Streaming

On its sometimes utterly unhinged, sometimes heartrendingly beautiful E.P. Title Track, Portland quartet Dowager crams a lot of divergent influences, elements, and combustible sonic materials into its atomic artcore reactor with improbable cleverness and success. The subsequent explosion can be mesmerizing, calling to mind American Football and Mineral as much as Orchid and early Converge.

Fall to your knees before this full stream of Supreme Commanders of Darkness, full length #2 by Santiago’s death metal sacrificionados, Totten Korps—who’ve been lurking in the shadowy depths of the underground since ‘89!

Happy Halloween! We’re bringing you a preview of Cadabra Records‘ upcoming spoken word rendition of H.P. Lovecraft’s classic horror tale, “Pickman’s Model.” 

The Black Sabbath classic gets a much noisier cover as part of Uniform‘s newest release. 

The new Sepulchral Curse song is a 10-minute epic that will conclude the band’s EP in December. 

Esben and the Witch‘s forthcoming album, Older Terrors, is a trancelike tribute to the sublime. Listen to it before it hits the streets. 

Italian bruisers Profanal prove Swedeath is the sweetest death on Supreme Fire.

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.

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.

Krypts‘ second album is another impressive piece of death-doom. Stream it in full before it hits the streets next week.

There’s nothing gimmicky about the new Vorator. Italic Raids doesn’t come out until next week, but it is streaming right here. 

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.

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. 

Get your fill of Belgian black/death with the new number from Emptiness.

Chicago’s Cokegoat are not your typical goat band. Hell, this sextext ain’t your typical anything.

Stream The Powder Room’s second album Lucky here on release day.

Take a listen to a b-side from The Missing while Vaura prepares to enter the studio to record their third LP. 

Superjoint drops the “Ritual,” and tells it like it is: “YOU WILL RUIN YOU!”

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.

Stream Cardinal Wyrm’s upcoming album Cast Away Souls and read a Q&A with the band.

Belgian black/death cosmonauts Kosmokrator take a giant leap forward on First Step to Supremacy.

Iron Jawed Guru and Thought Eater joined forces to create an awesome instrumental split. Hear the album in full before it drops next week.

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.”

Venom Prison‘s debut full length is a pissed off, forceful death metal album.

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. 

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.

Chicago, Illinois has long been home to some of the harshest, ugliest metal sounds, and Polyptych continue the tradition in splendid form.

Escarnium didn’t pull any punches on this one. “Omnis Mortuus Est – Interitus” is straightforward death metal at its finest.

Incantation‘s classic Tribute to the Goat is finally getting a reissue. Hear “Unholy Massacre” now. 

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.