Watch Nathanael Larochette perform a playthrough of “Invocation,” a song inspired by writing with Agalloch.

Grab a torch and come check out “La Sombra en le Ciénaga,” the first track from the debut LP, Guerra Eterna, by Madrid’s premier dungeon-dwelling, first wave black metal pyromancers, Sacrificio.

Need a little Dave Ingram in your day? Here, have a new Echelon track.

We got lucky when we sought out voices to comment on Meshuggah‘s continued power and relevance – our search led to a conversation with tourmate Wacław “Vogg” Kiełtyka of Decapitated.

Horror movies abound in this new video from Tutti I Colori Del Buio.

Dimensions Obscure
To elasticity and beyond!
dB rating: 8/10

Let’s put it this way: Opeth now aren’t the Opeth of the mid-’90s or the mid-’00s. Older, wiser, better musicians, and better businessmen, Opeth, namely frontman/songwriter/elder statesman Mikael Åkerfeldt, have also changed their sound, if only to equal the bands Åkerfeldt admired as far back as we can all remember. Actually, the change isn’t new. The change dates back to 2011’s often misunderstood, but nonetheless incredible Heritage record, when Opeth closed the chapter on death metal and opened a new one on dark, progressive hard rock.

Trolls and demons battle it out with mere mortals in this new video from Nordjevel.

The latest installment of Dayal Patterson’s series on black metal is a paradise for genre obsessives.

Krypts‘ second album is another impressive piece of death-doom. Stream it in full before it hits the streets next week.