Streaming
Track Premiere: Uniform Cover Black Sabbath’s ‘Symptom of the Universe’
October 28, 2016 Emily Bellino
The Black Sabbath classic gets a much noisier cover as part of Uniform‘s newest release.
Track Premiere: Sepulchral Curse – ‘Disrupting Lights of Extinction’
October 27, 2016 Emily Bellino
The new Sepulchral Curse song is a 10-minute epic that will conclude the band’s EP in December.
Full Album Stream: Esben and the Witch Reveal ‘Older Terrors’
October 26, 2016 Emily Bellino
Esben and the Witch‘s forthcoming album, Older Terrors, is a trancelike tribute to the sublime. Listen to it before it hits the streets.
Full Album Stream: Profanal’s “Supreme Fire” will Burn you Alive
October 26, 2016 Sean Frasier
Italian bruisers Profanal prove Swedeath is the sweetest death on Supreme Fire.
Withdrawal Premiere ‘From Stone To Air; From Bone to Air’ And Discuss New Record
October 26, 2016 Neill Jameson
Withdrawal are finally poised to release their first full-length album at the beginning of November, but you can hear another new single and read about Never here first.
Conjunto de Guerra: Sacrificio loose “La Sombra en la Ciénaga”
October 25, 2016 Dutch Pearce
Grab a torch and come check out “La Sombra en le Ciénaga,” the first track from the debut LP, Guerra Eterna, by Madrid’s premier dungeon-dwelling, first wave black metal pyromancers, Sacrificio.
Full Album Stream: Krypts – ‘Remnants of Expansion’
October 21, 2016 Emily Bellino
Krypts‘ second album is another impressive piece of death-doom. Stream it in full before it hits the streets next week.
Full Album Stream: Vorator – ‘Italic Raids’
October 20, 2016 Neill Jameson
There’s nothing gimmicky about the new Vorator. Italic Raids doesn’t come out until next week, but it is streaming right here.
Track Premiere: Into the Storm’s “Ghostmaker”
October 20, 2016 Kevin Stewart-Panko
I recently discovered Into the Storm the old fashioned way: their PR representative held me hostage at gunpoint in a windowless room for three days…but it didn’t have to be that way.
Piece By Piece and Friend Or Foe Premiere Songs From Upcoming Compilation
October 19, 2016 Emily Bellino
The Extermination series of hardcore compilations has featured a top notch roster of bands in the past. Piece By Piece and Friend or Foe join that roster on The Extermination: Vol. 3.
Black/Death Crew Emptiness Wear Their ‘Meat Heart’ on Their Longsleeves
October 18, 2016 Albert Mudrian
Get your fill of Belgian black/death with the new number from Emptiness.
The First Taste is Free: Cokegoat premiere “Winter Of Fear”
October 18, 2016 Dutch Pearce
Chicago’s Cokegoat are not your typical goat band. Hell, this sextext ain’t your typical anything.
Full Album Stream: The Powder Room’s “Lucky”
October 13, 2016 Justin Norton
Stream The Powder Room’s second album Lucky here on release day.
Vaura Premiere ‘The Missing’ B-Side, Announce New Album
October 13, 2016 Emily Bellino
Take a listen to a b-side from The Missing while Vaura prepares to enter the studio to record their third LP.
TRACK PREMIERE: THINGS ARE ABOUT TO GET SERIOUS WITH SUPERJOINT’S “RUIN YOU”
October 13, 2016 Greg Pratt
Superjoint drops the “Ritual,” and tells it like it is: “YOU WILL RUIN YOU!”
Track Premiere: Theologian and Lament Cityscape Join Forces for ‘Inevitability’
October 12, 2016 Emily Bellino
Soft Tissue, the collaborative album between Lament Cityscape and Theologian, aims to combine the best elements of both bands. “Inevitability” is the first taste of that collaboration.
Full Album Stream and Q&A: Cardinal Wyrm’s ‘Cast Away Souls’
October 12, 2016 Justin Norton
Stream Cardinal Wyrm’s upcoming album Cast Away Souls and read a Q&A with the band.
Full Album Stream: Kosmokrator take “First Step Towards Supremacy”
October 12, 2016 Sean Frasier
Belgian black/death cosmonauts Kosmokrator take a giant leap forward on First Step to Supremacy.
Full Album Stream: Thought Eater and Iron Jawed Guru – ‘Vortex 6’ Split
October 11, 2016 Emily Bellino
Iron Jawed Guru and Thought Eater joined forces to create an awesome instrumental split. Hear the album in full before it drops next week.
Wake Up Dreaming: Quicksand Dream present “The Girl from the Island”
October 11, 2016 Dutch Pearce
After sixteen years of silence, the Swedish epic heavy metal duo, Quicksand Dream, return with their sophomore full length, and we’ve got your first peek with an exclusive stream of “The Girl from the Island.”
Full Album Stream: Venom Prison – ‘Animus’
October 10, 2016 Emily Bellino
Venom Prison‘s debut full length is a pissed off, forceful death metal album.
Full Album Stream: Sons of Balaur – ‘Tenebris Deos’
October 5, 2016 Emily Bellino
Sons of Balour has had a presence in the Norwegian black metal scene since 1992, but it is finally time to hear the band’s debut album.
Harder They Wreck: Homewrecker roll out “Prophet Liar”
October 4, 2016 Dutch Pearce
No matter how many times you cop this new Homewrecker track, “Prophet Liar,” you still won’t be able to wait for the Ohio-based crossover kings’ new EP, Extinction by Design.
Defying the Metastasis: Full Album Stream from Chicago’s Polyptych
October 4, 2016 Daniel Lake
Chicago, Illinois has long been home to some of the harshest, ugliest metal sounds, and Polyptych continue the tradition in splendid form.
Track Premiere: Escarnium – ‘Omnis Mortuus Est – Interitus’
September 29, 2016 Emily Bellino
Escarnium didn’t pull any punches on this one. “Omnis Mortuus Est – Interitus” is straightforward death metal at its finest.
Track Premiere: Incantation – “Unholy Massacre”
September 29, 2016 Emily Bellino
Incantation‘s classic Tribute to the Goat is finally getting a reissue. Hear “Unholy Massacre” now.
Track Premiere & Interview: Mouth of the Architect – ‘Fallen Star’
September 28, 2016 Emily Bellino
Writing Path of Eight was a different experience for Mouth of the Architect than previous albums, the band says. Listen to a new song and read an interview with the band about writing and recording the new album.
Shape of Despair Premiere Demo, “Shadowed Dreams”
September 28, 2016 Emily Bellino
Shape of Despair has released the first offering from Alone in the Mist, a collection of demos from the early days of the band.
TRACK PREMIERE: LOUISVILLE BLACK METAL EXPANSIONISTS ANAGNORISIS ROOT AMONGST ASHES OF THE PAST ON “5306 MORNINGSIDE”
September 28, 2016 Shawn Macomber
Lord! Anagnorisis certainly doesn’t pull any sonic or emotional punches on its majestic, seriously affecting gut-punch sophomore full-length Peripeteia — a powerful blend of forward-thinking, nuanced black metal and excerpts from circa ’82-87 family recordings he found on two cassette tapes after his father’s death.
Full Album Stream: Mammoth Weed Wizard Bastard – ‘Y Proffwyd Dwyll’
September 28, 2016 Emily Bellino
Mammoth Weed Wizard Bastard combine ethereal psychedelic and crushing doom on their latest, Y Proffwyd Dwyll. Stream it now before it hits stores.