Happy Halloween! We’re bringing you a preview of Cadabra Records‘ upcoming spoken word rendition of H.P. Lovecraft’s classic horror tale, “Pickman’s Model.” 

Because we all have a pair of checkered Vans under our beds somewhere…admit it!!!

The Black Sabbath classic gets a much noisier cover as part of Uniform‘s newest release. 

Where Zao and vinyl bring rad. 

On this week’s Demo:listen, we become acquainted with the majesty of an empty world with Novia Scotia’s Sombre Mundus.

Trying to follow the Swedish death metal institution’s lineup throughout the years takes more brain cells than anyone who has spent most of their life listening to Swedish death metal has left, so it’s a particularly gnarly conundrum.

The new Sepulchral Curse song is a 10-minute epic that will conclude the band’s EP in December. 

The frontmen for each band—Ministry‘s Al Jourgensen, Helmet‘s Page Hamilton and Sepultura‘s Max Cavalera—share stories from one of the most oddly perfect mixes of diversified brutality in metal history. Get ready for tales of heroin, highway crashes and a puke-covered Eddie Vedder.

Find out what makes the man behind some of today’s best woodsy black metal releases tick with this profile of Bindrune Recordings.

Esben and the Witch‘s forthcoming album, Older Terrors, is a trancelike tribute to the sublime. Listen to it before it hits the streets.