Philadelphia

Video Premiere: Sarattma – “Socotra”

November 15, 2022

Philly avant psych fanatics Sarattma offer up a brain-twisting new video for “Socotra.”

Track Premiere: Old City – “DK3”

May 11, 2022

Philadelphia punk hip-hop re-interpreters Old City are back with an incendiary new track taking on apocalyptic police violence.

Demo:listen: Accursed Womb

November 16, 2021

This week Demo:listen rots with US-based death/doom trio Accursed Womb.

Premiere: Morgul Blade Lifts Their Sword On High On New Single “The Morgul Blade”

October 25, 2021

Philly trad metallers Morgul Blade bring a healthy dose of old-school black metal on debut full-length. Raise “The Morgul Blade” only on Decibel!

Track by Track: Outer Heaven – “In Tribute…”

September 29, 2021

Pennsylvanian death filth Outer Heaven share track by track commentary about their In Tribute… covers EP.

Demo:listen: Spesimin

June 12, 2020

This week Demo:listen discovers something gross and pissed off from the depths of the Philadelphia underground.

Demo:listen: Poison Ruïn

May 29, 2020

Atmospheric and subversive gloomy punk outrider Poison Ruïn storms this week’s Demo:listen.

Demo:listen: Blood Spore

January 17, 2020

This week Demo:listen helps to spread the infectious fungal death of Philadelphia’s Blood Spore.

Track Premiere & Interview: Die Choking – ‘Mechanical Ventilator’

September 10, 2019

Die Choking break their four-year silence with new single “Mechanical Ventilator.”

Eulogy: The Trocadero – A Philadelphia Music Institution Closes

March 18, 2019

Eulogy time: The Trocadero, a Philadelphia music institution, to close permanently.

Track Premiere: Basilysk – ‘Sinners of Their Own Reality’

October 9, 2018

Check out a new track from old-school Philadelphia death dealers Basilysk.

Full EP Stream: Worst Ones – ‘Is It Worth It?’

September 13, 2018

Worst Ones delve into heavy sludge, goth, industrial, alternative and more on new EP Is It Worth It?

Full Album Stream: Hell to Pay – “Bliss”

March 14, 2018

Stream the bone-crushing new album from Philadelphia-based metallic hardcore bruisers Hell to Pay.

Track Premiere: Rosetta – ‘Détente’

August 31, 2017

Stream a new song from Philadelphia’s Rosetta before their sixth album drops tomorrow!

Track Premiere: Gossamer – ‘Til The Light Left Your Eyes’

March 3, 2017

Gossamer play an emotionally heavy form of doom metal that uses elements of choral and chamber music to great effect.

Artificial Brain Record Release Announced As Metal & Beer Fest Pre-Party

February 22, 2017

Metal and Beer Fest weekend just got even more metal. New York tech death machine Artificial Brain‘s record release show is the official fest pre-party. Find out more! 

Epic Ruination: Exclusive Krieg Video Premiere!

September 10, 2014

Last week Philadelphia black metal stalwarts Krieg unleashed a disquieting beast of an album christened Transient. Now comes appropriately dark visual accompaniment in the form of the video for “Ruin Our Lives,” streaming below. Get into it.