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Full Album Stream: VADIAT – Spear of Creation

April 26, 2023

Listen to an exclusive stream of Vadiat‘s debut full-length album now. Pick up a copy of the album from Redefining Darkness Records ahead of the album’s release this Friday. 

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.

LIMITED STOCK! Get Official METAL & BEER FEST SHIRTS Before They’re Gone For Good!

April 21, 2023

We’ve got a handful of Metal & Beer Fest: Philly shirts left over from last weekend’s event, so grab one now before they are gone for good!

Full Album Stream: As Above, So Below with Atavistia’s Cosmic Warfare

April 20, 2023

Check out the orchestral density of Atavistia‘s new album, Cosmic Warfare!

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.

EXCLUSIVE Excerpt: Part 3 from ‘Swing of the Blade’: “In Search Of”

April 18, 2023

Our latest exclusive excerpt from Metal Blade founder Brian Slagel’s upcoming book, Swing of the Blade: More Stories from Metal Blade Records features Amon Amarth.

THANTIFAXATH Return with ‘Hive Mind Narcosis’ on Decibel-Exclusive Gold Vinyl! Pre-Order NOW!

April 12, 2023

Nine years in the making, we have only 100 copies of Thantifaxath‘s long-awaited second album, Hive Mind Narcosis, on exclusive gold vinyl!

EXCLUSIVE Excerpt Part 2 from ‘Swing of the Blade’ – “You Win Some, You Lose Some”

April 11, 2023

Read an exclusive excerpt, featuring Killswitch Engage, from Metal Blade founder Brian Slagel’s upcoming book, Swing of the Blade: More Stories from Metal Blade Records.

Video Premiere: Houston – “What Doesn’t Kill You”

April 7, 2023

Minneapolis based alt/space rock band Houston pilot you back to the mid-’90s alt-metal heyday of Failure and Hum.

Video Premiere: Haunt – “Chimera”

April 7, 2023

Watch a band new video California trad metal heroes Haunt in advance of the new album, Golden Arm, out May 5.

Full Album Stream: Mast Year – ‘Knife’

April 6, 2023

Hear the ear-scraping new debut, ‘Knife,’ from Charm City post-hardcore noiseniks Mast Year.

Video Premiere: Pyrexia – ‘Unscathed’

April 6, 2023

Death metal legends Pyrexia unleash a lyric video from the forthcoming reissue of their slamming classic 1997 album, System of the Animal.

Full EP Stream: Maudiir’s Musical Soliloque

April 6, 2023

Check out Maudiir‘s musical soliloquy of prominent prog rock melodies, blackened NWOBHM chord voicings and mid-period Mustaine riffing …Soliloque

EXCLUSIVE Excerpt from Brian Slagel’s new book, ‘Swing of the Blade: More Stories From Metal Blade Records’

April 4, 2023

Read an exclusive excerpt, featuring Armored Saint, from Metal Blade founder Brian Slagel’s upcoming book, Swing of the Blade: More Stories from Metal Blade Records.

Watch a Trailer to ‘A Wandering Path: The Story of Gilead Media’ and Read an In-Depth Review of the Documentary

April 3, 2023

Michael Dimmitt’s incredible new documentary A Wandering Path: The Story of Gilead Media, is screening in May. But you can watch the trailer and read a full review right now.

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.

Full Album Premiere: SaviorSkin – Invicta Mori

March 27, 2023

Hear the full album of death/doom despondency from SaviorSkin in advance of its April 7 release via Horror Pain Gore Death.

LIMITED TO 50 EACH: DEADGUY’s ‘Buyer’s Remorse’ on Metal & Beer Colored Cassettes via Decibel Records!

March 24, 2023

Get your ultra-limited “metal” or “beer” cassette edition of Deadguy’s Buyer’s Remorse: Live from the Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest & watch the full pro-shot performance now!

Full Album Stream: Forcefed Horsehead are Seeing Things with Monoceros

March 23, 2023

Indulge in a stream of Forcefed Horsehead‘s animal mutant-friendly new album, Monoceros

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.”

Downfall of Gaia Provide a Track-by-Track Breakdown of New LP ‘Silhouettes of Disgust’

March 17, 2023

Downfall of Gaia provide an extensive track-by-track breakdown on their release date of their new 45-minute epic Silhouettes of Disgust.

Video Premiere: Revenge Beast – “Bastard” (Mötley Crüe Cover)

March 15, 2023

Hear Marc Rizzo’s new band, Revenge Beast shout out the glam metal with this cover of Mötley Crüe’s “Bastard.”