The Finnish psych-doom collective is preparing to release its fifth album, Inversum.

Amalie Brunn returns to rip and be ripped

For the majority of you, the name Adolyne may not ring a bell, but in Western Canada, the Saskatoon noise-niks are on the tips of more than a few tongues

Comprised of former and current members of Total Fucking Destruction, Cop Problem and Burden, Philadelphia’s own Die Choking are prepared to grind you into oblivion with III, due out this October 

I could have done this forever. This is maybe the fifth band photo I’ve reviewed, and looking back they are not getting any less dumb. But this is my final review because, honestly, most people dealing with band photos are damned from the beginning.

Would you rather be burnt or taken by the sun? Does “taken” in this case mean kidnapped, raped or simply treated to a matinee showing of Pixels? 

Hell’s Headbangers is regifting us with Cianide’s 1997 album Death, Doom and Destruction.  The album was already a threatening slab of primitive extremity, and the reissue has extended the dread by appending a set of five demos (Rage War) and a 7″ (The Truth) that includes a Master cover of the same name.

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One Last Bitter Retreat
dB Rating: 8/10

French tech-death destroyers Gorod are primed to release their fifth album, A Maze of Recycled Creeds, this fall. We have the exclusive premiere of “Celestial Nature” below

It’s taken UK apocalyptic funeral-black metallers Lychgate two years to follow-up lauded debut Lychgate. In the years between the Brits have delved into the darkest recesses of funeral doom and black metal’s psyche, employing church organs in full effect to turn what is traditionally a Christian instrument against itself. Furthermore, Lychgate have gotten stranger, more decadent. The progressive underpinnings of Lychgate recall vintage Genesis, but don’t let the reference sway you in any direction. This is evil, uncompromising and uncomfortable music, the likes of which normally emanate in strange waves from Norway. This time it’s from the bowels of historic London. To make matters worse (or better) Esoteric’s Greg Chandler is on vocals.