Sean Frasier

German doom sextet Lord Vigo bring epic balladry and NWOBHM flare to their synth-soaked Blade Runner concept album Danse de Noir.

Death metal faction Angerot ascend from Swedeath homage to the outer limits of imagination on their striking new LP, The Divine Apostate.

Chilean solo project Sign of Evil emerges from the shadows armed with blackened riffs on the debut EP Psychodelic Horror.

Californian grindcore cinephiles Graf Orlock summon Steven Seagal’s shadow-world doppleganger in the video for their bone-crunching new single, “A Bad Cop in a Bad Mood.”

Finnish death-fiends Nerve Saw rev up to shred eardrums with an assault of old school death metal and filthy punk on their new single “Life Goes On… Not.”

Indonesian death-lifers Exhumation are back to spill fresh blood with their ripping 3rd LP Eleventh Formulae.

Israeli black/death battalion Arallu reveal the striking new video for “Vortex of Emotions” from their recent En Olam record.

Boston doomgaze project SEA match funereal heaviness with elemental poetry on their stunning and heart-rending debut LP Impermanence.

Don’t sleep on former Decibel demo faves Snorlax. Hear their new song “Encapsulated Apocalypse”

Philadelphia label/distro Horror Pain Gore Death Productions release a free 42 song sampler to summarize their 2019 releases. It’s the soundtrack for the world’s end, just in time for the year’s end.

Black metal duo Haxandraok beckon Beezlebub in their entrancing new single “Ba’al Zel Bul at the Gates of NOX.”

Spanish doom-death gloomcasters Evadne unveil “Colossal” from the band’s titanic upcoming Dethroned of our Souls compilation.

Diabolic Night infuse NWOBHM and speed metal with pitch-black infernal power on the new single from their Beyond the Realm LP, “In Retribution.”

Louisville leather-fiends Savage Master unmask their newest offering of devilish ragers on their Myth, Magic & Steel LP.

Swedish hell machines Screamer take a leather-clad trad metal joyride on their newest triumphant record, Highway of Heroes.

Explore death metal’s darkest caverns with Iranian riff-cult Nex Carnis on their new two-track EP Black Eternity.

Boston doom quintet Glacier bring their heavy post-metal freeze to a sweltering temple in their video for album opener “O World! I Remain No Longer Here.”

Swedish psychedelic spellcasters Vokonis worship at the riff-adorned throne of the “AntlerQueen.”

Canadian hardcore collective Kennedy bring the sweat and screams in the video for their new single, “Blood & Soil.”

Decibel found shelter from storm clouds in a Baroness concert on the Indianapolis stop of their Gold & Grey tour.

The wait for Tomb Mold’s next death metal masterpiece is over before it began

Finnish solo funeral doom project Shades of Deep Water crosses Death’s Threshold on their new LP.

Connecticut-based southern doom rockers Pinto Graham chisel riffs from stone formations on their “Old Man of the Mountain” single.

Teenage blackened thrashers Vectis keep the riffs sharper than a guillotine blade on their The Executioner demo.

Venture back to deep space with doom explorers Slomatics on their 6th LP Canyons.

The ever-prolific Trevor William Church returns with the strongest collection of Haunt anthems to date.

Louisiana crust fiends Pale Misery offer “No Choice” but to listen to their newest blackened ripper.

Canadian songwriter and recording veteran Ian Blurton shares another burner from his volcanic solo album Signals Through the Flame with trad metal delight “Seven Bells..”

Indiana sludge rockers The Mound Builders celebrate ten loud years with their eponymous LP.

Portland doom voyagers Troll welcome you aboard their riff-engined Dragonship on their Legend Master LP.