melodeath

EP Premiere: Til The End – “Dark Kings”

March 5, 2025

The Gothenburg sound has never gone out of style, but Til The End aren’t just here to pay tribute—they’re here to carve out their path with sharpened riffs and anthemic aggression.

Track Premiere: Cariosus – “Saturn Returns”

December 13, 2023

Chicago melodic death metal duo Cariosus confront the darkness on their (inter)stellar new single, “Saturn Returns.”

Track Premiere: At the Plates – “Punish My Waistline”

November 29, 2023

Dig into a lethal helping of food-themed melodeath with At the Plates and their pun-slinging, scale-smashing single “Punish My Waistline.”

Album Premiere: Raven Banner – “Rise Up Clan”

August 30, 2023

Raid the day with Swedish melodeath merauders Raven Banner and listen to their Viking-themed debut two days early.

Full Album Stream: Ardent Nova – ‘Ardent Nova’

March 16, 2023

Hear Viking metal-inspired thrashers Ardent Nova go scorched earth on their long-in-the-making debut.

Track Premiere: The Last Reign – “Sands of Fate”

November 16, 2022

Sink into “Sands of Fate,” the killer new single from Buffalo melodeath tyrants The Last Reign. New compilation album out February 24th.

Video Premiere: Death Scythe – “Hollow Darkness”

August 10, 2022

Mexican melodeath reapers Death Scythe share the video for their freshly reanimated single “Hollow Darkness.” New album out August 26th.

Track Premiere: Death on Fire – “Slave”

December 8, 2021

Indiana melodic death/thrash grave-burners Death on Fire release their newest single, “Slave.” Their album Burial Hymns looms in 2022.

Album Premiere: Lutharo – ‘Hiraeth’

October 13, 2021

Canadian melodeath quintet Lutharo pack power anthems and planet-burning riffs into their debut LP, Hiraeth.

Video Premiere: Through the Oculus – “Order of the Eye”

May 7, 2021

Check out the new music video from LA-based melodeath warriors Through the Oculus, from their debut album out June 4.

Track Premiere: The Absence – “Choirs of Sickness”

March 30, 2021

Rip into pure melodic darkness with The Absence‘s latest track, “Choirs of Sickness,” off their upcoming album Coffinized.

Album Premiere: Ancient Thrones – ‘The Veil’

November 4, 2020

Canadian blackened metal quartet Ancient Thrones venture beyond The Veil with their afterlife concept record, out November 6th.

Video Premiere: Winter Nights – “Starved for Energy”

September 1, 2020

NYC melodeath monolith Winter Nights debut a poignant and disarming music video from their new self-titled album.

Album Premiere and Interview: Hinayana – ‘Death of the Cosmic’

August 27, 2020

Austin-based melodic death/doom dawnbringers Hinayana seek enlightenment in a brutalist hellscape on their Death of the Cosmic EP.

Album Premiere: Dystopia A.D. – ‘Rise of the Merciless’

July 29, 2020

Perfectly named for the end-days, melodeath duo Dystopia A.D. indulge prog and shred whims on their upcoming album, Rise of the Merciless.

Full Demo Stream: Sarcator – ‘Visions of Purgatory’

February 11, 2020

Never mind potential, Sarcator have power from hell. Check out the debut from these precocious Swedish melodeath thrashers in its entirety right now.