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Tech death with a conceptual edge unearths that which lies hidden.

Do you like epic HD depictions of Mother Nature’s multitude of glories? Who doesn’t? Except Morgan Freeman ain’t narrating this particular collection. It’s Earthless offshoot Golden Void.

If you are currently on the road,  there’s simply some stuff that you’ve gotta know about the faithful roadhorse that is getting you from city to city.

Decibel‘s publisher, editor-in-chief and managing editor are all baseball guys, but our art director quietly maintains an fierce allegiance to hockey — particularly the Flyers — so we’re sure he’s psyched about the very likely unironic image of southeast Pennsylvania noise-rockers Carved Up above. 

Noise-rock quartet Kowloon Walled City have gone all-in on slow-burning bad mood.

Peter Steele might have taken umbrage with the “Softly” in the title — the man had a knack for bluntness — but we’ll give Pinkish Black predecessor the Great Tyrant a pass.

Bay Area heavyweights Vastum have detonated a new album every two years, and Hole Below is their exceptional, must-hear third.

Spaced-out black metal is the best black metal.

Celebrating their 20th year of unholy existence, Finnish black metal institution Horna continues to startle in terms of quantity and quality.

You haven’t heard from Cali’s preeminent psychedelic riff maestros Saviours in a while — four years to be exact.

Where do old mathematicians go when they die? Fucked if I know, but according to brand spanking new British band, InTechnicolour, dudes who once (and in some cases, still do) ply their wares as part of that nation’s math/tech metal scene, will at some point find themselves taking a complete 180 degree creative turn when the fancy strikes.

Crushing New Orleans-by-way-of-Montgomery death metal crew means business.

The veteran melodeath quintet are ready to unleash their first album in nearly 12 years.

A battle for the ages. Who ya got?

Third album, 30 musicians. That’s baller.

Hit the noise-rock trough for some delicious distorted groove.

Denver death metal newbies Bloodstrike are set to drop their debut full-length, In Death We Rot on Redefining Darkness on September 25, and they’re coming out of the gate hard with the “Abomination” video.

The Wisconsin death metallers make their Flexi Series debut with “Speed Freak,” a cover of the 1988 Hallows Eve classic. 

We still have eyes for German death metal mainstays Dew-Scented, and they have I’s for us. And new videos. And new split EPs.

Hard luck Bay Area tech-thrash veterans Insanity are finally back with their first full-length since 1994’s Death After Death. 

True Norwegian Black Metal. Nuff said.

Trafficking in crust-grind and hammering metallic hardcore, once Denver’s Of Feather and Bone are through with you, all that’s left is the carrion implied in their moniker.

Take a walk through nature with Earthless offshoot Golden Void.

Belgian death metal crew remain insane about crushing brains.

Symphonic metal veterans Stratovarius are celebrating their 30th anniversary by dropping new full-length Eternal on earMUSIC.

NWOBHM heroes Satan deliver you some evil.

A ripping new video from the Tampa death metal quintet.

Finnish funeral doom outfit Tyranny haven’t issued a full-length in a decade, but that’s going to change with Aeons in Tectonic Interment.

Wyndorf mother mother.

Longtime staffer Nick Green dubbed 8-Way Santa “the White Album of grunge … easily the most underrated record Sub Pop ever put out.”