Best New Noise

British black/death immolators Craven Idol deliver Decibel‘s album of the week via Forked Tongues.

We welcome back black/death/existential pain machine Withered with their first new album in five years.

Max Cavalera and son Igor spend some quality father-son time together, along with Khemmis/Black Curse drummer Zach Coleman.

Alexi “Wild Child” Laiho takes his final bow with Bodom After Midnight.

With the addition of the legendary Erik Rutan, Cannibal Corpse reconquer the death metal throne on Violence Unimagined.

Post-metalgaze favorites Cult of Luna return with nearly an LP’s worth of an EP.

The legacy of the late Erik Lindmark is at the center of the new Deeds of Flesh LP, Nucleus.

Fort Worth’s Frozen Soul deliver a stone cold case of death metal on their debut LP Crypt of Ice.

Melodic Swedish death metal heroes Dark Tranquillity return with their first new studio LP in four years.

Over 25 years after their highwater mark, U.K. death dealer Benediction finally transcend the rubicon once more.

Bristol, U.K. trio Svalbard didn’t merely make a better record than 2018’s solid It’s Hard to Have Hope, but delivered the first truly great album of their career.

Extreme music legends Napalm Death return with the unintended soundtrack to the cruelest summer

Bay area death metallers Necrot return with a sophomore leveler for the ages

Arkansas assbeaters Terminal Nation are responsible for the year’s toughest album.

Texas black metal crew Skeleton will get your bones shaking.

Ramona, CA’s Voidceremony‘s long-awaited first full length album, Entropic Reflections Continuum: Dimensional Unravel may be the death metal debut of the year.

Southern California’s sludge godfather’s new record, Dream Squasher, turns the lights out on hope this Friday.

Symphonic black metal horror hounds Carach Angren deliver the ghoul time with Franckensteina Strataemontanus.

Chicago crushers Like Rats don’t look back on Death Monolith.

Detroit Death/doom dealers Temple of the Void rise to greatness on album No. 3.

On with the Twitter follower count, and the new Body Count album, Carnivore.

Godthrymm deliver the doom debut of the year with Reflections.

Sepultura‘s latest, Quadra, is Decibel‘s album of the week.

The dark dungeon music progenitor returns to his “Era 1” form with this reimagining of 1995 classic Ånden som Gjorde Opprør.

Midnight take their sacrilegious heavy metal earworms overground and to the next level.

Swiss eccentrics Schammasch follow up a triple album with their boldest statement yet.

San Antonio quartet continue their evolution from crust punks to underground metal force.

The first new Sacred Reich LP since 1996 might actually be their best album yet.

Emotive hardcore heroes Knocked Loose move the next youthful crew forward.

Northwest death metallers deliver a twisted reeking mass of repulsive decay — and we LOVE it.