Metal

Located an hour and a half east of Calgary is the town of Drumheller, Alberta. With a population in the neighborhood of 8000 and existing smack dab in the middle of Canada’s desert and dinosaur country, it’s not a place one would immediately associate with any sort of metal scene, let alone a big-ass outdoor

For the better part of… geez, I dunno, A LOT of years, you’ve been charmed each month by Neill Jameson via his Low Culture magazine column. But did you also know, he has a band? It’s true! They’re pretty good, too. In fact, since the late-’90s Krieg have been instrumental in the development of U.S.

Photo by Börner There are at least two bands in Europe currently using the moniker Rise Above, so for full transparency, we should note that the mini-album we’re premiering here is from the Dutch metallic hardcore quartet, NOT the Norwegian melodic hardcore/emo quintet. Rise Above (Netherlands)’s music is definitely more in line with their namesake song

Back in 1989, when many of their potential new fans weren’t even born yet, Transilience were already at it, pushing the envelope, getting in the dissonant, proggy thrash ring up against the likes of Voivod and not getting knocked out in the first round. On the contrary, their debut Mouthful of Buildings is actually a

Somniate (photo by Martin Štembera) Back in 2020, Czech black metal cult Somniate released their debut LP. As an introduction to their sound, The Meyrinkian Slumber revealed a band who explores the peripheral shadows of black metal. But as a concept album it reflects Somniate’s tastes even further. Their debut was inspired by the seminal

California crossover assbeaters Dead Heat are getting set to release new EP Endless Torment exactly a month from today, so we’ve got a new track to whet your appetite. “Eyes of the Real” is the third song on the new EP and is pretty much built for pit action: side-to-side riffs alongside driving bass, dive bombs, fist-pumping vocal sections

Photo: Armand Nour Death metal and grindcore phenomenon Leon del Muerte might be known for his splattery approach to music, but this Portland-based multi-instrumentalist and songwriter has an Ace up his sleeve. Helming a new project, Lightbreaker, del Muerte looks to mid-’90s black-and-avant-garde metal (especially Oxiplegatz) to tell the story of extraterrestrial visitors known as

This is no pale ale folklore! Decibel—North America’s only monthly metal magazine—is, in fact, returning the western edition of the world’s loudest, heaviest, most extreme craft beer festival to Denver, CO; once again tapping the Summit to host Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest: Denver on Friday and Saturday, December 1-2, 2023. Freshly reunited atmospheric metal kings Agalloch

Boston’s own goth-tinged metal group Final Gasp have achieved a major career move, as they’ve recently signed with Relapse Records, have their debut album Mourning Moon set for release on September 22, and have a U.S. tour all lined up and ready to go starting next week. The announcement came earlier today, with Relapse announcing

Where they from?Anchorage, Alaska. I regret to inform you that I am a fan of the New York Mets (LOL–ed) and, good lord, have they sucked just complete ass so far this season. Yesterday they blew a four-run lead against the Phillies by hitting two batters (also walking three, but who’s counting–ed? and a Matt

Demons My Friends is an unlikely collaboration between members of Mexican alt-metal band QBO and Washington, DC desert rockers Fellowcraft. The stoner/doom metal trio—Lu Salinas (bass/vocals), Tarro Martinez (drums), Pablo Anton (guitar/vocals)—embarked on their creative endeavor via an impromptu recording session at the SXSW music festival in Austin, TX in 2022 and have consummated the relationship

I am such a mark for ’90s and early aughts alternative rock. Like, seriously. Stone Temple Pilots, Hum, Failure, Third Eye Blind, Local H… the list goes on, and it’s in near constant rotation ’round these parts (when I’m not listening to black metal). Gilead Media signees Big Garden are part of a great new

Photo by Ryan Tamm Progenitor decimate us via a new black metal attack with the title track from their forthcoming EP, Eldritch Supremcy, a self-released record out July 14. “The inspiration for the song ‘Eldritch Supremacy’ came from the story The Shadow over Innsmouth by H.P. Lovecraft,” the band say about the track. “I have read

Anvil landed on the metal scene in the early ’80s with a resounding impact. There was a metal zeitgeist moment happening around the world—in Japan, Europe, the U.K., North America—and they inserted themselves into it with authority. The Canadian quartet, originally called Lips, released a debut effort, Hard ‘n’ Heavy, under their original moniker before

Photo courtesy of Medicine Horse If you’re a fan of sludgy, dirty, groovy metal in the vein of Weedeater and supporting indigenous metal, you won’t want to sleep on Medicine Horse. They’re premiering the debut track from their self-titled album, “Turning Tide,” with us today. Vocalist Nico Williams says about the song: “‘Turning Tide’ is

Photo: Farrah Skeiky The hardcore scene has cranked out a lot of killer records this year, with many young bands finding ways to put fresh and exciting coats of paint on the established genre. Chicago outfit Buggin joined the ranks of those bands this year with the release of their debut album, Concrete Cowboys, a 12-songs-in-19-minutes banger that

It seems almost trite to write something about what this pivotal record from Death means to death metal at large, given how much has already been said about the band’s importance. But with yesterday marking the 30th anniversary of Individual Thought Patterns‘ release, we figured it’s worth taking another look back at one of the

This week, it was announced that Josh “Baby J” Miller will no longer be in the band Spite. Instead, he will focus on his new project Darko, a band he is in with Tom Barber of Chelsea Grin. Miller took to social media to give a statement about his time in the band and to

Seattle death metal band Cerebral Rot are embarking on a summer tour across North America. The Drowned In Excretion Tour treks across U.S. and Canada this August, destroying all in its wake. The tour celebrates the band’s 2021 Excretion Of Mortality record, released June 2021 via 20 Buck Spin. CEREBRAL ROT Drowned In Excretion Tour

German band Knife just announced their first album for Napalm Records, Heaven Into Dust, out August 25. The band initially formed in 2019 and dropped their first record, which was self-titled, in 2021. You can hear the first song from the band’s second album, the title track, right here. If this song is any indication,