Metal and Beer crossovers are becoming more common every day. Sometimes they even appear in Hello Kitty. 

Decibel Album of the Year winners and Metal & Beer Fest vets Khemmis join the Decibel Flexi Series discography. Subscribe by May 8 to get your limited edition vinyl. 

Today Melbourne’s Cemetery Urn show us what happens when “Weakened Mortals Bleed.” Check out this exclusive track premiere from the Australian barbarians’ third album, the eponymously titled Cemetery Urn.

You put so much of yourself into the record that of course you’re crushed when someone dismisses it. It’s the most human reaction. If you had a new baby you couldn’t fathom someone typing on Facebook that “Eh, it doesn’t really do anything interesting and that goo goo ga ga junk is derivative of other, much cuter babies.”

Snares of Sixes is the experimental project of Jason W. Walton (ex-Agalloch). 

Croatoan unleash potent thrash/groove metal on “Bloodgutter.”

Last week, we introduced you to Tyrannosorceress. Now, we premiere new Tyrannosorceress jams. 

Unlock all seven seals with “Obsidian Keys,” the latest track from Pushkin’s Khashm, off their forthcoming LP + bonus 7”, Asmodeus Rising. If you like your black metal esoteric and obscure, but not your production, you’d do well to check out these Russians.

Next month, Khemmis and Spirit Adrift will share their own approach to Southern folk music with a split that explores new ideas that come out of old music.  This week, we share with you “A Conversation with Death,” the Khemmis half of the split, due out on June 16th from War Crime Recordings.

Sabbath Assembly delve further into progressive metal on “Angels Trumpets.”