Our cooped up correspondent finds his feathers surprisingly pecks on the latest from from power metal legends, post-nu-metal survivors and blackened, uh… whatevs!

This week’s slate of new releases includes bangers from Blazon Rite, The Day of the Beast, Eye of Purgatory and more!

Stream Vouna‘s monumental new track black doom track “Grey Sky.”

Preorder an exclusive Swamp Green with Mint Splatter double LP of the first new Carcass record in eight years and a special Decibel Album-of-the-Decade reissue of Surgical Steel on Green with Brown Splatter.

Mysterious American black metallers Waerloga delight our mid-’90s black metal preferences with new EP, “Liar / Enemy.” Streaming now!

Toronto metal-punk band Lilim debut new video for “Top Locks.”

It’s an early-grindcore showdown as we try to figure out what album is better: Napalm Death‘s Scum or Repulsion‘s Horrified.

Check out the latest video by French death groovers Akiavel!

Looking to sharpen your corpse pose game? Cop Problem/Painbody front woman Deb Cohen has got you covered.

Portland goth-flavored metallers Unto Others—formerly Idle Hands—return with a new name, a new label and new music.