BLOOD MONOLITH: “Apparatus” Single/Visualizer From New Band Formed By Nails, Ulthar, Undeath, Genocide Pact Members Streaming; The Calling Of Fire Debut Nears May 16th Release On Profound Lore Records

photos by Melissa Petisa “Apparatus” is the decimating new single from BLOOD MONOLITH – an emerging death metal juggernaut featuring members of Nails, Undeath, Ulthar, Genocide Pact, and other notable bands from across the extreme metal underground – preceding the Read More …

DEFIGUREMENT: New Death/Grind Act Premieres “Godtopsy” Video Featuring Brian Hopp Of Cephalic Carnage At Decibel Magazine; Nefarious Industries To Release Debut LP This Year

“…a frenzied concoction of fast ’n’ furious grind and multi-hued psychedelia.” – Decibel Magazine Experimental death/grind abomination DEFIGUREMENT – formed by current/former members of Fear Factory, Raven, Bad Acid Trip, Murder Construct, Lack Of Interest, Rottenness, and countless more – Read More …

HELMS DEEP: US Heavy Metal Act Featuring Members Of Raven, Ice Age, And More To Release Chasing The Dragon LP June 20th On Nameless Grave Records; “Flight Of The Harpy” And Preorders Posted

Nameless Grave Records presents Chasing The Dragon, the second full-length from US traditional/power metal outfit HELMS DEEP, confirming the album for release June 20th. HELMS DEEP was formed in 2017 by guitarist and vocalist Alex Sciortino with the initial vision Read More …

ANCIENT DEATH: Ego Dissolution Debut LP From Massachusetts Cosmic Death Metal Quartet Now Streaming; Album Out Friday On Profound Lore Records

photos by Patrick Pucillo “…an early contender for extreme metal album of 2025.” – Decibel Magazine Ego Dissolution, the acclaimed debut album from Massachusetts-based cosmic death metal quartet ANCIENT DEATH, is now streaming in its consuming entirety, ahead of its Read More …

DOLVEN: Acoustic Doom Act From Members Of Agalloch, Eneferens, Canvas Solaris, Travellers Rest, And More To Release Third LP, In My Grave…Silence, June 13th; “You’ve Chosen” Visualizer + Preorders Posted

Portland, Oregon-based DOLVEN emerges once more from the shadows with their third album, In My Grave…Silence, a deeply atmospheric and emotionally resonant exploration of acoustic doom. Stripping doom metal down to its rawest essence, DOLVEN crafts a sound that is Read More …

EDENSONG: “Book Of Complaints” Lyric Video Premiered At Sonic Perspectives; Our Road To Dust Full-Length By NYC Progressive Rock Quartet Nears May 9th Release On The Lasers Edge

photos by Kelly Robertson “…a reflection on fractured artistic relationships, petty conflict, and the odd places inspiration can strike.” – Sonic Perspectives New York City-based progressive rock quartet EDENSONG presents a new lyric video for “Book Of Complaints,” the latest Read More …

SKYJOGGERS: Finnish Space Rock Trio Drops “Newtonin Kanuuna” Video/Single; New LP, 12021: Post-Electric Apocalypse, Nears May 2nd Release On Supernatural Cat Alongside European Tour

photos by Victoria Fofanova “Newtonin Kanuuna” is the new single and video from Tampere, Finland-based space/psych rock trio SKYJOGGERS, the latest single from the band’s new LP12021: Post-Electric Apocalypse, nearing early May release on Supernatural Cat, the label formed by Read More …

TZOMPANTLI Announces Tour Dates Surrounding Fire In The Mountains Festival; Beating The Drums Of Ancestral Force, LP From Indigenous Death Metal Tribe Led By Xibalba Guitarist Out Now On 20 Buck Spin

photos by Luckee Ngin Los Angeles-based indigenous death/doom metal tribe TZOMPANTLI has booked a round of tour dates for late July. The shows will run from July 22nd through 27th and will see them playing Santa Rosa, Eureka, Portland, Seattle, Read More …

MIRACLE BLOOD: Boston Caustic Punk/Noise Rock Trio Drops “Pets And Owners” Video + Eastern US Spring Tour Begins Next Week; Hello Hell LP Out Now On Nefarious Industries

photos by Kristi Xhelili Following the release of their second LP, Hello Hell, on Nefarious Industries last year, Boston-based noise rock punks MIRACLE BLOOD present a new video for “Pets And Owners” in time for their Spring tour. With their Read More …

BACON WAGON: Swedish Noise Rock Trio To Release Trauma Cake LP On Reptilian Records June 6th; “A Voodoo That Actually Works” Single And Preorders Posted

photos by Axel Brandt Swedish trio BACON WAGON will drop their debut LP, Trauma Cake, through the noise rock scoundrels at Reptilian Records on June 6th. In 2003, upon the disbanding of seminal Swedish noise rock band Acid Ape, brothers Read More …