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East Coast hardcore lifers in Life Abuse get crusty on new Armageddon Label debut, Systemization

Sister Thieves return with a new single, “Human,” from their forthcoming album CRAWL, out October 25.

Death metal artists Daughter Chaos, featuring ex-members of Armageddon and The Obsessed, launch crushing new single, “Noble Rot,” off their forthcoming album, Noble Rot, via Abrams Records.

There’s a new video from weirdo avant-garde metal band Frogg. Hop to it!

NYC psych doom cult Castle Rat take us to another realm where the Rat Queen battles the Rat Reaperess in new video for “Cry For Me.”

Queens, NY death metal horde Hypoxia return to the fray with a dissonant new crusher, “Pathway to Charon.”

Buffalo death metal miscreants Morgue Terror aren’t clowning around in new video for “Broken, Beaten, Beheaded.”

Hear Long Island stoner doom trio Restless Spirit genuflect at the altar of the almighty riff on new full-length Afterimage.

Hear/watch the bleak, twisted and pummeling new track from one-man NYC grind outfit Manipulator.

Hear the blistering and beguiling fifth full-length, ‘Chapter VI: Burning Rebirth,’ from Long Island black-death-doom lifers Dimentianon

Hush‘s noisy, sludgy post-metal horror-show provides the appropriate soundtrack for the bleakness of their new video

American post-punk/post-black metal duo Gorsedd FM cut a disarmingly good debut full-length with The Promise of Rot.

Immolation masterminds Ross Dolan and Bob Vigna reminisce on 30 years of Dawn of Possession. Into everlasting fire… only at Decibel!

Decibel joins forces with John Petrucci for quick round on the return of Liquid Tension Experiment and their new album, Liquid Tension Experiment 3.

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

Contrarian guitarist Jim Tasikas unload a noteful Top 3 Guitar list at Decibel. New Contrarian album out November 20.

Rejuvenated New York-based epic thrash metallers MaelstroM premiere new track, “Th13teen Within A Circle,” at Decibel. We also interview vocalist Gary Vosganian.

US spewers of black death blasphemy Impure dominate with evil violence on new EP, Damned…

This week’s Demo:listen falls under the spell of American black metal mission Occoquain.

Get to know brand-new grinders Escuela Grind through this absurd and gory infomercial for the first three tracks on their forthcoming debut LP, Indoctrination.

Slam death metal pioneers Internal Bleeding return to honor the dead and crush the living with Corrupting Influence.

Imperial Triumphant’s Kenny Grohowski, Steve Blanco, and Zachary Ezrin list their Top 5 Jazz albums.

Obnoxious Noise Fest will feature a headlining set from grindcore stalwarts Pig Destroyer, plus performances from Skycamefalling, Internal Bleeding, Artificial Brain and more.

Watch a strange new video from Thera Roya.

Stream a new song from old-school thrashers Toxik. 

Watch Immolation‘s entire set from Decibel Metal & Beer Fest, plus an introduction from Dave Mustaine.

Incantation‘s classic Tribute to the Goat is finally getting a reissue. Hear “Unholy Massacre” now. 

Agnostic Front has provided their New York brand of hardcore beatdown to generations of listeners. Incredibly, they are still at it it today more than three decades after their formation. Their new album The American Dream Died shows that they haven’t lost their edge even if a few members are a little longer in the…

The East Coast is about to get hit with a snowstorm of apocalyptic proportions in the next 24 hours or so. Could there be better timing to debut “Dead Heaven,” the first track off Abyssal Gods, the second album from the urban black metal band Imperial Triumphant? Here’s what we’re hearing: “Abyssal Gods focuses on…

Now that we’ve just squeaked past the Judeo-Christian holiday season, it’s time to resume our regularly scheduled blasphemies and blood feasting.  In the interest of not fucking around in any way whatsoever, today we bring your attention to Rochester, NY horror activists Malformed.  Their skull-stabbing death metal should sour all eggnog and extinguish all but…