Album premiere: Norse’s “The Divine Light of a New Sun”

May 18, 2017

Australia’s Norse are dropping their next batch of mind-bending black metal songs next week; we’re giving you an exclusive stream of the whole album today.

Progressive Metal Outfit Fortis Amor Release Self-Titled Album Teaser

May 18, 2017

One-man progressive metal force Fortis Amor tease their new, self-titled record ahead of its release on May 19. 

Track Premiere: Vallenfyre – ‘An Apathetic Grave’

May 18, 2017

Check out the lyric video for “An Apathetic Grave” from Vallenfyre‘s upcoming third record, Fear Those Who Fear Him.

Track Premiere: Dead Asylum – ‘Defiance’

May 17, 2017

Melodic thrash metal crew Dead Asylum premiere “Defiance” from new album Death Always Wins. 

HERE’S WHAT CELESTIAL DEATH METALLERS ARTIFICIAL BRAIN THINK YOU SHOULD FEED YOUR REAL BRAIN

May 17, 2017

In a rave review, Jonathan Horsley describes the sophomore full-length from Artificial Brain, Infrared Horizon, as an album which “envisions an extinct humanity, our place in the universe taken by robots and cyborgs, synthetics who believe they have naturally evolved from mankind, as though the species of Aristotle, Einstein, da Vinci was only ever primordial goo,” adding that vocalist Will Smith’s lyrics “read like Mr. Spock took a word cloud of Skynet’s internet search history and made beat poetry of it.” Combined with the decidedly sci-fi imagery the Long Island quintet employs for both album artwork and tour posters, it seemed apropos to reach out the the band for a list of their literary influences.

Track Premiere: Witness the “Sacrificio Infanticida” of Unaussprechlichen Kulten

May 17, 2017

Check out this exclusive premiere of “Sacrificio Infanticida” from Keziah Lilith Medea (Chapter X), the brand new album from Chile’s mystikal death cult, Unaussprechlichen Kulten.

Track Premiere: Elder – ‘Staving Off Truth’

May 16, 2017

“Staving Off Truth” comes from Elder‘s fourth and largest album, Reflections of a Floating World. 

Track Premiere: Ljosazabojstwa overwhelm with “Piekła”

May 16, 2017

Minsk’s unutterable Ljosazabojstwa return with a new EP of unique, intense black/death metal. We were the first to hip you to this Belarusian menace last year, and now we’re here to bring you an exclusive stream of “Piekła” from Sychodžańnie, Ljosazabojstwa’s soon-to-be-released EP.

Talkin ‘Bout Flex: With the Dead

May 16, 2017

We asked doom-mentor Dorrian about how their contribution came about.  Here’s what he said.

Label Spotlight: Ripple Music

May 15, 2017

Get familiar with Ripple Music, purveyors of doom, stoner, psychedelic and heavy rock and metal.