Sean Frasier
Track Premiere: Death on Fire – “Slave”
December 8, 2021 Sean Frasier
Indiana melodic death/thrash grave-burners Death on Fire release their newest single, “Slave.” Their album Burial Hymns looms in 2022.
Video Premiere: QAALM – “Existence Asunder”
December 1, 2021 Sean Frasier
Los Angeles funeral sludge newcomers QAALM release a video for their crushing first single, Existence Asunder. Debut album coming March 2022.
Album Premiere: Swamp Coffin – ‘Noose Almighty’
November 24, 2021 Sean Frasier
UK executioners Swamp Coffin pair NOLA sludge noise with doom and hardcore on their debut LP, Noose Almighty.
Khemmis: 5 Albums From Each Member That Inspired “Deceiver”
November 17, 2021 Sean Frasier
Each Khemmis member shares five albums that personally influenced them while writing and producing their upcoming LP, Deceiver.
EP Premiere: Minenfeld – ‘Night Raid’
November 10, 2021 Sean Frasier
German death metal battalion Minenfeld launch a two-track riff barrage on their Night Raid EP from Lycanthropic Chants.
Track Premiere: In Loving Memory – “Sun of Ebony”
November 10, 2021 Sean Frasier
Spanish melodic doom/death quartet In Loving Memory mourn the human race in their apocalyptic eulogy, “Sun of Ebony.”
Album Premiere: Gold Spire – ‘Gold Spire’
November 3, 2021 Sean Frasier
Gold Spire blends dismal death/doom with sax-heavy progressive jazz in one of the year’s boldest extreme debuts.
Interview: ‘Blood Of Gods’ Publisher Stacy Buchanan
October 27, 2021 Sean Frasier
Blood Of Gods pairs heavy metal and wine in the pages of a brilliantly illustrated zine. Pour a glass and learn more from publisher Stacy Buchanan.
Album Premiere: Organic – ‘Where Graves Abound’
October 20, 2021 Sean Frasier
Italian battalion Organic dig burial pits for the decimated on their new LP of old school death crust, Where Graves Abound.
Album Premiere: Lutharo – ‘Hiraeth’
October 13, 2021 Sean Frasier
Canadian melodeath quintet Lutharo pack power anthems and planet-burning riffs into their debut LP, Hiraeth.
Track by Track: Maimed – “Torrential Gore”
October 6, 2021 Sean Frasier
Brutal death metal project Maimed share insight into each track on their skull-crushing bloodbath of an EP, Torrential Gore.
Track by Track: Outer Heaven – “In Tribute…”
September 29, 2021 Sean Frasier
Pennsylvanian death filth Outer Heaven share track by track commentary about their In Tribute… covers EP.
Album Premiere: Tumba de Carne – ‘Decatexis // Perpetuo Altar’
September 22, 2021 Sean Frasier
Argentinian newcomers Tumba de Carne emerge from the tomb with five meaty and mighty cuts of discordant death madness on Decatexis // Perpetuo Altar.
Video Premiere: Akiavel – “Lady of Death”
September 15, 2021 Sean Frasier
French death metal thrill-killers Akiavel explore the psyche and legacy of Aileen Wuornos in their murderous music video for “Lady of Death.”
Track Premiere: Demiricous – “Terminal Future”
September 8, 2021 Sean Frasier
Indianapolis thrashers Demiricous return with a lethal vengeance to debut their first new track in nearly 12 years, “Terminal Future.”
Album Premiere: Turn Cold – ‘Break Your Faith’
September 1, 2021 Sean Frasier
Dive into a riff-blizzard with Atlanta crossover thrashers Turn Cold as they unleash their three-track EP, Break Your Faith.
Album Premiere: Coffin Rites – “Human Erase”
August 25, 2021 Sean Frasier
Minnesota black/death gravediggers Coffin Rites unleash a brutal eulogy with their apocalyptic new LP, Human Erase.
Track Premiere: Inferi – “Vile Genesis”
August 19, 2021 Sean Frasier
Nashville tech-death warbringers Inferi summon intergalactic menace on the title track of their new LP, Vile Genesis.
Album Premiere: Tacoma Narrows Bridge Disaster – ‘The World Inside’
August 18, 2021 Sean Frasier
Progressive heavies Tacoma Narrows Bridge Disaster offer a treacherous post-rock expedition with The World Inside.
Track Premiere: Wharflurch – “Stoned Ape Apocalypse”
August 11, 2021 Sean Frasier
Death metal slimecrawlers Wharflurch chomp on shrooms of doom in their new single “Stoned Ape Apocalypse.”
Track Premiere: Atra Haeresis – “The Sacred Games”
August 4, 2021 Sean Frasier
Black/death misanthropes Atra Haeresis will rip out your beating heart during the lyric video for their new single, “The Sacred Games.”
Album Premiere: Underdark – ‘Our Bodies Burned Bright on Re-Entry’
July 28, 2021 Sean Frasier
UK black metal revolutionaries Underdark shine brilliantly on their debut LP, Our Bodies Burned Bright on Re-Entry.
Album Premiere: Brilliant Coldness – ‘The Ultimate Dream. Plan B: Disposal Of Humanity’
July 21, 2021 Sean Frasier
Ukrainian death metal brain-scramblers Brilliant Coldness continue their shrewd genre progression on their new full-length album.
Track Premiere: Planet of the Dead – “Pilgrim”
July 14, 2021 Sean Frasier
Blast into the deep cosmos with New Zealand stoner doom space travelers Planet of the Dead on their Kurt Vonnegut inspired single, “Pilgrim.”
Album Premiere: Unendlich – ‘Paradox of a Broken World’
July 7, 2021 Sean Frasier
Unendlich’s scythe-swinging riffs shape misery into majesty on the USBM project’s new LP, Paradox of a Broken World.
Album Premiere: Vampirska and Wampyric Rites – ‘The Drowning Void’
June 30, 2021 Sean Frasier
Black metal nightbeasts Vampirska and Wampyric Rites join forces to create the sanguinary split LP, The Drowning Void.
Album Review: Withered – ‘Verloren’
June 28, 2021 Sean Frasier
We welcome back black/death/existential pain machine Withered with their first new album in five years.
Video Premiere: Hatefulmurder – ‘Santificado Seja o Meu Ódio’
June 23, 2021 Sean Frasier
Brazilian death thrashers Hatefulmurder release the video for their only Portuguese-language single, “Santificado Seja o Meu Ódio.”
Track Premiere: Empress – “Libations”
June 16, 2021 Sean Frasier
Vancouver post-metal project Empress raise a chalice to lost loved ones on their evocative doom single, “Libations.”
Album Premiere: Void Tripper – ‘Dopefiend’
June 9, 2021 Sean Frasier
Brazilian stoner sludge degenerates Void Tripper lure doom devotees with promises of Satan and drugs on their debut LP, Dopefiend.