Stream & Interview: Heavy Temple’s Psychedelic Journey to the Dark Tower

May 10, 2017

Philly doom conjurers Heavy Temple worship at The Dark Tower on psychedelic eye-opener Chassit.

Track Premiere: Satanarchist – ‘Tempest Of Sorrow’

May 9, 2017

Satanarchist are a raging whirlwind of black metal and anarcho-punk on their new album, First Against the Wall.

Full Album Premiere: Occvlta return with “Night Without End”

May 9, 2017

It’s been seven years since Occvlta released their demo, We Command the Wolves, and finally Berlin’s black metal brothers have returned with an album worth the wait and then some. Night Without End will restore your faith in true black metal . . . while simultaneously ensuring your condemnation.

Mountaineer Wish You “Goodnight” and Good Luck

May 9, 2017

California’s Mountaineer consists of current members of Lament Cityscape and former members of Secrets of the Sky and Ashes of American Flags. Their album, Sirens and Slumber, will drop on May 19th, but you can check out the video for the album’s final track, “Goodnight,” right here.

Label Spotlight: Possession Productions

May 8, 2017

Possession Productions have been ingrained in the dark metal underground for two decades and are still going strong. 

STREAMING: Ensnared “Dysangelium”

May 8, 2017

Sweden’s Gravehammer met its maker in 2010. Despite the group only issuing a lone EP, 2010’s Ensnared in Dismal Blasphemies, the Gothenburgers were well on their way to Nordic infamy, their hybridization of death, black, and thrash metal on either end of Decameron, Grotesque, and vintage Kreator. Now, known as Ensnared, the Swedes have taken what they learned on the fiery path with Gravehammer into new depths of darkness, where the horns of Hell blare violently and incessantly, where the air is insufferably hot and smells of brimstone cooking in the vast ovens of the underworld.

Video Premiere: Childrenn – ‘Royal Fever’

May 5, 2017

Childrenn cope with being followed by the past in their video for “Royal Fever.”

Interview: James Brown from Amptweaker

May 5, 2017

An introduction to the world of James Brown, the master of tweaking metal guitar tone!