Relax, reader. Breathe deeply. Inhale through your nose, exhale through your mouth. Smell the corpses. Now blow out the ritual candles.

This morning we’re streaming Elder Giants, the paradoxically ultra-dark debut full-length from German black metallers Sun Worship — a roiling, nasty, multi-layered beast which, already much-beloved in Europe, at long last receives its North American release next week.

New Orleans-based blackened death-bringers Abysmal Lord are ready for their red-lit close-up.

Stream Cryptopsy’s new song and read a Q&A with the band. 

Sure, the more populous mid-Atlantic cities are a safer bet for metal acts looking to earn a decent night’s pay, but Frederick, MD has been starved long enough for our underground metal love to get passionate and sloppy.  Look at what happens when Napalm Death and friends drop by.

Autumn Eternal
So… winter isn’t coming?
dB Rating: 9/10

Settle in for a completely unsatisfactory arrangement of Prowler’s tracks that is based entirely on my compulsive need for complete strangers to agree with my opinions.

Quebec death metal quintet (as if there are anything other than death metal quintets in Quebec) Spirit of Rebellion are poised to deliver their third slab of OSDM, The Enslavement Process, on PRC Music.

Church sucks, but football is rad, but then going to work the next day blows, but then watching Walking Dead is cool… it’s hard to say just how we feel about Sundays. 

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