Our cooped up correspondent pecks on death/thrash heroes and gives props to — am I reading this correctly — metalcore?

According to Grave Miasma: “There is no more ego-vanquishing burial rite than one that pounds flesh and bone into nothingness.”

NWOAHM kings Haunt release the first single from Beautiful Distraction, due out April 2.

Take a look at Texas for this month’s Bandcamp Friday.

Rotting Ways to Misery: The History of Finnish Death Metal has been completely redesigned and edited for a North American release through Decibel Books. Pre-order your copy today!

Punk metal vets Venomous Concept continue their incredible recording streak with new covers of Deep Wound, Davie Bowie, Black Flag and Halo of Flies.

Wolf King take the path less traveled and embrace their extreme metal influences on their second LP.

New Zealand tech death band Blindfolded and Led to the Woods keep their music dizzying, disorienting and ultimately, violent.

“This song is a vehicle for that feeling and relates it back to dissociation and being lost in strange dimensions and dreams.”

Re-examining the 1974 self-titled debut from the curiously named Heavy Metal Kids to find out just how heavy metal they are.