WILL HAVEN: No Stars To Guide Me: 30 Years Of WHVN Retrospective LP From Sacramento Dark Hardcore Act Including New Single “KIRE” Out Today On Minus Head Records

photos by Eric Rivera Minus Head Records presents No Stars To Guide Me: 30 Years Of WHVN, a vinyl-exclusive retrospective LP celebrating three decades of output from Sacramento, California dark hardcore outfit WILL HAVEN. No Stars To Guide Me: 30 Read More …

HERIN: Video For “Slow To Crumble” Playing; Hiding In Plain Sight Debut Featuring Members Of Rush, Peter Frampton, Jethro Tull, Crown Lands, Porcupine Tree Out Now On The Lasers Edge

photos by Matthew Parmenter and Hugh Syme “…Herin’s strongest quality here is his touching introspectiveness… Hiding In Plain Sight is a richly and impactful debut…” – Prog Magazine  Just a few weeks after the release of Hiding In Plain Sight, Read More …

AXIOMA: No Clean Singing Premieres Live Totality From Ohio Apocalyptic Metal Faction; Solar Eclipse-Inspired EP To See Release This Friday

“From those dissonant and emotionally fracturing sounds, it’s easy to imagine a nightmare of the sun blotted out forever, perpetually frozen in place behind the moon. But the sky brightens again; the musical catastrophe slowly spends itself; rough tones pulsate, Read More …

THE GATES OF SLUMBER: Sixth Full-Length From Indiana Doom Trio Out Today On Svart Records

Indiana-based doom metal trio, THE GATES OF SLUMBER return with their self-titled new full-length, out today via Svart Records! The record serves as the band’s first new output since 2011’s The Wretch and their sixth overall. The Gates Of Slumber is available on Read More …

DEMISER Announces US Winter Tour With Nunslaughter

South Carolina hell bringers, DEMISER, will join Nunslaughter for a two-week US tour this Winter. The Pestis Infernum Tour runs from January 31st in Washington, DC through February 15th in Atlanta, Georgia. Additional support will be provided by Desolus. The Read More …

BEDSORE: 1970s-Inspired Dreaming The Strife For Love LP By Italian Progressive Death Metal Quartet Now Streaming; Album Drops This Friday On 20 Buck Spin

photos by Francesco Maria Pepe “…an unfathomable nexus of demo-era Cynic on some of the wickedest comus drip-drip gummies, taking off into the ’70s mind-expanding horror.” – Decibel Magazine Dreaming The Strife For Love, the second LP by Italian progressive Read More …

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 …

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 …

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 …