Morbid Midwest wrecking crew Hanging Fortress make their presence known, painfully loud and frighteningly clear, with their debut full-length Darkness Devours. Out Friday, stream it in its entirety right now.

Need to lower your anxiety levels today? This classic gore-and-horror montage video from subterranean death dealers Oxalate ain’t gonna help.

Wolf-blooded Finnish black metal duo Sarvekas guide us through woodland feeding grounds in their new single, “The Sacred Hour of the Hunt.”

Serpents Oath want you to listen when the “Leviathan Speaks.”

Indianapolis-based upstarts Mother of Graves stream new track “The Urn” at Decibel! Only (melodic and depressive) death is real!

Finnish black metallers Valravn offer a lightless day with new track “The Raven,” off new album Prey. Streaming in darkness at Decibel!

Tropic Punch Ale is proof that there’s more to the world of mid-range ABV sours than just the salty Leipizig gose style, and it blows pretty much every other fruit beer out of the water.

This week’s new release highlights include new music from Carcass, Kyrios and Draconian.

Worcester-based dungeon synth magi Sombre Arcane offer a chilling glimpse into their subterranean rituals with this video for their song from the Wrought Records Halloween compilation, The Reliquary of Terror.

Swans’ 1987 classic Children of God is the latest Decibel Hall of Fame inductee.