scythe-swinging riffs shape misery into majesty on the USBM project’s new LP, Paradox of a Broken World.

Black metal nightbeasts Vampirska and Wampyric Rites join forces to create the sanguinary split LP, The Drowning Void.

We welcome back black/death/existential pain machine Withered with their first new album in five years.

Brazilian death thrashers Hatefulmurder release the video for their only Portuguese-language single, “Santificado Seja o Meu Ódio.”

Vancouver post-metal project Empress raise a chalice to lost loved ones on their evocative doom single, “Libations.”

Brazilian stoner sludge degenerates Void Tripper lure doom devotees with promises of Satan and drugs on their debut LP, Dopefiend.

Indianapolis blasphemers Hatesong release their LP of blackened pestilence, Chapel Rats. Rest in power, DV Karloff.

Russian hardcore/sludge outfit Vorvaň rise from slumber to release their bruising sophomore record, Awakened.

Belgian death-dealers Slithering Decay unleash a verminous flood of buzzsaw riffs on their debut album, Aeons Untold.

Japanese death/doom hope-crushers Anatomia unveil their fourth LP Corporeal Torment over a week early exclusively at Decibel Magazine.

Transylvanian Recordings founder James Rauh shares his thoughts on running a booming, ethical DIY label in this exclusive interview.

Tech-death newcomers Universally Estranged crash land from deep space with their mind-mutating debut LP, Reared Up in Spectral Predation.

Swedish death metal gravediggers House by the Cemetery pay tribute to Lucio Fulci on their debut LP, Rise of the Rotten.

Massachusetts metal quintet Carnivora recruit guest performances from two Shadows Fall members for their new single, “Hypnogenic.”

Blackened death duo Impure summon hellfire with their sinister 7″ release of “The Carrion Feast” and “Into Cataclysm.”