Colin Dempsey

Witchpit's sludge bridles with stoner rock's big riff energy and grimy misanthropy alike—check out a video for "The Blackened Fee" here, from their upcoming album "The Weight of Death."

Stream a portion of the Philadelphia black/death/industrial duo's new album here: utterly chaotic extreme metal melded with lurking ambient horrorscapes.

The anonymous duo's new EP explores the brutal, colorless side of existence through industrial noise. Stream it now ahead of its Friday release.

The Italian blackened orchestrated death metal outfit's newest album ponders existential fear while skillfully blending dense death metal with symphonic elements. Stream it early here.

The French band examines religious persecution through a lense of overpowering blackened death metal. Check out the full album before it releases later this week, plus a detailed track-by-track describing the subject matter.

The long-running Finnish melodic death/doom outfit released a live album earlier this year that features a set of acoustic recordings and fan-selected hits. Read an interview with Juho Räihä about the performances and the release.

The Australian grindcore act lays out an elaborate approach to vegan world domination in their track-by-track breakdown of their upcoming album. Check it out and listen to the album ahead of its Friday release.

Guelph, Ontario is a small city with a surprisingly robust heavy metal footprint. Check out four deadly releases from lesser-known acts that call this town their home.

Veiled in anonymity, this progressive metal group meshes together a host of disparate influences and textures on their debut album. Stream it now ahead of its release.

Featuring members of legendary Chicago projects like Novembers Doom, Yakuza, Chrome Waves, Wolvhammer, and more, the opening track of this death metal group's debut record shows little mercy.