Streaming
Track Premiere: Elder – ‘Staving Off Truth’
May 16, 2017 Emily Bellino
“Staving Off Truth” comes from Elder‘s fourth and largest album, Reflections of a Floating World.
Track Premiere: Ljosazabojstwa overwhelm with “Piekła”
May 16, 2017 Dutch Pearce
Minsk’s unutterable Ljosazabojstwa return with a new EP of unique, intense black/death metal. We were the first to hip you to this Belarusian menace last year, and now we’re here to bring you an exclusive stream of “Piekła” from Sychodžańnie, Ljosazabojstwa’s soon-to-be-released EP.
Video Premiere: Foscor – ‘Altars’
May 15, 2017 Emily Bellino
Foscor explore the passage of time in a new music video for “Altars.”
Full Album Stream: Kalopsia – ‘Angelplague’
May 12, 2017 Emily Bellino
Stream Angelplague, the latest full length from New Jersey death crew Kalopsia.
Video Premiere: Broken Hope – ‘Mutilated And Assimilated’
May 12, 2017 Emily Bellino
Prepare to be “Mutilated and Assimilated” by Chicago death metal outfit Broken Hope.
Full Album Stream: Summoner – ‘Beyond The Realm Of Light’
May 11, 2017 Emily Bellino
Go Beyond the Realm of Light and embrace the Summoner album you’ll find there.
Track Premiere: Timeworn – ‘Night Of Owls’
May 11, 2017 Emily Bellino
Timeworn are aggressive as they are atmospheric on new song “Night of Owls.”
Streaming: The Monolith Deathcult – ‘Versus’
May 11, 2017 Emily Bellino
Stream the full sixth album from Dutch powerhouse The Monolith Deathcult.
Track Premiere: Abrams – ’18 Weeks’
May 11, 2017 Emily Bellino
Denver rockers Abrams recall old romance on “18 Weeks.”
Track Premiere: Terminal Nation, Grinding on Arkansas’ Wheel
May 11, 2017 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Arkansas’ rich extreme music history isn’t exactly the richest. These days, Decibel cover stars Pallbearer are leading the charge and the past is sparsely littered with the likes of The Handshake Murders, Rwake (and various associated side projects) and Living Sacrifice. Debate amongst yourselves the merits and inclusion of Evanescence and Mutha’s Day Out.
Full Album Stream: Wormwitch – ‘Strike Mortal Soil’
May 10, 2017 Emily Bellino
From “As Above” to “So Below,” Wormwitch deliver a powerful debut album.
Stream & Interview: Heavy Temple’s Psychedelic Journey to the Dark Tower
May 10, 2017 Sean Frasier
Philly doom conjurers Heavy Temple worship at The Dark Tower on psychedelic eye-opener Chassit.
Track Premiere: Satanarchist – ‘Tempest Of Sorrow’
May 9, 2017 Emily Bellino
Satanarchist are a raging whirlwind of black metal and anarcho-punk on their new album, First Against the Wall.
Full Album Premiere: Occvlta return with “Night Without End”
May 9, 2017 Dutch Pearce
It’s been seven years since Occvlta released their demo, We Command the Wolves, and finally Berlin’s black metal brothers have returned with an album worth the wait and then some. Night Without End will restore your faith in true black metal . . . while simultaneously ensuring your condemnation.
Track Premiere: Enslaved – ‘Isa (Live at Roadburn)’
May 9, 2017 Emily Bellino
Roadburn Live is Enslaved‘s first live record, recorded at Roadburn Festival in 2015.
Video Premiere: Childrenn – ‘Royal Fever’
May 5, 2017 Emily Bellino
Childrenn cope with being followed by the past in their video for “Royal Fever.”
Demo:listen: Moenen Of Xezbeth
May 5, 2017 Dutch Pearce
On this week’s Demo:listen we praise the unholy birth of Belgium’s Moenen Of Xezbeth.
Track Premiere: Necrot – ‘Shadows And Light’
May 4, 2017 Emily Bellino
Necrot unleash sickening, aggressive death metal from they prepare to give Blood Offerings.
Track Premiere: Dråp – ‘“Hat För En Livstid”
May 4, 2017 Emily Bellino
Dråp unleash four minutes blistering, crusty death metal.
Full Album Stream: Netherbird – ‘The Ghost Collector’
May 3, 2017 Emily Bellino
Netherbird‘s debut album, 2008’s The Ghost Collector, will be re-released through Black Lodge Records.
Track Premiere: Cemetery Urn reveal “Weakened Mortals Bleed”
May 3, 2017 Dutch Pearce
Today Melbourne’s Cemetery Urn show us what happens when “Weakened Mortals Bleed.” Check out this exclusive track premiere from the Australian barbarians’ third album, the eponymously titled Cemetery Urn.
Track Premiere: Croatoan – ‘Bloodgutter’
May 2, 2017 Emily Bellino
Croatoan unleash potent thrash/groove metal on “Bloodgutter.”
Track Premiere: Tyrannosorceress – ‘Haunting Black Infinity’
May 2, 2017 Emily Bellino
Last week, we introduced you to Tyrannosorceress. Now, we premiere new Tyrannosorceress jams.
Track Premiere: Khashm apply “Obsidian Keys”
May 2, 2017 Dutch Pearce
Unlock all seven seals with “Obsidian Keys,” the latest track from Pushkin’s Khashm, off their forthcoming LP + bonus 7”, Asmodeus Rising. If you like your black metal esoteric and obscure, but not your production, you’d do well to check out these Russians.
Track Premiere: Sabbath Assembly – ‘Angels Trumpets’
May 1, 2017 Emily Bellino
Sabbath Assembly delve further into progressive metal on “Angels Trumpets.”
Video Premiere: Big Kizz – ‘Eye On You’
April 28, 2017 Emily Bellino
Big Kizz roll out their first ever music video for “Eye On You.”
Video Premiere: The Summoned – ‘Fractal Patterns’
April 27, 2017 Emily Bellino
Lowell, MA tech-death outfit The Summoned unveil the video for “Fractal Patterns.”
Slagduster Interview and Album Stream
April 27, 2017 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Hailing from small town British Columbia, Slagduster is the sort of band that, through the lens of 2017, sounds like a tantalizing amalgam of genres that offer a look at where metal (or at least one strain of it) might head towards in the future.
Track Premiere: Drug Honkey – ‘Pool Of Failure (Justin Broadrick Remix)’
April 26, 2017 Emily Bellino
Drug Honkey delve even further into experimental and industrial metal with a Justin Broadrick remix of “Pool of Lies.”
Track Premiere: Jordablod deliver “Chants for the Black One”
April 26, 2017 Dutch Pearce
Check out “Chants for the Black One” by Malmö’s Jordablod from their debut album, Upon My Cremation Pyre.