Storm clouds are brewing in the evocative video for the title track on death/metalcore crew Fit for an Autopsy’s new album Absolute Hope Absolute Hell. 

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After two appetite-whetting EPS, Utah four-piece Cult Leader resurfaces with their first full-length, Lightless Walk, set to blow October 16 on Deathwish, Inc. It’s an excellent expansion of the palette displayed on June’s Useless Animal EP, in which two manic mathed-out nailbombs buffered against a forlorn, clean-vocal cover of Mark Kozelek and Desertshore’s “You Are Not My Blood.” 

An exclusive stream of the heretofore extinct album Hope Finally Died… plus an interview with bassist/vocalist Harry Armstrong. 

One of the best things about heavy metal is the sense of community it fosters: we’re all in this together because no one else fucking cares. So when an unexpected metalhead pops up in daily life, it’s always a cool feeling. Sometimes it’s that weird guy at work who never says a word to anyone but comes in one Friday wearing a Stargazer shirt…and sometimes it’s an MLB All-Star relief pitcher with more than 200 career strikeouts and a beard with its own zip code.

Sabbath Assembly are prepared to administer more “sonic spells of misery and woe” via their self-titled fifth album, due out via Svart on September 11.

Misery loves company, so October’s Decibel lays out the welcome mat for some big name first-time cover stars: legendary U.K. death/doom powerhouse My Dying Bride.

All the bands ripped and insisted that we do the same. We’re not the type of band to deny the whims of our hosts.

There had never been a band like Unbroken before. How they sounded, how they looked and what they said all came from a place that baffled a lot of hardcore kids back in the 90s.

But Justin Pearson got it.

Cleveland’s Gorepunch features ex-members of System Divide, as well as Mike Heller of Malignancy/Fear Factory.