Sean Frasier

Album Premiere: Auralayer – ‘Thousand Petals’

July 12, 2023

Summon thousands of petals from the cracked sky and jam the new full-length LP from South Carolina power trio Auralayer now.

Track Premiere: Boozewa – “Maybe I’m a Bird”

July 4, 2023

Pennsylvanian sludge trio Boozewa take flight with their fuzzy new single, “Maybe I’m a Bird.” Featuring members of Backwoods Payback.

Album Premiere: Somniate – ‘We Have Proved Death’

June 28, 2023

Czech black metal cult Somniate raid the library’s vaults for their new concept album inspired by magical realism, We Have Proved Death.

Track Premieres: The Mound Builders and Lucifist tag-team split EP “A Mound of Fists”

June 21, 2023

The Mound Builders and Lucifist team up for the cassette-only split EP, A Mound of Fists. Listen to an exclusive track from each band.

Track Premiere: Phantom Horde – “Prince of Death”

June 14, 2023

Death Metal phenoms Phantom Horde cast their savage new single “Prince of Death” from the void two days early.

Track by Track: Viral Sun – ‘Viral Sun’

June 7, 2023

Noisy sludge punks Viral Sun shed light on each song of their debut record with an exclusive track by track illumination.

Album Premiere: Saint Karloff – ‘Paleolithic War Crimes’

May 31, 2023

Norwegian doom force Saint Karloff return with Paleolithic War Crimes. Join the Coven of the Ultra-Riff and listen to the full album early.

Album Premiere: Inherus – ‘Beholden’

May 24, 2023

New York doom metal dirgists Inherus arrive with the power of a seasonal change. Listen to their stirring debut Beholden now.

Video Premiere: Beltfed Weapon – ‘Eternal Fire’

May 17, 2023

Seattle death/thrash gunners Beltfed Weapon reveal their new single “Eternal Fire.” Features guests from Arch Enemy, Exhorder, Heathen, Pharaoh, and more.

Roaring Through the Aeons: EQUINOX unearth their Old School Death Classics

May 10, 2023

Gurgling Gore preserves death metal history with cassette reissues of old school classics from Floridian dusk-dwellers EQUINOX.

Album Premiere: The Hip Priests – ‘Roden House Blues’

May 3, 2023

UK rabble rousers The Hip Priests bash out a new eleven-track sermon of rock ‘n’ roll fury with their upcoming LP, Roden House Blues.

EP Premiere: Turn Cold – ‘Chew Glass’

April 26, 2023

Atlanta thrashers Turn Cold fill your pie-hole with shards and uppercut you with riffs on their upcoming EP, Chew Glass.

Album Premiere: Gyrdleah – ‘Spellbinder’

April 19, 2023

UK black metal project Gyrdleah delivers fresh devilry with their first LP, Spellbinder. Out April 21st from Black Lion Records.

Album Premiere: Wild Beyond – ‘Wild Beyond’

April 12, 2023

Wild Beyond blast from Philly to the cosmos on their unhinged black thrash debut. Features members of Daeva, ex-Woe and ex-Woods of Ypres.

Black/Death Benevolence: “From Dreams To Living Things”

April 5, 2023

Fiadh Productions raise funds for rescuing warzone animals with their 50 track charity compilation, From Dreams To Living Things.

Album Premiere: Desert Storm – ‘Death Rattle’

March 29, 2023

Oxford stoner rockers Desert Storm take a bad trip with some roarin’ riffs on their new fuzz-heavy LP, Death Rattle.

Video Premiere: MORDIAN Pays Tribute to Bathory’s “Ring of Gold”

March 22, 2023

Follow the raven and listen to Chicago-based gothic folk artist Mordian pay tribute to Bathory’s “Ring of Gold.”

Album Premiere: Desolate Realm – ‘Legions’

March 15, 2023

Finnish epic doom duo Desolate Realm summon eternal winter with their sophomore LP, Legions.

Album Premiere: Bastard Grave – ‘Vortex of Disgust’

March 8, 2023

Swedish death metal morticians Bastard Grave blast from the casket with their odorous ode to human suffering, Vortex of Disgust.

Festival Preview: Grim Reefer Fest

March 1, 2023

Achieve your higher form after inhaling our favorite tracks from Grim Reefer Fest’s stacked doom lineup. Baltimore gets vaporized on 4/29.

Album Premiere: Merlock – ‘Onward Strides Colossus’

February 22, 2023

Spokane sludge rockers Merlock explore the shadows of psychedelia on their new LP, Onward Strides Colossus.

Track Premiere: Black Helium – “Another Heaven”

February 15, 2023

Achieve psychedelic bliss with spacebound UK rockers Black Helium and their celestial new single “Another Heaven.”

Track Premiere: Grand Cadaver – “Serrated Jaws”

February 8, 2023

Swedish deathbringers Grand Cadaver open their mighty maw once again in this track premiere of “Serrated Jaws.”

Video Premiere: Mawiza – Mapuche Ül Metal Documentary

February 2, 2023

Mapuche nation metalheads Mawiza share how their music strengthens ancestral bonds in this inspiring short documentary.

Track Premiere: Sorceress – “Nine Muses”

January 25, 2023

Before Mizmor and Hell, there was Sorceress. Stream “Nine Muses” and hear the record rescued from 14 years of obscurity by King Volume Records.

Video Premiere: Freja – “Scattered Shields”

January 23, 2023

Dutch black metal duo Freja share a new music video of woodland witchcraft for their 2022 single, “Scattered Shields.”

Track Premiere: Valletta – “Come Alive”

January 18, 2023

North Carolina dark metal quartet Valletta escape the shadows to jump start your heart with their first high-voltage single, “Come Alive.”

Album Premiere: Degraved – ‘Whispered Morbidity’

January 11, 2023

Degraved murder silence with their new EP of disgusting Seattle death metal, Whispered Morbidity. Out January 20th from Gurgling Gore.

Album Premiere: Throat Locust – “Dragged Through Glass”

January 4, 2023

Throat Locust bring a plague of crusty Texan death metal upon your house with their Dragged Through Glass demo.

Album Premiere: Trollcave – “Rotted Remnants Dripping into The Void”

December 28, 2022

Spanish funereal deathbringers Trollcave smash the sepulcher with their debut LP, Rotted Remnants Dripping into The Void.