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Full Album Stream: VADIAT – Spear of Creation
April 26, 2023 Cody Davis
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 Sean Frasier
Atlanta thrashers Turn Cold fill your pie-hole with shards and uppercut you with riffs on their upcoming EP, Chew Glass.
EXCLUSIVE Excerpt #4 from Brian Slagel’s ‘Swing of the Blade’: Metallica’s Enduring Friendship
April 25, 2023 Adem Tepedelen
Our latest exclusive excerpt from Brian Slagel’s upcoming book, Swing of the Blade offers up some Metallica intrigue.
LIMITED STOCK! Get Official METAL & BEER FEST SHIRTS Before They’re Gone For Good!
April 21, 2023 Decibel Magazine
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 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Check out the orchestral density of Atavistia‘s new album, Cosmic Warfare!
KILL SCREEN: Katie Davies and Josh Andrews of PUPIL SLICER Give 100 Percent to This Interview
April 19, 2023 Michael Wohlberg and James Lewis
The genre-slashing U.K. phenoms have seen their video game obsession blossom into something more.
Video Premiere: Among These Ashes – “The Enemy In I”
April 19, 2023 Addison Herron-Wheeler
Watch a new video from Detroit-based melodic power-thrashers Among These Ashes!
Album Premiere: Gyrdleah – ‘Spellbinder’
April 19, 2023 Sean Frasier
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 Adem Tepedelen
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.
Full Album Stream: Faerie Ring – ‘Weary Traveler’
April 13, 2023 Adem Tepedelen
Indiana doom druids Faerie Ring are riffologists not mycologists.
THANTIFAXATH Return with ‘Hive Mind Narcosis’ on Decibel-Exclusive Gold Vinyl! Pre-Order NOW!
April 12, 2023 Decibel Magazine
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 Adem Tepedelen
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.
Full Album Stream: Dimentianon – ‘Chapter VI: Burning Rebirth’
April 11, 2023 Adem Tepedelen
Hear the blistering and beguiling fifth full-length, ‘Chapter VI: Burning Rebirth,’ from Long Island black-death-doom lifers Dimentianon
Pre-Order: DROWNINGMAN’s “Busy Signal…” on Decibel-Exclusive Neon Orange Vinyl Limited to 100 Copies!
April 7, 2023 Decibel Magazine
Celebrate the 25th anniversary of Drowningman‘s classic Busy Signal at the Suicide Hotline with the Decibel-exclusive edition!
Video Premiere: Houston – “What Doesn’t Kill You”
April 7, 2023 Addison Herron-Wheeler
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 Addison Herron-Wheeler
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 Adem Tepedelen
Hear the ear-scraping new debut, ‘Knife,’ from Charm City post-hardcore noiseniks Mast Year.
Video Premiere: Pyrexia – ‘Unscathed’
April 6, 2023 Addison Herron-Wheeler
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 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Check out Maudiir‘s musical soliloquy of prominent prog rock melodies, blackened NWOBHM chord voicings and mid-period Mustaine riffing …Soliloque
KILL SCREEN: Knox Colby of ENFORCED Bows to No King Dork
April 5, 2023 Michael Wohlberg and James Lewis
Da mighty crossover vocalist prefers his digital body counts to be in the billions.
EXCLUSIVE Excerpt from Brian Slagel’s new book, ‘Swing of the Blade: More Stories From Metal Blade Records’
April 4, 2023 Adem Tepedelen
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 Daniel Lake
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 Sean Frasier
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 Addison Herron-Wheeler
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 Decibel Magazine
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 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Indulge in a stream of Forcefed Horsehead‘s animal mutant-friendly new album, Monoceros
KILL SCREEN: Rob Fusco of ONE KING DOWN May Let Gravity Win, But Not You
March 22, 2023 Michael Wohlberg and James Lewis
Before the hardcore vocalist landed on ‘Bloodlust Revenge,’ he was busy tearing up ‘Yars’ Revenge.’
Video Premiere: MORDIAN Pays Tribute to Bathory’s “Ring of Gold”
March 22, 2023 Sean Frasier
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 Decibel Magazine
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 Addison Herron-Wheeler
Hear Marc Rizzo’s new band, Revenge Beast shout out the glam metal with this cover of Mötley Crüe’s “Bastard.”