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Mexican death thrash OGs Mortuary—formed way back in 1998, where their original run lasted until 1997 before reuniting full-time in 2008—are staking their claim to modern supremacy with Great Black Earth, their first release since 2012. Mortuary haven’t lost a step in their time out of the studio, perfectly resurrecting the primitive early days sound

This past Friday, California-based multi-instrumentalist Leila Abdul-Rauf released a sonically intense album when she dropped her sixth studio effort, Andros Insidium via 20 Buck Spin. Known for her work on five Vastum albums, Abdul-Rauf has been working on her solo efforts for a while now. This time around, her album serves as the darkest, most

Earlier today, Norwegian darkwave/dungeon synth artistMortiis released the second single “Violent Silence” off their forthcoming album Ghosts of Europa. Accompanying the song’s release is a music video directed by Claudio Marino, which you can check out below. Due for release on June 26 via Prophecy Productions, Ghost of Europa is Mortiis’ first release with the

Hardcore punk outfit A Wilhelm Scream released their latest album Cheap Heat earlier this year and now they’ve released a single and music video from that album titled “Fell Off”. And while the song’s overflowing with energy, it’s the music video directed by Arlo Dean Cook that really shows how energetic the band’s live shows

Months after abuse allegations made by a former partner forced him out of Bilmuri, guitarist Reese Maslen is back in the fold. Whether or not the court of public opinion has fully let go of those allegations has yet to be seen. Maslen originally quit Bilmuri by releasing a statement that suggested he was walking

Black metal legends Immortal has finished work on their next album, meaning we will get to hear their follow up to 2023’s War Against All sometime in the near future. We know that’s the case because Immortal guitarist and vocalist Demonaz Doom Occulta shared an update on the new record. “Greetings, hordes! The writing of

Today is the official holiday for pot smokers everywhere, so that makes it the perfect day for a pair of stoner rock bands to tease something huge. After all, they know their fan bases are in an altered state that should make them an almost captive audience, doomscrolling on their phones and whatnot. Earlier today,

Industrial metal stalwarts Fear Factory have a lot of tour dates this summer, but thanks to some issues that have cropped up, an entire leg of their tour had to be shifted around a bit, resulting in their Latin American dates getting moved around a bit. Earlier today, co-founder and guitarist Dino Cazares announced that

Out friends over at Decibel Magazine know how to put on a motherfucker of a party. Their ‘Metal & Beer Fests’, whether at Philly or Denver, tend to be some of the best events every year. So today’s news of them getting NOLA-based supergroup Down and the legendary Suicidal Tendencies to not only participate, but

A new collective of vocalists featuring Heilung founding member Kai Uwe Faust and members of the Heilung warrior choir dubbed Kriigerkvlt announced this afternoon that not only have they signed with Season of Mist, but they’ve released a new single titled “Mahakala”. Having debuted last year on stage in Copenhagen alongside industrial doom raver John

Earlier this month,Evanescence released its first new single in five years when they released “Who Will You Follow” when announcing their new album Sanctuary. It’s their sixth studio album and the follow up to 2021’s The Bitter Truth, so it’s got a lot riding on it for the band. During a recent interview with Audacy

He may have his hands full with this upcoming stint as Twisted Sister’s new frontman, but New Jersey’s own Sebastian Bach is involved in another project, albeit this one has lower stakes, I would say. That’s because he was chosen by ex-Megadeth guitarist Chris Poland’s new project Nuclear Messiah to lay down some vocals on

After playing Coachella the last couple weekends, Cali-based punk outfit Ceremony released their new single “Other Hells” and its accompanying music video. It’s their first new single in more than five years, so they make the best of what they can with a little more than two minutes. Bursting with energy and fervor, “Other Hells”

Swedish death thrash project Since the Death, going back to its first EP in 2017, has always been a one-man solo project helmed by multi-instrumentalist Oscar Rask. However, on the latest effort,Entangled,Rask (drums/synths/samples/bass/vocals) is joined by Richard Adolfsson on guitar. The pair have manifested a fervently energetic 10-song full-length—the fourth from STD—that’s a buzzsaw of

Over the weekend, the biggest show in sports entertainment — Wrestlemania — took place in Las Vegas for the second consecutive year. It was a “showcase of the immortals,” with the weekend featuring crazy matches, insanely talented wrestlers, and all the bombast you’d expect for the 42nd iteration of the show. And while it was

Who doesn’t love a triumphant return? I mean, we love it more when it actually means you’re here to stay, but sometimes, you gotta just take what you can get. Deathcore band Bloodbather decided to exit the scene back in 2024 but apparently, that wasn’t the end. This week, the band returned with two new

Dude, just shut up. He may be a talented drummer, but goddamn does System of a Down’s John Dolmayan say some dumbass shit sometimes. I’m not gonna get into all of it here—you can very, very easily look it up for yourself—but he’s basically like a MAGA puppet that’s for whatever reason allowed to walk

East Coast grindcore kids Escuela Grind have basically had a circle pit version of music chairs going on with their lineup lately, with quite a few of their members shifting to different positions to fill slots. It seems like everyone’s found their true seat though, with the addition of their new drummer Jake Sanders. With

We’ve got some bad news for Scorpions fans in India, unfortunately. They were supposed to head out on a four-city run for their “Coming Home” tour hitting Mumbai, Bengaluru, Shillong, and Delhi-NCR later this month, but sadly, it doesn’t look like that’s going to happen. Scorpions were originally set to start the tour at the

Talk about a good surprise! If you were one of the lucky fucks who attended Frozen Soul‘s show last night, April 17, at The Novo in Los Angeles, CA, I’m so jealous of you. All of you! The death metal Texans just kicked off the US leg of their tour the day before in Sacramento—releasing