We got lucky when we sought out voices to comment on Meshuggah‘s continued power and relevance – our search led to a conversation with tourmate Wacław “Vogg” Kiełtyka of Decapitated.

Horror movies abound in this new video from Tutti I Colori Del Buio.

Dimensions Obscure
To elasticity and beyond!
dB rating: 8/10

Let’s put it this way: Opeth now aren’t the Opeth of the mid-’90s or the mid-’00s. Older, wiser, better musicians, and better businessmen, Opeth, namely frontman/songwriter/elder statesman Mikael Åkerfeldt, have also changed their sound, if only to equal the bands Åkerfeldt admired as far back as we can all remember. Actually, the change isn’t new. The change dates back to 2011’s often misunderstood, but nonetheless incredible Heritage record, when Opeth closed the chapter on death metal and opened a new one on dark, progressive hard rock.

Trolls and demons battle it out with mere mortals in this new video from Nordjevel.

The latest installment of Dayal Patterson’s series on black metal is a paradise for genre obsessives.

Krypts‘ second album is another impressive piece of death-doom. Stream it in full before it hits the streets next week.

On this week’s Demo:listen, we gather round the table, join hands, and, repeating the phrases intonated by the milky-eyed crone, make contact with the UK’s Opium Seance.

There’s nothing gimmicky about the new Vorator. Italic Raids doesn’t come out until next week, but it is streaming right here. 

Texas’ finest have been blowing our minds for years: here are the five times they blew our minds the hardest.