Sean Frasier

Indiana power thrashers Idol Throne brandish bloody steel on their new single “Unholy Warrior.”

South Carolina sludge trio MNRVA summon black skies with their doomy debut LP, Hollow. Live deliciously and listen early.

Death grinders Instigate predict the apocalypse on “Haruspex.” Off their upcoming album Unheeded Warnings of Decay.

Dark ambient project Satanath deconstructs post-metal in the ten-year anniversary reissue of their album Metallized Arena.

Death metal duo Somatic Decay dredge “Mutilated Facades” from the cesspit of their upcoming demo. Features two ex-members of Ossuarium.

Australian death/doom undertakers Malignant Aura reveal their sepulchral new single, “…And So It Was That I Lay Down Forever.”

Texan post-metal sludgelords Pyreship traverse doomed skies on their stunning sophomore LP, Light is a Barrier.

New Jersey Swedeath disciples Sentient Horror split skulls with their ferocious third LP, Rites of Gore.

Wisconsin death dealers Viogression continue their blood-stained path three decades after their last LP with 3rd Stage of Decay.

Brazilian stoner sect Weedevil exhale their debut LP of bongripping riffs and ferocious fuzz, The Return.

Grim Reefer Fest celebrates riffs and spliffs with a nine-band lineup of stoned heaviness on April 16th in Baltimore, MD.

Italian death/doom cosmonauts Assumption release their upcoming LP’s stellar first single, “Submerged by Hadean Tides.”

Cradle of Filth revisit their landmark Dusk…and her Embrace album with a special performance streaming on the Spring Equinox.

U.K. death metal antagonists As the World Dies premiere their new single, “Desolate.” Album out on March 25.

Claim your own hot or cold spot in hell and blast the debut album from death metal demons Hellfrost and Fire. Stream it now before the album’s March 18th release.

Tech death duo Hellbore banish us to the underworld in their sinister new track, “All Men are Created Evil.”

Indonesian deathcrust cult Masakre light the globe on fire with their Morbid Extinction EP. Out from Pulverized Records on February 18th.

Chicago symphonic metal guardians Shield of Wings uncage their soaring first LP, Unfinished. Out February 11th.

Death metal blasphemers Father Befouled summon fresh hell on their sinister new single, “Unheavenly Catechesis.”

German black metal cosmonauts Vorga plunge you into a starless sky on their new album, Striving Toward Oblivion.

MWWB (formerly Mammoth Weed Wizard Bastard) return with the title track of their upcoming LP of cosmic psychedelic doom, “The Harvest.”

Face the rabid anger of the new Speckmann Project single, “Fiends of Emptiness.” Featuring Paul Speckmann of Master and Abomination.

Las Vegas/Brazilian deathrashers Claustrofobia recruit Marc Rizzo (ex-Soulfly and Cavalera Conspiracy) for their new single “Corrupted Self.”

Death metal fiends Fossilization unearth a single from their split with Ritual Necromancy, “Exalted in the Altar of Insignificance.”

Oakland DIY label Transylvanian Recordings made a lot of waves this year. Listen to some of our favorite Transylvanian albums from 2021 before the new year.

Finnish trio Tormentor Tyrant share their vicious self-titled track as a declaration of death metal violence.

Australian death metal hellbringers Descent unshroud their newest single, “Fester.” Their album Order of Chaos is due out January 14th.

Indiana melodic death/thrash grave-burners Death on Fire release their newest single, “Slave.” Their album Burial Hymns looms in 2022.

Los Angeles funeral sludge newcomers QAALM release a video for their crushing first single, Existence Asunder. Debut album coming March 2022.

UK executioners Swamp Coffin pair NOLA sludge noise with doom and hardcore on their debut LP, Noose Almighty.