Track Premiere: Zao – “Croatoan”
March 4, 2021 J. Andrew
“This song is a vehicle for that feeling and relates it back to dissociation and being lost in strange dimensions and dreams.”
Primitive Origins: Heavy Metal Kids’ ‘Heavy Metal Kids’
March 4, 2021 Greg Pratt
Re-examining the 1974 self-titled debut from the curiously named Heavy Metal Kids to find out just how heavy metal they are.
Full Album Stream: Thronehammer – Incantation Rites
March 3, 2021 Dutch Pearce
European doomsayers Thronehammer reveal their sophomore leviathan, Incantation Rites, streaming in full right here.
Track Premiere: Demons — “Play Acting Virtue”
March 3, 2021 Shawn Macomber
Norfolk, Virginia’s Demons have got your metal-tinged noise groove fix right here with a smoldering new track “Play Acting Virtue.”
Track Premiere: Abigorum – “Der geheimnisvolle Käfig”
March 3, 2021 Sean Frasier
Epic blackened doom wraithbringers Abigorum open hell’s gates with the lyric video for their new track, “Der geheimnisvolle Käfig.”
Celestial Season Premiere New Track, “Black Water Mirrors,” via the Decibel Flexi Series
March 3, 2021 Albert Mudrian
Hear and acquire this Celestial Season flexi disc single, featuring a brand new track, available as part of the Decibel Flexi Series. Hurry, quantities are extremely limited!
Full Album Stream: KOLDOVSTVO Ni Tsarya, Ni Boga
March 2, 2021 Cody Davis
For the enigmatic sect, Koldovstvo, it’s bewitching black magic.
Full Album Stream: Terror – “Trapped in a World”
March 2, 2021 Emily Bellino
LA hardcore institution Terror link with original guitarist Todd Jones (Nails) to re-record classic songs from their first two LPs, One with the Underdogs and Always the Hard Way.
Peaceville Founder Paul “Hammy” Halmshaw Terminally Ill, JustGiving Campaign Launched
March 2, 2021 Jon Rosenthal
Legendary Peaceville founder Hammy diagnosed with hereditary dilated cardiomyopathy. Here’s how you can help.
Blast Worship: Jarhead Fertilizer
March 2, 2021 Gene Meyer
Maryland grinders Jarhead Fertilizer emerge from six years of recording silence with Product of My Environment.