Metal

This one’s for the ladies! The latest video from English hardcore tech death gnashers Burner, “Hurt Locker,” is a black-and-white performance video with sweaty, moshing dudes a-plenty. The testosterone-laden sausage fest captured here features precious few women in the crowd, but lots of tatted up gorillas pushing each other around to the quartet’s—Harry Nott (vocals), Nathan

Photo by Donovan Malley Deathgrind maniacs Rat King are teasing the track “Vermin” ahead of their full-length, Psychotic Reality, out September 29 via Satanik Royalty Records. “We must accept the fact that the human race isn’t but a disease onto this world,” Rat King say about the track. “This song explores that sentiment, and it’s musically encased

An unexpected turn of events forced the organizers of the Blue Ridge Rock Festival to move their Friday set schedules around, as Rammstein frontman Till Lindemann and his solo band had to cancel their appearance at the last minute due to the singer falling ill. News broke of Lindemann’s inability to perform this Friday after

Next year marks the 20th anniversary of Irish doom trio Slomatics forming in Belfast (by way of deep-space). Slomatics were first recommended to me by Jon Davis of Conan and Black Bow Records in an interview. I listened, and quickly became a devotee as well. Since that point, Decibel Magazine has helped premiere the band’s

Check out this new video from Trounce, “The Crippled Saint,” from their forthcoming album, The Seven Crowns, out October 20. Project mastermind Jona Nido says: “This track has its own special vibe, bringing together elements that I was never able to put together in other bands. It’s basically a long mid-pace and meditative blastbeats with super melodic

Photo courtesy of Broken Pillars Iranian band Broken Pillars, who are part of digital black metal label Ardawahisht Kollektive, are sharing their Of Pillars and Primordial Myth EP exclusively with us. “The name ‘broken pillars’ is inspired by the ancient ruins of Persepolis, one of the oldest sites of civilization, which was the capital of the

Megadeth guitarist Kiko Loureiro won’t be with the band on their upcoming tour dates due to an undisclosed family emergency. The news came in a recent post on the band’s social media accounts in the last hour or so. Droogies! Kiko has had something come up in his family life that requires him to miss

Come to think of it, the term “disturbingly beautiful” effectively describes everything metal is about — don’t you think? Finland’s Terromania is here with their new video “Disturbingly Beautiful,” an audio-visual love letter to heavy metal aesthetics. The hard-rocking jam will feature on the band’s upcoming debut album, Nyctophobic, due out on November 17 via

Photo by Leon De Backer And today we learn about the meaning of irony courtesy of Belgian ear-scrapers Youff, who offer up a new song and video called “Sunshine” that are pretty much bereft of both. But, hey, in lieu of anything “sunny” you get an absolute earful of pounding noise rock with squalling guitars, a

Where they from? Glasgow, Scotland. Alright, here is my yearly preseason Super Bowl prediction that is always 100 percent failsafe accurate: Bengals over Cowboys. Yes, that was as painful to type out as it was for you to read, but come this February you can take that shit to the bank! Why the hype?Despite knowing

Pain of Truth have just announced some new tour dates to support Not Through Blood, their latest album, out September 8 via DAZE. The new record features guest spots from 200 Stab Wounds and Terror. Preorder the album here. You can also catch the band at these multiple tour dates below: w/ Vomit Forth 11/2 Boston,

Thanks to the sheer breadth of music being made these days, it’s not an exaggeration to say there are some black metal and ambient acts out there that deserve to be as popular as The True Mayhem. Though these bands didn’t make the cut since they’re currently disbanded, they’re certainly legendary and didn’t receive nearly

Photo courtesy of Spillage Spillage present the title track from their forthcoming album, Phase Four, out September 8 via Qumran Records. A statement from the band’s PR explains: “Phase Four conceptualized science gone wrong by using it for power over humanity and questioning if this is the ‘end of days.’ The song moves to eventually considering whether

Today we kick off the work week on Labor Day in the USA. Although I moved away from NYC a few years ago, I spent my last Labor Day in the city getting day-drunk at Duff’s in Brooklyn. There are tributes to Peter Steele of Type O Negative all over the bar. He was a

Blood Incantation are back with a new EP, Luminescent Bridge, out September 13 via Century Media. The EP hasn’t been formally announced, but the pre-order is now available via the Century Media website. It will feature a brutal death metal track called “Obliquity Of The Ecliptic” on Side A and an ambient song, “Luminescent Bridge,”

Metallica just had to postpone their September 3 show at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, AZ because James Hetfield just got COVID. NIGHT TWO IN GLENDALE IS RESCHEDULED TO SEPTEMBER 9! We’re very sorry to report that tomorrow’s scheduled M72 date at State Farm Stadium has been postponed to Saturday, September 9, 2023, as, unfortunately,

New York grinders Gravesend just shared a new song, “Even A Worm Will Turn,” from their forthcoming record Gowanus Death Stomp, due out October 27 via 20 Buck Spin. The record was recorded, mixed, and mastered by Arthur Rizk, and the cover photo is by Mark Weber. Preorder the album here.  As their press release

We thought we had heard the last of the music from GWAR featuring original, late vocalist Oderus Urungus, but we thought wrong. GWAR are now streaming their 10th anniversary remix of Battle Maximus featuring the song “Tammy, The Swine Queen,” which is their final song with the iconic singer. The reissue album is also a

Be sure to thank a worker for your long ass weekend, as Labor Day really exists because of the struggles ordinary people went through to make our work lives just a little less hellacious. Don’t get me wrong, it’s still rough out there these days, but at least kids don’t have to work and hours

Classic thrashers Sadus are back this fall with their first record in 16 years, The Shadow Inside, which will be released November 17 via Nuclear Blast Records. The East Bay-based band originally got back together in 2017 and have been working on their new record over the past several years—presumably with some delays thanks to