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Album Stream: Firing up the Noise with Montreal’s Cell Press and Cages
March 7, 2024 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Listen to a stream of Cages, the new album by Montreal noise rock machine Cell Press!
Track Premiere: The Gathering – “Stonegarden” (Remix)
February 28, 2024 Chris Dick
Burning World Records celebrates the 30th Anniversary Edition of The Gathering‘s critical debut album, Always…. Streaming “Stonegarden” now only at Decibel!
Track Premiere: “El Evil” Shows that a 13 Year Layoff Hasn’t Made Sleepytime Gorilla Museum Any Less Weird
February 22, 2024 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Check out the new single by avant-garde oddballs Sleepytime Gorilla Museum!
Full Album Stream: Iron Curtain – ‘Savage Dawn’
February 20, 2024 Adem Tepedelen
Spanish speed metal bandoleros Iron Curtain are getting loose-n-lethal on new full length Savage Dawn.
Tankcrimes Owner Scotty Heath Talks Brainsqueeze Tour, Municipal Waste and Running a DIY Label
February 14, 2024 Emily Bellino
Tankcrimes owner Scotty Heath discusses how the Brainsqueeze Tour — which starts TOMORROW and features Municipal Waste, Ghoul, Necrot and Dead Heat — came to be.
Video Premiere: Castle Rat – “Cry For Me”
February 13, 2024 Adem Tepedelen
NYC psych doom cult Castle Rat take us to another realm where the Rat Queen battles the Rat Reaperess in new video for “Cry For Me.”
206 Blast Fest Arrives in Seattle for the First Time This Weekend
February 8, 2024 Emily Bellino
Get the scoop on 206 Blast Fest before it goes down this weekend.
Video Premiere: Subdued Noise Rockers Bronson Arm Become “One With the Floor”
February 8, 2024 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Check out the new video from minimalist noise rockers Bronson Arm!
Track Premiere: Hypoxia – “Pathway To Charon”
January 30, 2024 Adem Tepedelen
Queens, NY death metal horde Hypoxia return to the fray with a dissonant new crusher, “Pathway to Charon.”
Track Premiere: Hands of Goro – “Uncanny”
January 25, 2024 Adem Tepedelen
Holy harmonies, Batman! Bay Area trad metal trio Hands of Goro unleash a flurry of axe acrobatics on new single “Uncanny.”
Goin’ Solo, the Long, Hard Way with Satyasena
January 25, 2024 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Listen to Satyasena‘s debut album, featuring members of Ghoul and Secret Chiefs 3!
Track Premiere: Counting Hours – “Away I Flow”
January 24, 2024 Chris Dick
Members of Shape of Despair/ex-Rapture, Impaled Nazarene, and ex-Colosseum lean into their Finnish gloom roots with Counting Hours.
Full EP Stream: Wizard Death – ‘I Am the Night’
January 23, 2024 Adem Tepedelen
Hear Indiana father-son trad metal duo Wizard Death slay some dragons with help from Witch Mountain members Kayla Dixon and Rob Wrong on their new Wise Blood EP, I Am the Night.
Full Album Stream: Kontact – ‘Full Contact’
January 18, 2024 Adem Tepedelen
Canadian trad metal weirdos Kontact pay homage to cult legends Sacred Blade with their sci-fi insanity on new album, Full Contact.
Full Album Stream: Resin Tomb – ‘Cerebral Purgatory’
January 16, 2024 Adem Tepedelen
Hear Australian dissonant DM/grind mongers Resin Tomb destroy your self-esteem on their relentlessly vicious debut, Cerebral Purgatory.
Domination Campaign Make War on A Storm of Steel
January 15, 2024 Emily Bellino
Sink your teeth into war-themed death metal from Domination Campaign, featuring members of Psycroptic.
Track Premiere: Max Boogie Overdrive – “Stoned Again”
January 11, 2024 Adem Tepedelen
“Stoned Again” is the first single from Max Boogie Overdrive‘s upcoming full-length debut of the same name. It’s set for release on CD and digitally via Future Primitive Recordings on March 29.
The Risen Dread’s New Single/Video Recounts a Harrowing Tale of Forced Isolation
January 11, 2024 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Check out the latest video/single from Irish death dealers The Risen Dread!
Track Premiere: Karnak Seti – “I Breathe the End’
January 9, 2024 Adem Tepedelen
Drink in the Madeira madness of melodic thrash/death outfit Karnak Seti’s new track “I Breathe the End.”
Video Premiere: Clarion Void – “The Top”
January 4, 2024 Adem Tepedelen
Colorado Springs quartet Clarion Void sling some gnarly post-metal sludge in surreal new video for “The Top.”
Canadians Saluting Canadians: Hellbent Pay Homage to the Day-Glo Abortions
December 28, 2023 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Feast thine eyes and ears on Canadian hardcore band Hellbent‘s take on a Day-Glo Abortions classic!
Video Premiere: Obsidian Tongue – “The Stone Heart” (ft. Tanner Anderson of Obsequiae and Majesties)
December 21, 2023 Adem Tepedelen
Maine melodic black metal duo Obsidian Tongue bring the cold, dark rock on new single “The Stone Heart.”
Track Premiere: Iron Front – “Slam of ’87”
December 19, 2023 Adem Tepedelen
Hear new jack death metal quintet Iron Front offer up some old-school slam on new track, “Slam of ’87.”
Full EP Stream: Soul Incursion – ‘Eternal Darkness’
December 14, 2023 Adem Tepedelen
Hear Helsinki quartet Soul Incursion shake off the winter blues with some deathtastic thrash on their new Eternal Darkness EP.
Quebec’s Strigampire Dominate Canada’s Wacken Battle. Next Stop the World with All to Dominate
December 14, 2023 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Check out a stream of the new album by Canadian Wacken Battle winners Strigampire!
Video Premiere: Whut? – “C.A.P.S.”
December 12, 2023 Adem Tepedelen
No question Chicago crossover crushers Whut? have a beef with authority in new video for “C.A.P.S.”
Full Album Stream: Music in Low Frequencies – ‘Catharsis’
December 7, 2023 Adem Tepedelen
Hear Portuguese death-doom trio Music in Low Frequencies exorcise their personal demons on new full-length Catharsis
Full Album Stream: LIES! – ‘Mind Pollution’
December 5, 2023 Adem Tepedelen
Hear Dutch metallic hardcore ragers LIES! shout at the devil on new album, Mind Pollution.
Video Premiere: Morgue Terror – “Broken, Beaten, Beheaded”
November 30, 2023 Adem Tepedelen
Buffalo death metal miscreants Morgue Terror aren’t clowning around in new video for “Broken, Beaten, Beheaded.”
Streaming: Hatred Reigns’ Awaken the Ancients is Brutality in Sound and Theme
November 30, 2023 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Check out he new conceptual monster by Canadian tech-death brutalists, Hatred Reigns!