Philadelphia

Hear Philly hardcore crew Rock Bottom stir the pot (and pit) on new mosh-worthy track.

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

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

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!

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

Watch an artsy new video from blackened sludge unit Witching.

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

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

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

Plague Dogs bring crusty speed metal fury on II.

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

Watch a new video from Moros.

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

Desperate Living roll out their first song, “Leave It.”

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

Witching stream their new single.

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

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

It’s a punk rock party with a new song from Philly’s Narcos Family Band.

Get bewitched by Philadelphia’s Witching.

Decibel faves Horrendous announce new album and signing to Season of Mist!

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

Stream a new video from US/Finnish black metal band Nihilistinen Barbaarisuus.

The vile underground is alive and in good hands with Horror Pain Gore Death Productions. 

$35 for a lineup like this plus an appearance by Dave Mustaine? It doesn’t get any better! 

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

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! 

Want a chance to partake in a meet and greet with Mayhem? Find out more here. 

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.

Back in January Philadelphia grind-punk all-stars Die Choking — bassist/vocalist Paul J. Herzog (ex-Total Fucking Destruction), drummer Joshua T. Cohen (Cop Problem), guitarist Jeffrey V. Daniels (Burden) — hit the ground running, unleashing a leveling sonic devastator in the shape of a debut self-titled digital E.P. as infectious as it is unsettling. A few weeks…