For Those About to Squawk: Waldo Pecks on Necrot, Incantation and Venom

August 14, 2020

Our cooped up correspondent pecks on the old school and the new school in extreme metal this week.

Ontario doom-duo Vile Creature host interactive record-release concert tonight!

August 14, 2020

Glory, Glory! The Vile Creature interactive live stream adventure/performance goes TONIGHT!

Havukruunu Wages the War of Their Hearts

August 14, 2020

If you’re looking for epic, pagan-inspired metal that you can still take seriously, then Havukruunu has the album for you.

Video Premiere: Primitive Man – ‘Consumption’

August 14, 2020

Denver death-sludge trio Primitive Man release an unsettling new video for “Consumption.”

Hall of Fame Countdown: Slint’s “Spiderland”

August 13, 2020

Ranking the songs on Slint’s Hall of Fame-inducted, post-rock-creating Spiderland from worst to best.

Darker Than Darker Than Black: U.S. Black Metal Artist Galdr Rages Against Fascism

August 13, 2020

Draugr, the multi-instrumentalist of the U.S. black metal bands Galdr, Ancalagon and Obscurum, pens an op-ed on his anti-racist political awakening in underground black metal.

Video Premiere: Puteraeon – “The Sleeping Dread”

August 12, 2020

Eerie cinematography and Cthulhian Swedish death metal collide in the new video from Puteraeon.

Track Premiere: Vulnere — “And They Fall”

August 12, 2020

Rising Portland, Oregon death metallers Vulnere mine some of the greatest extremely extreme ore of yore for killer track “And They Fall.”