By 1993, Cannibal Corpse was an interesting conundrum: When you have hammer-smashed every boundary of decency and good taste on your third album, where exactly do you go?

It’s no surprise we love Crypt Sermon‘s rendition of Mayhem’s “De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas.”

Witches Brew provide a home for underground death, thrash and heavy metal bands.

We’ve got an extra extremely extreme contest alert for you: win a free pair of tickets to Berserker IV in Pontiac, Michigan, with heavy hitters like GWAR, Eyehategod, and OFF!

Get sprung on the nastiest, most blasphemous stateside black metal band since Profanatica. Horns & Hooves take no prisoners on their follow up to last year’s Consecrate the Marrow demo. You won’t hear black metal this sick anywhere else until you’re jamming your own copy of Morbid Lust.  

The subject header from Albert read: “top 5 idea”. The body read: “The greatest death metal albums marred by terrible production.” He then presents three albums, Reek of Putrefaction,  The Red in the Sky is Ours, and Breeding the Spawn. Immediately, I recognized a gold post idea if there ever was one.

Hope Attrition
Answer the unending call (won’t go to voicemail)
dB rating: 8/10

A creative and innovative life cut short.

In this week’s Demo:Listen, let Washington D.C. plague Sickdeer tear your head off and replace it with something even more hideous.

You can read the story behind the #1 entry in Decibel’s Top 100 Metal Tours of All Time Special Issue. For the other 99 tours, you’ll need copy of this limited edition Special Issue.