Tim Mudd

Chicago’s Withering Soul return with their fifth full-length, Passage of the Arcane — a blackened melodic death metal odyssey steeped in cursed lore, burning melodies, and an atmosphere as chilling as grave-silt air

Legendary Cro-Mags frontman Harley Flanagan talks Wired for Chaos, the new documentary about his incomparable life and career, available November 11.

Knoxville’s Primal Scourge rise from the mire with ‘Necromantic Plague,’ the second single from their apocalyptic debut full-length, End of Eden, out November 14 via Iron Fortress Records.

Hear Chicago’s Burned in Effigy return with a full-length inferno that marries neoclassical precision to melodic death metal mayhem.

German black metallers Thron thrive on transformation. Join them on the path via Vurias before it arrives October 31 on Listenable Records!

Hear New Jersey stalwarts Tombs return from the catacombs with Feral Darkness, a record that feels less like a “comeback” and more like a blood-moon ascension.

Hear a selection from Something Is Waiting‘s forthcoming live LP, Livelick, out October 24 on Learning Curve Records.

Hear the title track from the forthcoming full-length LP from USBM phenoms Cemetery Moon.

Gainesville’s extreme metal alchemist Myk Colby (Wharflurch, Plasmodulated, Hot Graves) has returned from the void with a brand-new death doom vessel: Liminal Erosion.

San Francisco post-black metal luminaries Ludicra unveil “In Stable” from their upcoming live digital album, a document of their triumphant hometown return at the Great American Music Hall.

Elijah Howe, the son of late Metal Church vocalist Mike Howe, discusses his new art/photography book MIKE, which captures Howe as a frontman and father.

Brutality meets craftsmanship in The Final Void, the crushing new full-length from Wisconsin death dealers YOTUMA—and we’re streaming the entire record exclusively here.

Watch Calgary’s Prisoner, crank the amps and swing for the fences with their new video for “Double Vision.”

Seven years after their punishing debut on Hydra Head Records, Vancouver’s Erosion return with Invasive Species—a filthy, blood-boiling follow-up that finds the band operating at peak ferocity.

From the smoke-choked crypts of Portland rises Tar Pit, casting long shadows with their latest doom-soaked incantation, “Jubilee.” We’re premiering the video for this haunting slab of eldritch doom—a term the band doesn’t just invoke, but embodies.

Crimson Butchery are back with Stalker, their third slab of surgical brutality, and we’re thrilled to slice into the premiere of its gnarly fourth track, “Lab Rat.”

Heads for the Dead—helmed by Jonny Pettersson (Wombbath) and Ralf Hauber (Revel in Flesh, ROTPIT)—have emerged from the fog with their fourth full-length, Never Ending Night of Terror. Get a taste now.

Grind legend Takafumi Matsubara (Gridlink, Mortalized) returns with a vengeance in his latest forward-thinking project, Birth and Loss.

Decibel is proud to premiere the music video for “Tempted by the Necromancer,” a stand-out cut from the Torn From Existence‘s 2024 debut Hearken the Darkened Skies.

Swedish death/doom legends Eternal Darkness have returned from the grave only to immediately crawl back in. Hear their self-titled final bow now.

Three years after its last gathering beneath the jagged silhouettes of the Tetons, Fire in the Mountains returns—reignited and reimagined on the sovereign lands of the Blackfeet Nation in Montana, July 25–27.

Boston post-metal architects Glacier return with More Distant/More Violent—a blistering, industrial-tinged companion piece to last year’s A Distant, Violent Shudder.

When melodic death metal, metalcore, and groove collide, you get the sharpened steel of Recurrence—and their new single, “Remember Who The Enemy Is,” drives that point straight into your chest.

Check out a new clip from Wired for Chaos, the new feature-length documentary on legendary Cro-Mags frontman Harley Flanagan from Emmy- and Peabody Award-winner Rex Miller.

Seattle’s Lacabra don’t pull any punches with new track and video for “Nothing”—a dizzying descent into addiction, disillusionment, and identity collapse, rendered with savage clarity.

Seventeen years deep and showing no signs of mercy, Finnish death metal unit Refusal return with their third full-length, Venomous Human Concept, out June 6th via Time To Kill Records. But you can hear it NOW!

Hear German epic doom sorcerers Lord Vigo return with Walk the Shadows, their sixth full-length album, out via High Roller Records before it’s released this Friday!

Stream doom heroes Witchcraft‘s forthcoming new LP, Idag (Swedish for “today”)… today!

Oakland’s lo-fi synth punk menace Shrinkwrap Killers returns with new single and video “Eminent Death”, the latest chapter in Greg Wilkinson’s twisted new wave saga—out June 13 via Carbonized Records.

Swedish death metal horde Undecayed have returned with a vengeance, premiering their devastating new single, “The Descendants of Death.”