Arctic’s insane psychedelics put a chill into summer. Full album is here for streaming.

Publicist UK vocalist Zachary Lipez provides a rebuttal to Jeffrey S Podoshen’s recent guest editorial on “Social Justice Warriors” the metal scene.

On this week’s Demo:listen, we roll up our sleeves and get right down to it with Athens’ Pile Of Excrements.

Calli crossover crew Mizery delivers the adrenaline rush you need to make it to the weekend.

The kings of soaring, guitar-driven alt-rock (that doesn’t suck) are about to drop album number three, and we’ve got an exclusive song premiere for you.

In honor of Black Sabbath‘s final trek around the globe, we are running our 2014 print feature on the story behind the cover art of Sabbath Bloody Sabbath, which was illustrated four decades ago by a rising Los Angeles artist named Drew Struzan. 

“The thing people hate most about living their lives is the understanding it’s going to end.” How could you not stream the full album after such an uplifting quote?

Discerning extreme music fans won’t be able to fully immerse themselves into the brilliant madness of Beast of Light — the third ethereal, proggy blackened death metal opus from Philly purveyors of auditory esotericism Surgeon — until the end of August, but Decibel has the exclusive premiere of the band’s video for “Forest of Ghosts” today. 

Australian incendiaries Denouncement Pyre like their dying stars the same color as their metal: BLACK.

The new Toothgrinder video boasts all the excitement of a dentist’s office, but the song is pretty good!