Rheia
Dawn of a different apocalypse
dB rating: 8/10

If Sarcofago, Watain, and Beherit got into a winner-takes-all fist fight, it might end up sounding like Kyy. If chaos, disorder, fervent calls to the Nameless One are our future, then Kyy might be the soundtrack to it all.

Our resident birdbrain has only heard the same two new Metallica songs as you, but he can tell you all about the new Agatus, Aghast! and Gatecreeper albums.

Embrace the death on the rack the brutal way on wings of inferno as… oh you get where we’re going with this. 

Poland’s Arkona, not to be confused with the Russian act of the same name, is one of many great under-recognized bands from black metal second wave. Forming in 1993, the band has spend the ensuing decades creating some of the finest black metal out of eastern Europe (or anywhere else).

Immolation celebrate the 25th anniversary of Dawn of Possession with a re-recording of “Immolation” for the Decibel Flexi Series!

On this week’s Demo:listen, we revel in schadenfreude as we experience South Australia’s Endless Loss.

Escarnium didn’t pull any punches on this one. “Omnis Mortuus Est – Interitus” is straightforward death metal at its finest.

A look at each track on Neurosis’ game-changing 1996 Hall of Fame-inducted monolith hrough Silver in Blood

Incantation‘s classic Tribute to the Goat is finally getting a reissue. Hear “Unholy Massacre” now.