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Track Premiere: Wiegedood Get Aggressive On ‘Smeekbede’
December 14, 2016 Emily Bellino
Wiegedood traded atmosphere for aggression on “Smeekbede,” the first single from the band’s second album.
Track Premiere: Condenados Reveal Eerie Video For ‘Demon’s Head’
December 13, 2016 Emily Bellino
Condenados comes armed with traditional doom and a creepy music video.
Track Premiere: Draugsól reveal “Bót Eður Viðsjá Við illu Aðkasti”
December 13, 2016 Dutch Pearce
Take a nine minute sojourn down into the dark vale of black metal’s unfathomed depths with Reykjavík’s Draugsól.
Car Bomb Interview
December 13, 2016 Daniel Lake
Meta is Car Bomb‘s second self-released record, and if you heard 2012’s cryptically titled w^w^^w^w then you probably know where this one is headed. Spend a little time in Car Bomb’s headspace and you can be sure to either evolve or disintegrate into your very own pool of primordial goo. And yes, both Joe Duplantier (of Gojira) and Frank Mullen (of Suffocation) lent their talents to parts of Meta.
Track Premiere: Dodecahedron, “HEXAHEDRON – Tilling The Human Soil”
December 8, 2016 Albert Mudrian
Do you like Deathspell Omega? Of course you like Deathspell Omega! Everyone likes Deathspell Omega! But Deathspell Omega can’t always write and record Deathspell Omega EPs and albums. Good thing we’ve got Dodecahedron!
Track Premiere: The Drip, “Anathema”
December 7, 2016 Albert Mudrian
On new track “Anathema,” the Drip only grind in drops, but that’s when the hammer really drops.
Full Album Stream: Study “Ungodly Forms” with Sentient Horror
December 7, 2016 Sean Frasier
Class is in session, and old school death revivalists Sentient Horror are on the syllabus.
Video Premiere: Beheaded – ‘Beast Incarnate’
December 6, 2016 Emily Bellino
The new Beheaded album looks for a combination of sounds throughout the band’s career, including accompanying visuals that suit the music.
Full Album Stream: Panzerfaust reveal “The Lucifer Principle”
December 6, 2016 Dutch Pearce
Exalt, for the wait to hear the new Panzerfaust album is over. Today we bring you the exclusive premiere of The Lucifer Principle, the fourth album from these Canadians in Satan’s Service. Warning: This material may be hazardous to your soul.
Track Premiere: SEE? Experiment On ‘SEE 6’
December 6, 2016 Emily Bellino
Listening to SEE? is like hearing colors while talking to a robot.
Full Album Stream: Spazz – ‘Sweatin’ 2: Deported Live Gorilla
December 5, 2016 Emily Bellino
Spazz is rereleasing a collection of live and studio recordings from 1995-96.
Track Premiere: Soothsayer – ‘Of Locust And Moths’
December 2, 2016 Emily Bellino
Soothsayer continues to hone their hulking doom metal on “Of Locust And Moths.”
Track Premiere: The Ominous Circle – ‘Poison Fumes’
December 1, 2016 Emily Bellino
The Ominous Circle are as mysterious as they are impressive.
Video Premiere: So This Is Suffering – ‘Dreameater’
November 30, 2016 Emily Bellino
So This Is Suffering drop the first single from their new record, Palace Of The Pessimist.
TRACK PREMIERE: VAULTWRAITH’S “RAVAGED IN THE CRIMSON MIST”
November 30, 2016 Shawn Macomber
Over the last three years Razorback Records co-owner/death-doom shredder extraordinaire Vanessa Nocera has unleashed an almost unfathomably insane amount of gore-festooned top-shelf extreme music via Surgikill, Wooden Stake, Cauldron Burial, and Howling — all while editing the underground horror culture mag Evilspeak.
And, yet, as difficult as it may be to believe, there’s more enlivening, superior blood n’ bile in that well draw from: We’ve got an exclusive premiere of the rerecorded version of the riff-heavy Vaultwraith jam “Ravaged in the Crimson Mist” from the forthcoming 2017 full-length.
Hour of Penance Debut First Song From ‘Cast The First Stone’
November 25, 2016 Emily Bellino
Hour of Penance continue their tradition of no-nonsense death metal as they prepare to Cast the First Stone.
Track Premiere: Nidingr – ‘Surtr’
November 22, 2016 Emily Bellino
Nidingr say they were going for a simplified, yet equally as intense sound this time around.
Track Premiere: Insulters deploy “Bastard Soldiers”
November 22, 2016 Dutch Pearce
Check out the exclusive premiere of “Bastard Soldiers” for a taste of what’s to come when Spain’s Insulters finally drop their sophomore album, Metal Still Means Danger.
Track Premiere: Scum – ‘I Am Messiah’
November 21, 2016 Emily Bellino
Scum recorded Garden of Shadows 20 years ago. It never saw the light of day, but now it has been unearthed and prepared for release.
Track Premiere: Syk – ‘The White Sun’
November 21, 2016 Emily Bellino
Syk takes on ideas of society and conformity with groovy riffs.
Track-by-Track Breakdown: Albez Duz – ‘Wings of Tzinacan’
November 21, 2016 Emily Bellino
Occult rockers Albez Duz take us through their album, Wings of Tzinacan, track by track.
Track Premiere: Call of the Void ‘Get In The Van’ With New Lineup
November 18, 2016 Emily Bellino
“Are you fucking kidding me?” is the question Call of the Void are asking on their new record. We’re not kidding that you should listen to “Get In The Van.”
Full Album Stream: Eye – ‘Vision and Ageless Light’
November 17, 2016 Emily Bellino
Eye‘s Vision and Ageless Light is a retro psychedelic prog throwback that pays homage to the past while keeping it fresh.
Album Premiere and Interview with Krepitus
November 17, 2016 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Not only does Calgary’s Krepitus straddle the divide between death and thrash metal, but the quartet does so with an every-cloud-has-a-silver-lining thematic uniqueness. Sure, the world is fucked and we’re all fucked, but there’s no point in revelling in being bent over and reamed by the forces that be
Track Premiere: Worm Ouroboros – ‘(Was It) The Cruelest Thing’
November 16, 2016 Emily Bellino
Worm Ourboros is embracing a darker side on “(Was It) The Cruelest Thing.”
Track Premiere: Black Hole Generator – ‘Moloch’
November 14, 2016 Emily Bellino
Black Hole Generator get fast and evil on “Moloch.”
Zao Unveil “Drifting Shadows in Walking Dreams” Via Decibel Flexi Series!
November 14, 2016 Albert Mudrian
Where Zao and vinyl bring rad! Hear the band’s brand new track, released exclusively through the Decibel Flexi Series, right here.
Full Album Stream: Dead Conspiracy – ‘Dead Conspiracy’
November 11, 2016 Emily Bellino
Portland death thrashers Dead Conspiracy are about to release their first full-length since their 1987 formation. Hear it now before it hits the streets.
Full Album Stream: Domkraft – ‘The End of Electricity’
November 9, 2016 Emily Bellino
Groovy, psychedelic doom is the name of the game on The End of Electricity.