Dropping Thor’s Hammer The Making of Unleashed’s Where No Life Dwells In the early ’90s, the general death metal assumption was that bands from Sweden, particularly Stockholm and its suburbs, were carbon copies of Nihilist. And then Entombed. And then Dismember. Certainly, the second and third generation of Swedes that hell-spawned bands from the subterranean…

It’s an excellent day for extreme music, as we welcome the arrival of new albums from Ancient Death, Iron Lung and more!

Check out the new song from LA’s Faetooth and immerse yourself in the blend of doom, sludge and shoegaze they call “fairy doom.”

Divide and Dissolve vocalist Takiaya Reed talks grief, joy and Black liberation in the eve of new LP Insatiable.

Check out the latest single and first video from new grinders Defigurement!

In the final installment of our conversation with the vocalist, the trio confronts the transformation of “nerd culture.”

Experimental Italian band SVNTH share their new record, Pink Noise Youth, with us before the rest of the world. It drops officially on April 18 via These Hands Melt Records.

From the blazing crucible of Pueblo, death/thrash newcomers Panpsychism are out to make their presence known with Imperfect Mortality, their debut full-length recorded at Hahn Audio.

Ancestor of Kaos debut their new collection of black-thrash rippers.

Post-punk, industrial Chicago trio Burndy tune out the “Static” on new single from their self-titled debut.