Sleep and Agoraphobic Nosebleed headline the first-annual two-day celebration of extreme metal and craft beer presented by Unibroue

Swedish melodic death metallers Dark Tranquillity are well known around these parts. The group’s discography is well documented in interview, review, and Hall of Fame form. Now that the Swedes have a new album out, the wonderfully crafted Atoma, it’s time we do our due diligence to see what’s brewing.

Sepulchral Psalms from the Abyss of Torment
Inverted, they’ve lived their lives
dB rating: 8/10

Captain Crimson keep it simple with some stripped down blues rock in their new music video. 

Onward into the devouring depths.

Ruinous combines old and new death metal elements on their debut, Graves of Ceaseless Death.  

On this week’s Demo:listen, we shrink in horror before the monstrous creation of Fort Wayne’s Desekryptor.

Pittsburgh’s Black Forge Coffee know what we like: metal, coffee, and retro video games.

Violently aggressive. Atmospheric. Unsettling. What do those words have in common? They could all be used to describe “The Shadow Over Innsmouth,” the first single from The Great Old Ones’ new record, EOD: A Tale Of Dark Legacy. 

A metal band has launched a crowdfunding campaign, so fans can donate them a “living wage” in order to continue as band. Our Neill Jameson wonders how the fuck we got to this point.