Brandon Corsair

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"El Camazotz": Entierro's Doom-Tinged Heavy Metal Takes Wing in the Night (Interview)

The Connecticut band, which includes ex-Fates Warning guitarist Victor Arduini, is set to release a new EP that takes the band further out of doom and stoner rock territory, adding a lethal dose of heavy metal. We spoke with Arduini about the new EP and how his continuing love for metal, plus his legacy in Fates Warning, influenced it.

Anatomia's Devastating Legacy Inflicts "Corporeal Torment" (Interview)

Check out an interview with legendary Japanese death metal artist Takashi Tanaka, discussing the history of Anatomia and their upcoming album “Corporeal Torment”.

Entering the Underground #7: Yoth Iria Wields Hellenic Black Metal Might

Featuring members of legendary Greek black metal bands Rotting Christ and Necromantia, Yoth Iria carries the powerful traditions of the style into the future.

Gargoyle Paints "Nosferatu" In Shades of Doomed Purple (Early Track Stream)

Watch a new video from this occult Italian act, whose self-styled “necrodoom” resurrects the weird and shadowed past of Italian extreme metal.

The Brain-Erasing Legacy of Autopsy's Mental Funeral (Retrospective + Interview with Chris Reifert)

Autopsy’s second full-length, released thirty years ago today, further refined the band’s grotesque take on death/doom and cemented their pioneering status. Take a look back at what made it a grisly delight, plus read an interview with Chris Reifert about “Mental Funeral.”

Cloaked in Night: Must-Listen Black/Thrash Rippers From 2021's First Quarter

We shine a light on three fast and deadly standouts from the seething underground black/thrash scene, all from earlier this year.

Entering the Underground #6: Omegavortex's Swirling Madness Coalesces on "Black Abomination Spawn"

Though it took more than ten years to produce a full-length, the debut album from this German black/death outfit is a cosmic terror worth the wait. Read an interview with founder “R.”

Ritual Cairn Unearths Black Metal's Cryptic Misery (Interview)

This murky and mysterious black metal project released “Demo MMXX” last year, combining riffy black metal with an impenetrable miasma. Read an interview with the band.

Oxygen Destroyer's Death-Thrash Rises Again, "Slaughtering the Guardian Monsters" (Early Track Stream)

The Seattle kaiju-obsessed death thrashers drop a ravaging new single; stream it here with our exclusive premiere.

Entering the Underground #5: Feast on Anthropophagous' Gruesome, Mutated Death Metal

With their full-length debut “Death Fugue” out last month and physical releases on the way, we spoke to the Massachusetts band about their wide-ranging influences and their path so far.
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