HERAKLEION: New Orleans Death Thrash Trio To Kick Off Midwest Tour; Necroverse EP Out Now!

New Orleans, Louisiana-based death thrash trio HERAKLEION will take to the streets again next month on a six-date headlining tour. The Midwest Siege tour runs from November 6th in Memphis, Tennessee though November 12th in Louisville, Kentucky. On November 15th, the Read More …

SCARE: Quebec City Hardcore/Sludge Quartet Drops “Nevermind If It All Explodes, I’ll Die Anyway” Single For Halloween; Second LP To See Early 2025 Release

photo by Hugo Perrier Quebec-based SCARE presents a pummeling new single, “Nevermind If It All Explodes, I’ll Die Anyway,” for Halloween. Hailing from Quebec City, SCARE delivers an abrasive and intense style of sludge-tone metallic hardcore packed with direct, plodding Read More …

GRIDFAILURE Unveils When The Lights Go Out Vol. IV Ambient Horror Album For Free Download; Several New Releases Near Completion

photos by David Brenner New York’s GRIDFAILURE unveils a new album, When The Lights Go Out Vol. IV, as a free download for Halloween. Lower Hudson/NYC-based GRIDFAILURE is the audiovisual entity David Brenner, yielding dense, tension-filled output, with elements of Read More …

SCOUR: Extreme Metal Supergroup To Play Only Public Live Performance Of 2024 This Friday + Intimate Live Footage From Philip Anselmo’s Annual Housecore Home Haunt Posted

SCOUR, the extreme metal supergroup featuring heavy music veterans, including Philip H. Anselmo (Pantera, Down), Derek Engemann (Philip H. Anselmo & The Illegals), John Jarvis (Nest, Agoraphobic Nosebleed), Mark Kloeppel (Misery Index), and Adam Jarvis (Pig Destroyer, Lock Up), will Read More …

QAALM: Decibel Magazine Streams Second LP From Los Angeles-Based Progressive Doom Metal Trio, Grave Impressions Of An Unbroken Arc; Album Drops This Friday, November 1st On Hypaethral Records

Stream QAALM’s Grave Impressions Of An Unbroken Arc HERE. Decibel Magazine presents an exclusive stream of Grave Impressions Of An Unbroken Arc, the second LP from Los Angeles-based progressive doom outfit QAALM. The premiere advances the official release of the Read More …

THE GATES OF SLUMBER: Indiana Doom Trio Drops “Full Moon Fever” Single; Band To Release First New Full-Length In Thirteen Years On November 29th Via Svart Records

Indiana-based doom metal trio, THE GATES OF SLUMBER return with their self-titled new full-length, set for release on November 29th via Svart Records. The record serves as the band’s first new output since 2011’s The Wretch and their sixth overall. In Read More …

IOTUNN Reveals “Earth To Sky” Video; Kinship Full-Length Out Now On Metal Blade Records

Danish/Faroese epic progressive metal collective IOTUNN are pleased to unveil their video for “Earth To Sky.” The crushingly stunning track is featured on the band’s Kinship full-length, out now on Metal Blade Records! A monolithic album arising from the primeval Read More …

MEFITIS: “In Gloom’s Gorge” Single From California Dark Metal Duo Now Streaming; Third Album, The Skorian // The Greyleer, Nears November 29th Release Through Profound Lore Records

photos by Erika Schultz “In Gloom’s Gorge” is the new single from California-based dark metal duo MEFITIS. Now streaming everywhere, the track is the latest harbinger preceding the band’s third album, The Skorian // The Greyleer, nearing release on Profound Read More …

ENTHEOS Unleashes “Return To Me” Video; An End To Everything EP Out Today On Metal Blade Records

“Return To Me” is the latest video from progressive death metal duo ENTHEOS. The ferocious new track comes off the band’s An End To Everything EP, out today on Metal Blade Records! Comments vocalist Chaney Crabb, “Lyrically, ‘Return To Me’ Read More …