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. 

A METALHEAD’S WEEKLY GUIDE TO THE NFL

Perseverance pays. It helps to actually be good at what you do, but perseverance pays.

Nechochwen is a West Virginia-based duo that merges black metal with Native American instrumentation, artwork and lyrical themes. We spoke to their eponymous guitarist/vocalist/songwriter about his musical process, artistic philosophy and deep ties to Native American culture.

Boston five-piece Magic Circle venture on 20 Buck Spin’s final release of 2015 with sophomore effort Journey Blind.

Is there a cooler “supergroup” to emerge this year than With the Dead? We’ll make it easy for you: fuck no.