MEFITIS: Third Album From California Dark Metal Duo, The Skorian // The Greyleer, Now Streaming In Its Entirety; Record Out Friday On Profound Lore Records

photos by Erika Schultz “…they’d prefer to exist outside of the conventional extreme metal timeline.” – Decibel Magazine The Skorian // The Greyleer, the third LP by California-based dark metal duo MEFITIS, is now streaming in its entirety ahead of Read More …

BARBAROUS: California Death Metal Crew Joins Creator-Destructor Records; Demo Streaming, Cassette Available + Debut LP In The Works For 2025 Release

photos by Jun Aoki Creator-Destructor welcomes California death metal crew BARBAROUS to the label’s roster, issuing a cassette version of the band’s demo and locking the band in for the release of their debut LP next year. Based in Oakland, Read More …

AS THE WORLD DIES To Release Nebula Full-Length On March 21st, 2025 Via Reaper Entertainment; Artwork Revealed

British death metal collective AS THE WORLD DIES will unleash their second studio album Nebula on March 21st, 2025 via Reaper Entertainment Nebula follows the band’s critically lauded 2022 debut Agonist and promises a gripping mix of dark death metal Read More …

YATSU And WANDERER To Release Split 7-Inch EP Via The Ghost Is Clear Records And Mummified Gasp Records December 20th; Songs Streaming + Preorders Posted

Metallic hardcore, powerviolence, and harsh noise collide in a two-way split between Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas-based YATSU and Minneapolis, Minnesota-based WANDERER, set to be released on December 20th via The Ghost Is Clear Records and Mummified Gasp Records. Coming hot on Read More …

NINE TREASURES: Chinese Mongolian Metal Giants Sign To Metal Blade Records; Band To Reissue Awakening From Dukkha And Wisdom Eyes Full-Length Albums + New Video Now Playing

Metal Blade Records is pleased to welcome Inner Mongolian metal collective NINE TREASURES to its esteemed roster. Thanks to three acclaimed albums, millions of streams, and European tours and festivals (Wacken Open Air, Woodstock Poland, etc), metal heroes NINE TREASURES Read More …

LES CHANTS DU HASARD: New Video From French Extreme Opera Ensemble Now Playing At No Clean Singing; Livre Quart Full-Length Out Now

“‘Parmi Les Poussières’ is harrowing and hallucinatory, sinister and shivering, elegant but brazenly monstrous.”  — No Clean Singing French blackened orchestral/operatic ensemble LES CHANTS DU HASARD is pleased to unveil their video for “Parmi Les Poussières.” Now playing at No Clean Read More …

DEFIGUREMENT: Nefarious Industries Inducts Death/Grind Act Formed By Fear Factory, Malignancy, Murder Construct, Bad Acid Trip Members/Alumni; Single Featuring Gridlink’s Takafumi Matsubara Posted

Nefarious Industries welcomes experimental death/grind abomination DEFIGUREMENT to the label’s noncompliant roster, today unveiling the searing new single, “Wounded Landscape,” featuring guest guitar from Takafumi Matsubara of Gridlink. DEFIGUREMENT encompasses a cast of life-long henchmen from across the metal/extreme music Read More …

SONS OF RA: Chicago-Based Progressive/Jazz Fusion Trio Signs With Free Electric Sound; Debut LP Due In 2025

photos by Vacant Era Photography Free Electric Sound, the instrumental subdivision of The Lasers Edge Group, welcomes Chicago, Illinois-based SONS OF RA, signing the band for the release of their impending debut full-length. The eclectic SONS OF RA ensemble draws Read More …

SCOUR: Extreme Metal Supergroup To Release Gold Full-Length February 21st, 2025 Via Housecore Records/Nuclear Blast; New Video/Single Now Playing + Preorders Available

Watch SCOUR’s “Infusorium” video HERE. SCOUR, the extreme metal collective featuring an impressive lineup of heavy music veterans, including Philip H. Anselmo (Pantera, Down), Derek Engemann (Philip H. Anselmo & The Illegals), John Jarvis (Nest, Agoraphobic Nosebleed), Mark Kloeppel (Misery Read More …