Album Premiere: Abiotic – Ikigai
February 9, 2021 Dutch Pearce
US prog death technicians Abiotic return from a five-year hiatus bearing their strongest work yet. Stream their third album Ikigai in its entirety right now.
Blast Worship: Pari’sya
February 9, 2021 Gene Meyer
German blasters Pari’sya drop just a hint of Scandinavian blackness into their debut EP, SOG.
Justify Your Shitty Taste: Darkthrone’s “Ravishing Grimness”
February 9, 2021 Neill Jameson
In which Neill Jameson reconsiders Darkthrone‘s 1999 “comeback” Ravishing Grimness.
The Plague Rages So Mike DiSalvo, Friends Rip On This Napalm Death Cover
February 8, 2021 Justin Norton
Death metal vocal king Mike DiSalvo and members of Mercurial and Misery Index team up to to record a ripping cover of Napalm Death’s Fear, Emptiness, Despair classic.
Track Premiere: Acid Mammoth – ‘Caravan’
February 8, 2021 Emily Bellino
Jump in the “Caravan” and follow Acid Mammoth on their quest to the riff-filled land.
Q&A: Edmunds Vizla (Frailty) Wades Into The Darkest Waters
February 8, 2021 Chris Dick
Latvian melancholic doom/death metal outfit Frailty discuss new album, >Tumši Ūdeņi, and the Latvian metal scene with iDecibeli. Drown in darkness…
Bent Sea, ft. Dirk Verbeuren (Megadeth) Blast Out New 58-Second Grind Attack “The Instant Grind”
February 5, 2021 Albert Mudrian
Bent Sea welcomes Leon Del Muerte (Impaled, Murder Construct, Terrorizer LA, ex-Exhumed, ex-Nails) for its latest 58-second blast furnace.
For Those About to Squawk: Waldo Pecks on Swampbeast, Wombvoid and Gravesend
February 5, 2021 Blake Harrison
Our cooped up correspondent pecks on a trio underground death, black and crust offerings his latest new release preview.
Album Stream + Interview: Pan-Amerikan Native Front – Little Turtle’s War
February 5, 2021 Dutch Pearce
Little Turtle’s War, the new album from indigenous solo black metal mission Pan-Amerikan Native Front is streaming in full here, with exclusive insight from Kurator of War of PANF himself.
Five For Friday: February 5, 2021
February 5, 2021 J. Andrew
This week’s flurry of new releases includes strong cold fronts from Tribulation, Cult of Luna, The Ruins of Beverast and more!