Sean Frasier

The Wizards conjure the soundtrack of magical warfare on their new Rise of the Serpent LP.

Belarusian black metal duo Khandra challenge the boundaries of consciousness and reality on their new EP.

Decibel contributors share the bands they’ve seen on stage most, from sludge icons Eyehategod to metal juggernauts Lamb of God.

We Dream Alone rep Gothenburg’s new wave of metal in their bleak new music video for “Happiness.”

Wisconsin garage punks Devils Teeth turn up the filthy surf reverb on their new single “Dirty Tricks,”

British psych-rock troublemakers Black Helium start the party with a bang on Primitive Fuck.

UK hardcore riff-rebels Allfather incite revolutions and mosh-pits with their newest single “Citadels.”

French death-doom sect Atavisma emerge from their subterranean lair with “Ashen Ascetic” off their debut LP, The Chthonic Rituals.

Mortuous‘ Through Wilderness is our Best New Noise.

Italian doom rockers Ufomammut and NYC psych deconstructionists White Hills descend from space to entertain us here on Earth.

Orange Goblin are our Best New Noise.

Norwegian post-metal doom-bringers KITE loudly pursue a quiet place on their The All Penetrating Silence EP.

YOB‘s Our Raw Heart is our Best New Noise.

British doom coven Witchsorrow foreshadow the world’s end on their riveting new LP Hexenhammer.

Reunited melodic death metal heroes At the Gates are the latest Best New Noise.

Austin rockers From Beyond blast synths and heavy space riffs on their otherwordly LP The Band From Beyond.

Dutch black metal philosophers Wesenwille match dystopian warnings with fiery discord on their I : Wesenwille debut.

Damian Herring of Horrendous reveals his approach to engineering killer death metal with Subterranean Watchtower Studios.

Ghastly‘s Death Velour is our Best New Noise.

Sentient Horror once again lead old-school Swedeath fans through a Lovecraftian pathway between New Jersey and Stockholm on their new EP, The Crypts Below.

Mysterious one-man punk/death rock project Bleach Birth have conceived another killer record with Hatching Inside the Womb.

Swedish melodic hardcore stargazers We Dream Alone examine the pursuit of “Happiness” in their newest single from ÆTHER.

Oakland rockers Blackwülf team up with doom royalty from Bedemon/Pentagram for their new track “Dead the World.”

Swedish doom coven Anguish return to their chaotic roots in “Blessed Be the Beast,” off their upcoming record Magna est vis Siugnah.

In under eight minutes, New Jersey sludge rockers Clamfight craft an epic tale of one location’s historical and supernatural transformation in “Echoes in Stone.”

Hooded Menace deliver our Best New Noise.

Virginian black/death malcontents Grethor seek to bury the oligarchy in “From This Rot So Shall We Be Remade.”

Midnight‘s Sweet Death and Ecstasy is our Best New Noise.

Ectoplasma conjure the spirit of old school death metal on “Primeval Haunting,” off their upcoming record Cavern of Foul Unbeings.

UK troublemakers BongCauldron bring the sludge and the fuzz in the skull-splitting premiere of “Bury Your Axe in the Crania of Lesser Men.”