Buffalo quartet Until I Wake — vocalist Cody Johnson, bassist Ryan Ridley, guitarist August Geitner, and drummer Alex Curtin — have shared the video for new single Fool’s Paradise. It follows the recently dropped video for Cold. With Fool’s Paradise, moody verses erupt into frenetic choruses amid a flurry of riffs, a razor-sharp and epic […]
Dutch metallers Within Temptation have released their brand-new single Ritual today. The song is the focus track of their upcoming eighth studio album Bleed Out, on October 20. Reflecting the tumultuous state of the world, for their newest record the band have drawn inspiration from events such as the murder of Mahsa Amini in Iran […]
South Africa’s vibrant music scene is about to experience a seismic shift as Cape Town’s very own psychedelic grunge rock pioneers, We Kill Cowboys, announce the release of their latest single, Earth Demon, out now on Mongrel Records. The track is set to captivate audiences with its powerful message and hard-hitting sound, setting the stage […]
Fresh off a captivating performance at Louisville’s Louder Than Life Festival this past weekend, breakout four-piece Sleep Theory — vocalist Cullen Moore, guitarist Daniel Pruitt, bassist Paolo Vergara, and drummer Ben Pruitt — have released their Paper Hearts via Epitaph Records. The EP features two buzzy singles — Numb and Gone or Staying — which […]
Today BLACKBRIAR release their brand-new album A Dark Euphony. The album delivers a comprehensive storytelling as you would expect from BLACKBRIAR. Beside gothic beauty and metallic darkness there is much more to explore on this fantastic album. Zora Cock comments: “Some say that there is beauty in darkness… Terrifying visitors, worlds far gone, Gothic romances, […]
GRAVEYARD have released their brand-new album 6 via Nuclear Blast Records. 6 is easily identifiable as the most striking, original album of GRAVEYARD’s story so far. A gently lysergic blend of desolate guitars, simmering Hammond and lithe, nimble bass and drums, the Swedes demonstrate a lightness of touch that they have only hinted at in […]
German thrash metal legends SODOM released a new video for the single 1982 (Remix) today. The song is taken from the upcoming EP 1982. Tom Angelripper comments on the track: “These days, we’d probably compose those songs differently and arrange them in a more contemporary style. But we see this EP as a little journey […]
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Well, at this late date in 2023 it’s looking to be a banner year for American black metal, with new releases from Profanatica, Krieg, Woe, Wolves in the Throne Room and so many more. Daniel Lake must be furiously taking notes out there for when it comes time to write the preface to the next edition of his book!
Meanwhile, I expect you all to furiously rage to these new albums below!
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Catchy, groovy death metal from Denmark. The catchiness should come as no surprise, as the band was begun as a side project of Volbeat‘s Michael Poulsen. As for the groove, fans of bands like Desultory, Vader and Jungle Rot will find a lot to like here.
Stream: Apple Music
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Speaking of groove, if you liked the above entry but wished it came with more gutterals, then this crushing work of Finnish fury is for you. The band is particularly adept at mixing melody into it’s brand of interstellar terror. Sweet oblivion, indeed.
Stream: Apple Music
ENTERING THE GATEWAYS by Disguised Malignance
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An earnest attempt to bring some fresh energy into death-inspired grind, with putrid infusions of sludge metal and dark echoes of black metal. Regardless of what you call it, it’s brutal and devastating stuff.
Stream: Apple Music
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In his Inferno, Dante reserved a special place of torment for sowers of discord, those who seek to turn people against each other. Chris Grigg has his own dark view to share with us, that of the humanity’s perennial propensity for discord and self-destruction. With Woe‘s latest album, Chris comes to us both weary of the world and filled with artistic vigor and passion, a dichotomy that has always been at play with Woe’s evocative take on black metal art.
Stream: Apple Music
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Or perhaps you’re looking for something more atmospheric and transcendent. Well, you can’t go wrong with Wolves in the Throne Room. And on this EP, the band shows all of its strength, condensed in a brief set of four tracks. It’s an excellent introduction to the band’s dense catalog, and stands tall on it’s own terms — especially “Twin Mouthed Spring.”
Stream: Apple Music
Crypt of Ancestral Knowledge by WOLVES IN THE THRONE ROOM
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Ranking 20 Buck Spin alumni and Bay Area old-school nasties Vastum have returned with Inward To Gethsemane and Decibel has landed a mere 100 copies for you to lust over on murky Gray & Black Marbled Vinyl!
This highly limited and mercurialy mixed vinyl variant perfectly complements the unsettling sonic horror within. Set to release November 10, this atrocity of an album will make the perfect Winter soundtrack to the Earth’s inevitable decay and desolation.
Heed your repulsive arousal and pre-order your edition before we are devoid of copies—they’ll be officially purged before you know it!
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It’s been a pretty long time since UK death dealers Malediction released new music but things are looking good for the quintet these days. Originally forming in 1989 and active until 1996, then again briefly from 2000 to 2001, Malediction fully reunited with multiple original members.
In 2016, Malediction—who feature former members of Godthrymm, Gorerotted and Monstrance—released the Chronology of Distortion compilation, which featured a few unreleased tracks. Before that, their last release was 2000’s Shadows of Iniquity demo, so it comes as good news that Malediction will release new EP The Soil Throne later this year. To get you hype, we’ve got the new video for first single “Black Narcissus” streaming right now.
According to guitarist Rich Mumford, it’s the band’s first piece of new—not previously unreleased—music in three decades. It’s a strong return to form for Malediction, who get straight down to business with melodic, meat-and-potatoes death metal. Loaded with blast beats, melodic leads and solos and in-your-face riffs, “Black Narcissus” is a strong taste of the new EP. The accompanying video thankfully avoids the typical pitfalls of a lyric video by utilizing highly-stylized video footage that makes it feel more like a cinematic video.
Check out “Black Narcissus” below; you can hit Malediction’s Bandcamp for more info.
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