The Eyehategod frontman opens up about post-liver-transplant life, getting sober, and more in this new interview.

On this week’s Demo:listen we unleash upon our readers California’s Draghkar.

Stream the entirety of Plastic Surgery by Heavy Traffic.

California grind lifers Phobia are back with a new album, and we caught up with them to talk shop.

Stream the entirety of instrumental hardcore/post-metal crew NY in 64‘s sophomore LP, The Gentle Indifference of the Night. 

Montreal’s MUTANK – all caps, all the time, I’ve been warned – is a crossover/thrash whose members not only love crossover thrash, but acronyms and plays on words using their moniker as the jumping off point. As the band begins/continues to make farther and wider strides, we figured it was time for an introduction via a short Q&A and a song premier.

Introducing the Decibel Headbangers Bier Hall at Chicago Open Air

Interpretative dance meets death metal in the new Beyond Grace video.

Go behind the scenes with Bill & Phil for their music video, “Dirty Eye.”

Mustering up a defense of Slither is a strange, somewhat lonely business — never mind the fool’s errand of hunting for freethinkers in the Earth Crisis fanbase to back me up on this one…