Sean Frasier

Post-punk goth rockers Sword Collector premiere their triumphant “Inherit the Scepter” video. Seize the blade and stream it now.

Turkish melodeath faction Cidesphere return from dormant darkness with their resurgent sophomore record, Dawn of a New Epoch.

Denver doom rockers Shepherd release their sullen single “Persephone.” Bundle up for winter’s sullen reign before their debut’s November 20th release.

Canadian blackened metal quartet Ancient Thrones venture beyond The Veil with their afterlife concept record, out November 6th.

Wolf-blooded Finnish black metal duo Sarvekas guide us through woodland feeding grounds in their new single, “The Sacred Hour of the Hunt.”

UK horror fiends Possessor wield a mighty sludgehammer on their new monster-conjuring LP, Damn the Light.

Heavy metal photographer Jeremy Saffer discusses his upcoming photo book of corpse painted nude portraits, Daughters of Darkness.

Floridian deathrash trio Intoxicated return with a blistering music video for their venom-spewing single “Yuck.”

Floridian sludgelords Junior Bruce return to prove they’re the headless kings of swamp metal with their Pray for Death LP.

Canadian deathbringers WAKE never stay asleep for long. Surrender to blackened chaos by streaming their Confluence EP now.

Swedeath savages Disrupted team up with LIK frontman Tomas Åkvik for their sharp-edged new single “Chopped into Oblivion.”

D-beat supergroup Perdition Sect beckons the apocalypse with the crushing condemnations of “Plague of Incompetence.” Featuring members of Incantation, Ringworm, Shed the Skin and Brain Tentacles.

Swedish melodeath firestarters Furnace beckon Lovecraftian menace with the dark melodies of their Dark Vistas concept album.

Vancouver post-metal project Empress achieves sonic catharsis on their debut LP, Premonition. Listen to the exclusive stream now.

The True Mayhem shredder Teloch also crafts scintillating synthwave as Bergeton. Watch the borderline-NSFW video for “Miami Murder” now.

Death metal cult Miasmal Sabbath ascend from the sewers of Greece to the cosmos beyond on their debut LP, Ominous Radiance.

Heavy metal print shop Holy Mountain Printing ventures into the comic book realm with the weird and wild inaugural issue of Deathblazers.

Swedish doom trio Laser Dracul lure fans of scuzz and fuzz into the haunted forests of their debut LP, Hagridden.

Heavy metal short film Landgraves conjures suspense from snowstorms and blackened doom. Watch this festival standout now.

Bullet-belted deathrashers Evoke race the devil on their debut LP, Seeds of Death. Out September 18 on Pulverized Records.

Blackened folk metal rogues Finntroll are back from studio hibernation. Welcome them back by watching the hallucinatory video for “Mask.”

Canadian death metal executioners Sadistic Embodiment unleash unseen terror with their new single “Phantom Tormentor.”

Austin-based melodic death/doom dawnbringers Hinayana seek enlightenment in a brutalist hellscape on their Death of the Cosmic EP.

Japanese reapers Frostvore flood your lungs with Swedeath gore on their debut LP Drowned by Blood.

Philip H. Anselmo’s crestfallen Southern Gothic collective En Minor unveil the video for haunting album opener “Mausoleums.”

Eagerly anticipated death metal collective Darkened drag you through a perilous nightmare in their new single “1000 Years.”

Black metal plaguewielders The Infernal Sea continue their unholy crusade with the ripping new single “Befallen Order.”

New Zealand black metal duo Vassafor conjure demons and new plagues on their new uncompromising masterpiece To the Death.

Perfectly named for the end-days, melodeath duo Dystopia A.D. indulge prog and shred whims on their upcoming album, Rise of the Merciless.

The Story of the Eye: Marald Van Haasteren explains the harrowing race to complete Mortal’s cover art.