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 …

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 …

GOTHO: MetalSucks Streams Sci-Fi Themed Gothron Versus Fartark LP From Italian Avant/Prog Metal Duo; Album To Be Released Tomorrow On Supernatural Cat Records

“Why pigeonhole yourself into one particular sound when you can say ‘fuck it’ and do whatever you damn well please?” – MetalSucks MetalSucks is hosting an exclusive stream of Gothron Versus Fartark, the second album from Italian progressive/cinematic metal duo Read More …

MIRACLE BLOOD: Hello Hell, The Second LP From Boston Metallic Punk/Noise Rock Trio, Now Streaming Exclusively At IDIOTEQ; Album Out This Friday On Nefarious Industries

photos by Kristi Xhelili Prevalent punk/hardcore outlet IDIOTEQ presents an exclusive album stream and track-by-track breakdown of Hello Hell, the second album from Boston-based dissonant noise-punks MIRACLE BLOOD, ahead of its release this Friday on Nefarious Industries. MIRACLE BLOOD has Read More …

GOTHO: Italian Avant/Instrumental Metal Duo Issues “Second Fight In Planet Disco Dance” Visualizer; Sci-Fi Themed Second LP, Gothron Versus Fartark, Drops Next Week On Supernatural Cat

Italian progressive/cinematic instrumental duo GOTHO today drops the mind-warping “Second Fight In Planet Disco Dance.” The song marks the third single from their sci-fi drenched conceptual second LP, Gothron Versus Fartark, nearing release next week through exploratory label Supernatural Cat, Read More …

LIFESICK Drops “Hollow Treats” Video; Loved By None, Hated By All Out Now On Metal Blade Records

Watch/stream LIFESICK’s “Hollow Treats” HERE.  Danish death metal/metallic hardcore goliaths LIFESICK today drop their fiery new video for “Hollow Treats.” The savage new track comes off the band’s equally ferocious full-length, Loved By None, Hated By All full-length, released on Read More …

BEDSORE: Italian Progressive Death Metal Quartet Issues “Scars Of Light” Animated Video/Single; 1970s-Evocative Second LP, Dreaming The Strife For Love, Nears November 29th Release On 20 Buck Spin

photos by Francesco Maria Pepe “Scars Of Light” is the new single from Italian progressive death metal quartet BEDSORE, the latest preview of the band’s second LP, Dreaming The Strife For Love, nearing release on 20 Buck Spin. With Dreaming 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 …

CONNY OCHS: Troubadour LP From Roaming Singer/Songwriter Out Today And Streaming Everywhere Through Exile On Mainstream Records

photo by Pietro Bondi Troubadour, the intimate new LP from iconic German singer/songwriter CONNY OCHS, is out today through Exile On Mainstream Records. With eleven heartfelt new songs, CONNY OCHS delivers some of his most melancholic yet optimistic anthems yet Read More …