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Split Premiere: Jade / Sanctarium – The Sempiternal Wound
September 11, 2024 Tim Mudd
Prepare yourself for a descent into the macabre with The Sempiternal Wound, the latest split release from two masters of death and doom metal, Jade and Sanctarium .
Album Premiere: Wolfheart’s Draconian Darkness Dissected Track-By-Track
September 5, 2024 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Wolfheart mastermind Tuomas Saukkonen gives a play-by-play as we premiere his band’s latest and seventh album!
Ignominous Releases the First Single from Their Upcoming ‘Album Dawn With No Light’
September 4, 2024 Tim Mudd
Grecian black metal trio Ignominous emerge from the shadows with the the title track from the upcoming debut album Dawn With No Light.
The Hostage Situation Unleashes Frenetic Visuals in New Music Video for “The Last Leg”
August 28, 2024 Tim Mudd
Marking their first new music in 18 years, Arizona’s hardcore veterans, The Hostage Situation, have made a thunderous return with their latest single, “The Last Leg,” and an equally intense music video to match.
Video Premiere: Taking Shots with Infrared’s “Concuss”
August 22, 2024 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Watch Canadian thrashers Infrared hit hard with their latest video!
Track Premiere: Herakleion Unleashes “Blood of Nessus” from Upcoming EP ‘Necroverse’
August 21, 2024 Tim Mudd
Herakleion prepare to enter the Necroverse with a quick visit to “The Tomb.”
EP Premiere: Cemetery Filth – ‘Senses of Detriment’
August 14, 2024 Tim Mudd
Intricate riffs and complex rhythms coexist with memorable hooks on Senses of Detriment, the new EP from progressive death dealers Cemetery Filth.
Album Stream: Kurokuma Kick Out Every Jam with Of Amber and Sand
August 8, 2024 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Check out the latest album by doom/sludge/death alchemists Kurokuma!
Video Premiere: Earthburner – “Slaves to the Screen”
August 7, 2024 Tim Mudd
Deathgrind supergroup Earthburner (ft. members of Broken Hope and Sanguisugabogg) drop a live preview of their debut Permanent Dawn coming this November.
Album Premiere: Nox Novacula – ‘Feed the Fire’
July 31, 2024 Tim Mudd
Seattle’s Deathrock darlings Nox Novacula deliver the full album premiere of Feed the Fire.
EP Stream: Cantankerous Canadians Culled Dig Into Our Psyches with Psycles
July 25, 2024 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Check out a stream of the latest EP from sludge/doom/grinders Culled!
Album Premiere & Interview: Iress – ‘Sleep Now, In Reverse’
July 24, 2024 Tim Mudd
Hear Sleep Now, In Reverse the new album from Los Angeles post doom crew Iress and read a new interview with frontwoman Michelle Malley.
Track Premiere: Mekigah – “Broken Rhythm Pressure”
July 17, 2024 Tim Mudd
Australian aural insanity demons Mekigah are back with “Broken Rhythm Pressure” – a haunting preview of their upcoming album, To Hold Onto A Heartless Heart, set for release in August via Aesthetic Death.
Album and Video Premiere: Vancouver’s Thirteen Goats Get Conceptual with Capricorn Rising
July 11, 2024 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Check out a stream of the new album by Vancouver’s Thirteen Goats… and their new video!
Video Premiere: Absorb – “Smog”
July 10, 2024 Tim Mudd
Hamilton, Ontario-based punishing death/doom outfit Absorb reveal the title track from their forthcoming Smog EP.
Full Album Stream: Cranial Disorder – ‘Congenital Depravity’
July 3, 2024 Tim Mudd
Rising death metal force Cranial Disorder unleashes its brutal death debut, Congenital Depravity, via Lethal Scissor Records this Friday. But, we’ve got the whole shebang right here, right now.
Video Premiere: Louvado Abismo Take on the World with “Mundo”
June 27, 2024 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Check out the new video by Portuguese deathrockers Louvado Abismo!
Full Album Stream: Drift Into Black – ‘Voices Beneath the Rubble’
June 26, 2024 Tim Mudd
New Jersey-based doom metal project Drift Into Black returns with its fifth full-length album, Voices Beneath the Rubble. Hear it here.
Q&A: Photographer John Malley on Documenting the PNW Metal Scene
June 21, 2024 Justin Norton
Malley has a gift for shooting images that capture the vitality and close-knit nature of one of the country’s most active metal scenes. He talked to us about his work and chasing his passion later in life.
Album Premiere: Horseburner – ‘Voice of Storms’
June 19, 2024 Tim Mudd
Intense storytelling, technical prowess, and sheer energy are the hallmarks of Horseburner. Hear the sludge, doom and progressive metal of Voice of Storms.
Video Premiere: Thrashin’ ‘N’ Ragin’ with Quiescent Mantis’ “Primal Form of Aggression”
June 13, 2024 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Check out the new video by Tennessee thrashers Quiescent Mantis!
Full Album Stream: Mythologik – Blood in the Sky
June 12, 2024 Tim Mudd
Hear the debut full-length album, Blood in the Sky, from shapeshifting San Antonio’s Mythologik before its June 14 release.
Album Premiere: Murf is Already Dead on Already Dead
May 30, 2024 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Listen to the new album by noisy metallic punk jesters, Murf!
Album Premiere: The Troops of Doom – ‘A Mass to the Grotesque’
May 29, 2024 Tim Mudd
Hear original Sepultura guitarist Jairo ‘Tormentor’ Guedz return to his roots, bloody roots with the new album from The Troops of Doom streaming in full.
Album Premiere: Bleakheart – ‘Silver Pulse’
May 22, 2024 Tim Mudd
Hear Denver doom provocateurs Bleakheart (featuring members of Vermin Womb, Dreadnought and Oryx) return with new LP, Silver Pulse.
Video Premiere: Celebrating Sci-Fi Dystopia, and a Debut Album, with Voraath
May 16, 2024 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Check out some brand new cinematic dystopia (and death metal) from Voraath!
Album Premiere: Hemotoxin – ‘When Time Becomes Loss’
May 15, 2024 Tim Mudd
Yinz about to get pulverized with the new EP from Pittsburgh-based deathrashers Hemotoxin.
Track Premiere: Wyndrider – Under the Influence
May 8, 2024 Tim Mudd
Come under the influence of Tennessee-based stoner doom quartet Wyndrider.
Knocked Loose’s New Album Is Their Heaviest, And Most Metal, To Date
May 6, 2024 Emily Bellino
Previewing Knocked Loose‘s new album before its Friday release.
Caterwaul Festival: A Noisy and Rocking Late May Alternative
May 2, 2024 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Why not take in noisy rock fest Caterwaul and all Minneapolis has to offer?