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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 death dealers Selfgod return with the title track of their new album, Left Hand Pagan, out on Halloween via Veles Records.

UK post-metal doom crafters Vandampire don’t suck (blood or otherwise) on debut full-length, Hope Scars.

Takomaha are streaming their new EP, American Basements, with us before it drops October 29 via Loyal Blood Records. Check it out here.

Hear UK experimental post-metal project Dawnwalker’s new single-song full-length The Between.

Hear Beantown bashers Karate Steve lay down some black belt-quality hardcore sludge on third full-length Time Under Tension.

Norwegian band Uaar are back with a raw, angry atmospheric D-beat down, Galger og Brann, Norwegian for “Gallows and Fire,” out October 17 via Fysisk Format. You can hear it with us first.

Check out a massively in-depth preview of the new LP from Denver-come-Asbury Park death ‘n’ doom maulers The Munsens.

Roman hardcore band Feldspar are back with a new single and video  “Pasta Day,” out October 16 (World Food Day) via Time To Kill. Hey, hey — it’s pasta day!

Hear Montreal DM crushers Scorching Tomb roll the bones on full-length debut Ossuary.

The speedrunning doom drummer returns to a newly rebranded Kill Feed to share how slowing down has gotten him back into the game.

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.

Suit up for a thrashing from Chile speed dealers Armoured Knight on their Dying Victims debut, The Quest For the Sacred Melody.

Prolific multi-instrumentalist Eric Wing returns with one-person melodic black metal act Morke‘s new LP To Carry On.

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.

The latest from Brazilian doom dealers Pesta features an appearance from Scott “Wino” Weinrich on “Mirror Maze.”

Melodic Cleveland deathcrushers Sterilizing the Deceased share their new video for “Recovery,” the opening track from their latest EP Nothing.

Read all about it! Martin Atkins Presents: Killing Joke’s Extremities to be performed in its entirety for the first time in 33 years at Reggie’s in Chicago on November 28th.

Hear Belgian instrumental psych-doom-sludge crushers Modder find their place in the sun the hard way on their new Consouling Sounds full-length.

Hear the freshly ground grindcore of Finland’s DEATHFUCKINGWOUND—written, recorded and launched in just over a month.

We spoke with Kalamity Kills‘ Jamie Rowe about the project’s self-titled, debut album, out now.

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.

Hear the harsh melodicism of Norwegian blackgaze outfit Sundrowned, paying homage to the fall equinox on new full length, Higanbana.

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.

Swedish melodeath mashers After Earth dabble in cannibalism in new video for “Skinwalker.”

Street Eaters dropped their new album, Opaque this month. We caught up with Megan March, John No and Joan Toledo to talk about the album and their future plans. 

Check out the latest colourful concept album from Canada’s Ancient Thrones!

Hear Norwegian crossover cretins Cult Member draw blood on new full-length, GORE.